Presidents & Precedents

In this week's round-up of the latest news in online speech, content moderation and internet regulation, Mike and Ben cover:
• Pennsylvania Becomes Hot Spot for Election Disinformation (nytimes.com/2024/11/05/technology/pennsylvania…) (NY Times)
• After Trump Took the Lead, Election Deniers Went Suddenly Silent (nytimes.com/2024/11/06/technology/trump-electi…) (NY Times)
• X Is a White-Supremacist Site (theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2024/11/x-w…) (The Atlantic)
• Papers, Please? The Republican Plan to Wall Off the Internet (techpolicy.press/papers-please-the-republican-…) (Tech Policy Press)
• What Trump's Victory Means for Internet Policy (cnet.com/home/internet/what-trumps-victory-mea…) (CNET)
• The government plans to ban under-16s from social media platforms. Here's what we know so far (abc.net.au/news/2024-11-08/how-the-age-minimum…) (ABC Australia)
• Canada orders shutdown of TikTok's Canadian business, app access to continue (reuters.com/technology/canada-orders-wind-up-t…) (Reuters)
This episode is brought to you with financial support from the Future of Online Trust & Safety Fund.
Follow us on Instagram (instagram.com/ctrlaltspeech), YouTube (youtube.com/@CtrlAltSpeech), and Bluesky (bsky.app/profile/ctrlaltspeech.com).
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)).