Sometimes You Have to Whack Some Moles

In this week's round-up of the latest news in online speech, content moderation and internet regulation, Mike and Ben cover:
• He was suicidal and needed help. A 15-year-old girl pushed him to kill himself on a live stream (washingtonpost.com/investigations/2024/12/10/d…)(Washington Post)
• Romania’s top court annuls presidential election result (cnn.com/2024/12/06/europe/romania-annuls-presi…) (CNN)
• Continuing to protect the integrity of TikTok during Romanian elections (newsroom.tiktok.com/en-eu/continuing-to-protec…) (TikTok)
• Covert Facebook Network Found Targeting Romanian Voters (bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-12-09/covert-…) (Bloomberg)
• TikTok pushes far right candidate content in Romanian election, Global Witness investigation shows (globalwitness.org/en/press-releases/tiktok-pus…) (Global Witness)
• Romania annulled its presidential election results amid alleged Russian interference. What happens next? (atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/roma…) (Atlantic Council)
• X’s Yaccarino Praises Child Safety Bill and Urges House Backing (bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-12-07/x-s-yac…) (Bloomberg)
• Elon Musk’s X comes out in favor of pro-censorship law (mashable.com/article/x-ceo-linda-yaccarino-sup…) (Mashable - January 2024)
• Kenya’s President Wades Into Meta Lawsuits (time.com/7201516/kenya-president-meta-lawsuits) (TIME)
• Attacker Has Techdirt Reclassified As Phishing Site, Proving Masnick’s Impossibility Law Once Again (techdirt.com/2024/12/12/attacker-has-techdirt-…) (Techdirt)
No actual moles were harmed in the making of this episode, which 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)).