The Haidt of Hypocrisy

In this week's round-up of the latest news in online speech, content moderation and internet regulation, Mike and Ben cover:
• Jordan escalates global tech argument, with Farage's help (politico.com/news/2025/09/03/in-congress-uks-n…) (Politico)
• Farage’s rules for free speech: talk about anything but your lunch (thetimes.com/us/american-politics/article/who-…) (The Times)
• Is Jonathan Haidt right about smartphones? (tes.com/magazine/teaching-learning/general/jon…) (TES)
• My mom and Dr. DeepSeek (restofworld.org/2025/ai-chatbot-china-sick) (Rest of World)
• AI 'deadbots' are persuasive — and researchers say they're primed for monetization (npr.org/2025/08/26/nx-s1-5508355/ai-dead-peopl…) (NPR)
• OpenAI co-founder calls for AI labs to safety-test rival models (techcrunch.com/2025/08/27/openai-co-founder-ca…) (TechCrunch)
• Privacy-Preserving Age Verification—and Its Limitations (cs.columbia.edu/~smb/papers/age-verify.pdf) (Steven M. Bellovin)
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