Move Fast and Mistake Things

In this week's round-up of the latest news in online speech, content moderation and internet regulation, Mike and Ben cover:
• Jack Cable calls out Cluely over bogus DMCA (x.com/jackhcable/status/1942724844799299676) (X)
• The cofounder of the viral AI 'cheating' startup Cluely says he only hires people for 2 jobs (businessinsider.com/ai-cheating-startup-cluely…) (Business Insider)
• Missouri AG: Any AI That Doesn’t Praise Donald Trump Might Be “Consumer Fraud” (No, Really) (techdirt.com/2025/07/10/missouri-ag-any-ai-tha…) (Techdirt)
• Instagram wrongly accuses some users of breaching child sex abuse rules (bbc.com/news/articles/cy8kjdz9nr3o) (BBC)
• Elon Musk’s Grok AI chatbot praises Adolf Hitler on X (ft.com/content/ea64824b-0272-4520-9bed-cd62d76…) (FT)
• Grok Becomes ‘MechaHitler,’ Twitter Becomes X: How Centralized Tech Is Prone To Fascist Manipulation (techdirt.com/2025/07/09/grok-becomes-mechahitl…) (Techdirt)
• See the leaked teen social media ban tech trial report that has experts worried (crikey.com.au/2025/07/09/teen-social-media-ban…) (Crikey)
• New anti-fraud system is labelling hospital texts and other legitimate messages as ‘likely scam’ (independent.ie/business/technology/new-anti-fr…) (Irish Independent)
• Why Ireland’s New “Scam Likely” Labels Might Actually Make SMS Fraud Worse for Banks and the Public (paul-walsh.medium.com/why-irelands-new-scam-li…) (Medium)
This episode is brought to you with financial support from the Future of Online Trust & Safety Fund.
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Ctrl-Alt-Speech is the podcast where we make sense of the major debates shaping online speech, platform power, content moderation and the future of the internet. It’s co-hosted by Mike Masnick (Techdirt (techdirt.com)) and Ben Whitelaw (Everything in Moderation (everythinginmoderation.co)).