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Live at TrustCon 2024
In the first ever live recording of Ctrl-Alt-Speech, Mike and Ben are joined at TrustCon 2024 by Dona Bellow, Platform Safety Policy at Reddit, and Alice Hunsberger, PartnerHero’s VP of Trust & Safety and Content Moderation, to round up the latest news in online speech, content moderation and internet regulation, including:
- Meta content moderation vendors hit by global cyber outage (Reuters)
- Could social media support healthy online conversations? New_ Public is working on it (Nieman Lab)
- Pathways - Expert advice, resources and opportunities for the tech industry to further build capacity to combat online child sexual exploitation and abuse (Tech Coalition)
This episode is brought to you with financial support from the Future of Online Trust & Safety Fund, and by our sponsor TaskUs, a leading company in the T&S field which provides a range of platform integrity and digital safety solutions. In our Bonus Chat at the end of the episode, also recorded live at TrustCon, Mike sits down with Rachel Guevara, TaskUs Division Vice President of Trust and Safety, to talk about her impressions of this year’s conference and her thoughts on the future of trust and safety.
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Hypocritical Infrastructure
In this week’s roundup of the latest news in online speech, content moderation and internet regulation, Mike is joined by guest host Cathy Gellis, an internet and First Amendment lawyer. Together, they cover:
- The Copyright Office Issues A Largely Disappointing Report On AI Training, And Once Again A Major Fair Use Analysis Inexplicably Ignores The First Amendment (Techdirt)
- Trump fires Copyright Office director after report raises questions about AI training (TechCrunch)
- Elon Musk’s X caves to ‘censorship’ demand from India as tensions build with Pakistan (AFP)
- In the government’s war on ‘disinformation’, facts are collateral damage (The Hindu)
- Elon Musk's Twitter: Indian government has asked us to block 8,000 accounts, however, we disagree as (Times of India)
- Elon Musk’s Grok AI Can’t Stop Talking About ‘White Genocide’ (Wired)
- White Afrikaner brought to US by Trump administration has history of antisemitic posts (The Guardian)
- U.S. says it is now monitoring immigrants' social media for antisemitism (NPR)
- Kanye’s Nazi Song Is All Over Instagram (404 Media)
- Instagram and Facebook Blocked and Hid Abortion Pill Providers’ Posts (NY Times)
- Wikipedia fights the UK’s ‘flawed’ and ‘burdensome’ online safety rules (The Verge)
- What Attacks on Wikipedia Reveal about Free Expression (Tech Policy Press)
- Missouri AG Thinks Supreme Court Ruling Lets Him Control Social Media Moderation (It Doesn’t) (Techdirt)
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Live at TrustCon 2025
Our second annual live at TrustCon recording of Ctrl-Alt-Speech! Ben was unable to make the trip halfway around the world, but Mike was joined by trust & safety influencer Alice Hunsberger from Musubi and Ashken Kazaryan, a Senior Legal Fellow at the Future of Free Speech at Vanderbilt University. They cover:
- As millions adopt Grok to fact-check, misinformation abounds (Al Jazeera)
- Analysis Of Grok’s Epstein Comments Show How This AI Chatbot Is Learning (Forbes)
- People With Body Dysmorphia Are Spiraling Out After Asking AI to Rate Their Looks (Rolling Stone)
- Can A Chatbot Be Your Therapist? Casper’s Neil Parikh Launches A New $93 Million-Backed Startup To Try (Forbes)
- A Realist Perspective on Trust & Safety (Tech Policy Press)
This week’s sponsor is Modulate. In our bonus chat Mike Masnick talks with Modulate founder and CEO Mike Pappas, live at TrustCon, about the kinds of voice scams they’re seeing, with a focus on scams using social engineering techniques to pressure people to do things they probably shouldn’t do.
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Deviation from the Teen
In this week’s roundup of the latest news in online speech, content moderation and internet regulation, Ben is joined by Kenji Yoshino, who has the excellent title of Chief Justice Earl Warren Professor of Constitutional Law at New York University School of Law and the Director of the Meltzer Center for Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging. Kenji is also a member of the Oversight Board. Together Ben and Kenji discuss:
- ‘Andrew Tate is dead’: inside the minds of 16-year-olds (The Observer)
- Introducing the Teen Safety Blueprint (OpenAI)
- OpenAI unveils blueprint for teen AI safety standards (Axios)
- OpenAI Faces Legal Storm Over Claims Its AI Drove Users to Suicide, Delusions (KQED)
- Irish watchdog opens content moderation probe into Elon Musk's X (Euractiv)
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The UK Wants Us To Ask Your Age Before You Listen
In this week's round-up of the latest news in online speech, content moderation and internet regulation, Mike and Ben cover:
- a16z-Backed AI Site Civitai Is Mostly Porn, Despite Claiming Otherwise (404 Media)
- Hugging Face Is Hosting 5,000 Nonconsensual AI Models of Real People (404 Media)
- Ofcom head says age checks are ‘really big moment’ for children’s online safety (The Guardian)
- New online safety rules not 'the end of the conversation', says minister (BBC)
- Commission’s guidelines for online child safety target platforms of all sizes (Euractiv)
- I met the sextortion scammers destroying young lives for £1 a day (The Times)
- “Why me?” On shame, self-blame, and feeling so. damn. Stupid. (Blockparty)
- If It Breaks Wikipedia, It’s Probably Bad Policy (InternetExchange)
This episode is brought to you with financial support from the Future of Online Trust & Safety Fund and by our sponsor, the Digital Trust & Safety Partnership. In our bonus chat Mike talks with DTSP Executive Director David Sullivan to talk about their new Safe Framework Specification, which is an official ISO standard (available for free download) which will help everyone better understand best practices and concepts around online trust & safety work.
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With Great Platforms Come Great Responsibility
In this week’s roundup of the latest news in online speech, content moderation and internet regulation, Ben is joined by Thomas Hughes, CEO of Appeals Centre Europe and former Director at the Oversight Board. Together they discuss:
- Appeals Centre Europe Transparency Report (ACE)
- Most people want platforms (not governments) to be responsible for moderating content (Reuters Institute)
- Happy Birthday, Digital Services Act! – Time for a Reality Check (Algorithm Watch)
- Proof-of-age ID leaked in Discord data breach (The Guardian)
- Update on a Security Incident Involving Third-Party Customer Service (Discord)
- Another Day, Another Age Verification Data Breach: Discord’s Third-Party Partner Leaked Government IDs (Techdirt)
- Exclusive: Apple Quietly Made ICE Agents a Protected Class (Migrant Insider)
- My Email to Tim Cook (Wiley Hodges — Substack)
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Outrage For The Machine
In this week's round-up of the latest news in online speech, content moderation and internet regulation, Mike and Ben cover:
- He’s a Master of Outrage on X. The Pay Isn’t Great. (NY Times)
- The vulnerable teen drawn into far-right extremism online (Financial Times)
- X, Bluesky and Reddit in France’s crosshairs amid porn clampdown (Politico)
- EU sidesteps Macron’s ultimatum to ban social media for kids under 15 (Euractiv)
- Commission seeks feedback on the guidelines on protection of minors online under the Digital Services Act (European Commission)
- OnlyFans releases stern statement as it DEACTIVATES Bonnie Blue’s account for defiant reason (The Tab)
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E Pluribus Chaos
In this week’s roundup of the latest news in online speech, content moderation and internet regulation, Mike is joined by guest host Kat Duffy, Senior Fellow for Digital and Cyberspace Policy at the Council on Foreign Relations and CEO of RightsDuff Strategies. They cover:
- Why Techdirt Is Now A Democracy Blog (Whether We Like It Or Not) (Techdirt)
- America’s Global Presence Isn’t ‘Soft Power.’ It’s a Superpower. (Foreign Policy)
- These teenage boys were blackmailed online – and it cost them their lives (USA Today)
- United Nations Convention against Cybercrime (UN)
- Chairman Jordan Subpoenas Big Tech for Information on Foreign Censorship of American Speech (House Judiciary Committee)
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Judge, Jury and Moderator
In this week's round-up of the latest news in online speech, content moderation and internet regulation, Mike and Ben cover:
- Social networks can’t be forced to filter content for kids, says judge (The Verge)
- Judge Rejects Yet Another Attempt By Texas To Police Online Speech (Techdirt)
- Telegram apologizes for handling of deepfake porn content in S. Korea (Yonhap)
- Brazilian Supreme Court panel upholds X ban (Axios)
- Elon Musk’s Starlink backtracks to comply with Brazil’s ban on X (The Guardian)
- With Musk’s X banned in Brazil, its users carve out new digital homes (AP)
- The Internet Archive Loses Its Appeal of a Major Copyright Case (Wired)
- Posts That Include “From the River to the Sea” (Oversight Board)
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A Tale of Two Internets
In this week's round-up of the latest news in online speech, content moderation and internet regulation, Mike and Ben cover:
- Wikipedia Volunteers Avert Tragedy by Taking Down Gunman at Conference (New York Times)
- AI-Generated Content a Triple Threat for Reddit Moderators (Cornell Tech)
- Wikipedia Says AI Is Causing a Dangerous Decline in Human Visitors (404 Media)
- As social media age restrictions spread, is the internet entering its Victorian era? (The Conversation)
- Winning with misinformation: New research identifies link between endorsing easily disproven claims and prioritizing symbolic strength (The Conversation)
- Tinder Launches Mandatory Facial Verification to Weed Out Bots and Scammers (Wired)
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Can't Take(down) A Joke?
In this week’s roundup of the latest news in online speech, content moderation and internet regulation, Ben is joined by guest host Prateek Waghre, former executive director at the Internet Freedom Foundation and currently a fellow at Tech Policy Press. Together, they cover:
- BookMyShow Restores Kunal Kamra’s Profile After Controversy (Medianama)
- Kunal Kamra show audience members served notices (The Times of India)
- Cops force banker to cut short vacation to join Kamra probe (The Times of India)
- Unblock Vikatan Website – Madras High Court Orders Central Government (Vikatan)
- A Lack of Sense, and Censor-ability in India (Tech Policy Press)
- India befriends Big Tech as Trump tariffs knock on door, aided by a string of biz-friendly moves (Livemint)
- Meta can be sued in Kenya over posts related to Ethiopia violence, court rules (Reuters)
- US to screen social media of immigrants, rights advocates raise concerns (Reuters)
- In Karnataka HC, Centre defends use of IT Act for takedown notices (Hindustan Times)
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Conspiracies Abhor a Vacuum
In this week's round-up of the latest news in online speech, content moderation and internet regulation, Mike and Ben cover:
- Russia and China pounce on Trump rally shooting to undermine U.S. (Washington Post)
- The Gunshots Rang Out. Then the Conspiracy Theories Erupted Online (New York Times)
- Chaos on social media platforms after Trump shooting is a mess of their own making (CNN)
- Elon Musk Wants His AI Bot to Deliver the News. It Is Struggling With the Job (WSJ)
- Spotify's new comment feature tries to solve a longtime problem (Fast Company)
- Comments on Podcasts Gives Creators and Listeners More Ways To Engage (Spotify)
- A grieving mom’s TikTok videos spark online speech battle (Washington Post)
This episode is brought to you with financial support from the Future of Online Trust & Safety Fund, and by our sponsor Concentrix, the technology and services leader driving trust, safety, and content moderation globally. In our Bonus Chat at the end of the episode, Paul Danter, Global Head of Trust and Safety at Concentrix, talks about what he's excited for at next week’s TrustCon event and the huge potential for industry collaboration.
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Chat Bot Your Tongue?
In this week's round-up of the latest news in online speech, content moderation and internet regulation, Mike and Ben cover:
- Character.AI is banning minors from AI character chats (Financial Times)
- Strengthening ChatGPT’s responses in sensitive conversations (OpenAI)
- Senators propose banning teens from using AI chatbots (The Verge)
- EU accuses Meta, TikTok of breaching digital rules (Politico)
- Meta and TikTok are obstructing researchers’ access to data, European Commission rules (Science.org)
- Hey Elon: Let Me Help You Speed Run The Content Moderation Learning Curve (Techdirt)
- China’s new law: only degree-holding influencers can discuss professional topics – netizens divided on its impact (IOL)
- Wizz is like ‘Tinder for kids,’ as teens use the app to hook up while adult predators lurk (NY Post)
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Webpurify has just launched their very first podcast series, Trust Issues - Insights from the People Who Keep the Internet Safe, and Mike and Ben are fans. Listen to all three episodes on Spotify and watch on YouTube.
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Censors & Sensibility
In this week's round-up of the latest news in online speech, content moderation and internet regulation, Mike and Ben cover:
- Resonant Computing Manifesto
- Support Techdirt’s Uncompromising Coverage, Get Our First Commemorative Coin (Techdirt)
- US Ambassador Slams EU Tech Rules as Musk’s X Hit With Fine (Bloomberg)
- Why the X fine is causing so much transatlantic drama (Politico)
- Tech workers face new H1-B scrutiny as Trump targets ‘censorship’ (Washington Post)
- H1-B visa advice (LinkedIn - Alice Hunsberger)
- Australian leader defends social media ban as teens flaunt workarounds (Reuters)
- Age restrictions alone won't keep children safe online (Unicef)
- Focus must be on making social media safe for children as Australia brings in ban (Save The Children)
- Operation Bluebird tries to reclaim Twitter (LinkedIn)
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Let Fly the Claudes of War, with Casey Newton
In this week’s roundup of the latest news in online speech, content moderation and internet regulation, Ben is joined by Casey Newton, founder and editor of Platformer and co-host of Hard Fork, a podcast that makes sense of the rapidly changing world of tech. Together, they discuss:
- After a deadly raid, an AI power struggle erupts at the Pentagon (Washington Post)
- Following: Anthropic vs. The Pentagon (Platformer)
- Anthropic Drops Flagship Safety Pledge (TIME)
- Hackers Expose Age-Verification Software Powering Surveillance Web (The Rage)
- Discord is delaying its global age verification rollout (The Verge)
- Reddit fined £14m by UK data watchdog over age verification checks (BBC News)
- How to evaluate Trust & Safety vendors (Everything in Moderation*)
- Regulate platforms, not children – Commissioner urges caution over social media bans (Commissioner for Human Rights)
- MPs reject total ban, want data housed locally (The Star)
- Exclusive: US plans online portal to bypass content bans in Europe and elsewhere (Reuters)
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Moderation has a Well-Known Reality Bias
In this week’s roundup of the latest news in online speech, content moderation and internet regulation, Mike is joined by guest host Professor Kate Klonick, who has studied and written about trust & safety for many years and is currently studying the DSA & DMA in the EU as a Fulbright Scholar. They cover:
- EU Commission’s Digital Fairness Fitness Check (European Commission)
- Differences in misinformation sharing can lead to politically asymmetric sanctions (Nature)
- Inside Two Years of Turmoil at Big Tech's Anti-Terrorism Group (Wired)
- Big Tech’s Promise Never To Block Access To Politically Embarrassing Content Apparently Only Applies To Democrats (Techdirt)
- Someone Put Facial Recognition Tech onto Meta's Smart Glasses to Instantly Dox Strangers (404 Media)
- Americans’ Views Mixed on Tech’s Role in Politics (Anchor Change with Katie Harbath)
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Are Platforms Ready for Elections?
In this week's round-up of the latest news in online speech, content moderation, and internet regulation, Mike and Ben cover:
- Elon Musk's X appoints new safety chiefs as it seeks to rebuild ads business (Fortune)
- X’s ‘complimentary’ Premium push gives people blue checks they didn’t ask for (The Verge)
- Mozilla Research: Platforms’ Election Interventions in the Global Majority Are Ineffective (Mozilla)
- Implementing the Online Safety Act: Additional duties for ‘categorised’ online services (Ofcom)
- Social networks could quit Britain under online safety laws, Reddit claims (The Telegraph)
- Patreon is taking Reddit’s approach to content moderation (The Verge)
- Facebook has blocked Kansas Reflector (Kansas Reflector)
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Have Yourself a Very Meta Christmas
In the last Ctrl-Alt-Speech of the year, Mike and Ben round up the latest news in online speech, content moderation and internet regulation with the following stories:
- Meta shuts down global accounts linked to abortion advice and queer content | Global development (The Guardian)
- Facebook is testing a link-posting limit for professional accounts and pages (Techcrunch)
- Meta adopts new age-check system to meet global child safety laws (FT)
- Russian ban on Roblox gaming platform sparks rare protest (Reuters)
- OpenAI hires George Osborne to spearhead global ‘Stargate’ expansion (FT)
- Oscars Bolts From ABC to YouTube Starting in 2029 (Hollywood Reporter)
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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 (Washington Post)
- Romania’s top court annuls presidential election result (CNN)
- Continuing to protect the integrity of TikTok during Romanian elections (TikTok)
- Covert Facebook Network Found Targeting Romanian Voters (Bloomberg)
- TikTok pushes far right candidate content in Romanian election, Global Witness investigation shows (Global Witness)
- Romania annulled its presidential election results amid alleged Russian interference. What happens next? (Atlantic Council)
- X’s Yaccarino Praises Child Safety Bill and Urges House Backing (Bloomberg)
- Elon Musk’s X comes out in favor of pro-censorship law (Mashable - January 2024)
- Kenya’s President Wades Into Meta Lawsuits (TIME)
- Attacker Has Techdirt Reclassified As Phishing Site, Proving Masnick’s Impossibility Law Once Again (Techdirt)
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You Asked, We Answered
This is the second of our special episodes for the month of August. Last time, we talked a bit about the past and future of Ctrl-Alt-Speech; this time, Mike and Ben answer some questions from our listeners, and also share a few of the latest reviews. We're taking one more week off after this, then we'll be back in the first week of September with a return to our regular weekly news roundups!
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The Internet is (Still) for Porn, with Yoel Roth
In this week's round-up of the latest news in online speech, content moderation and internet regulation, Mike is joined by guest host Yoel Roth, former head of trust & safety at Twitter and now head of trust & safety at Match Group. Together they cover:
- X tweaks rules to formally allow adult content (TechCrunch)
- Temu joins Shein in facing stricter regulation in the EU (The Verge)
- Facebook’s Taylor Swift Fan Pages Taken Over by Animal Abuse, Porn, and Scams (404 Media)
- Post-January 6th deplatforming reduced the reach of misinformation on Twitter (Nature)
- Misunderstanding the harms of online misinformation (Nature)
- Israel Secretly Targets U.S. Lawmakers With Influence Campaign on Gaza War (NY Times)
- Twitch terminates all members of its Safety Advisory Council (CNBC)
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Do You Really Want the Government in Your DMs?
In this week's round-up of the latest news in online speech, content moderation and internet regulation, Mike and Ben cover:
- Commission opens formal proceedings against Meta under the Digital Services Act related to the protection of minors on Facebook and Instagram (European Commission)
- Meta, TikTok, other platforms told to expect EU guidelines soon on child protection, age verification (MLex)
- Got a text that you think is a scam? S’pore’s new centre to fight online harms can help verify it (Straits Times)
- Bipartisan Bill To Repeal Section 230 Defended In Facts-Optional Op-Ed (Techdirt)
- Indian journalists turned to YouTube to dodge Modi’s censorship. Some of their channels are now being blocked (Reuters Institute for Journalism)
- She was accused of faking an incriminating video of teenage cheerleaders. She was arrested, outcast and condemned. The problem? Nothing was fake after all (The Guardian)
- Commission services sign administrative arrangement with Ofcom to support the enforcement of social media regulations (Pub Affairs Bruxelles)
- Singapore’s proposed online safety laws look like more censorship in disguise (Rest of World)
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Introducing Ctrl-Alt-Speech
Welcome to Ctrl-Alt-Speech, a brand new a weekly news podcast co-created by Techdirt’s Mike Masnick and Everything in Moderation’s Ben Whitelaw. Each episode will be looking at the latest news in online speech, covering issues regarding trust & safety, content moderation, regulation, court rulings, new services & technology, and more.
Subscribe now and stay tuned for our debut episode coming next Friday!
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The Platform to Prison Pipeline
In this week's round-up of the latest news in online speech, content moderation and internet regulation, Mike and Ben cover:
- TikTok must face a lawsuit for recommending the viral ‘blackout challenge’ (The Verge)
- Third Circuit’s Section 230 TikTok Ruling Deliberately Ignores Precedent, Defies Logic (Techdirt)
- France charges Telegram CEO Pavel Durov, releases him on €5M bail (Politico)
- Elon Musk’s X could face ban in Brazil after failure to appoint legal representative (The Guardian)
- Zuckerberg says he regrets caving to White House pressure on content (Politico)
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The TickTock on TikTok
In this week's round-up of the latest news in online speech, content moderation and internet regulation, Mike and Ben cover:
- Application Of Protecting Americans From Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act To TikTok (The White House)
- Restoring Freedom Of Speech And Ending Federal Censorship (The White House)
America Is No Longer the Home of the Free Internet (The Atlantic) - Good morning, America: Why India banned TikTok 5 years back (India Today)
- Facebook, X, YouTube to do more against online hate speech, EU says (Reuters)
- Commission welcomes the integration of the revised Code of conduct on countering illegal hate speech online into the Digital Services Act (European Commission)
- Bluesky 2024 Moderation Report (Bluesky)
- Bluesky's 2024 moderation report shows how quickly harmful content grew as new users flocked in (Engadget)
- The Technological Poison Pill: How ATProtocol Encourages Competition, Resists Evil Billionaires, Lock-In & Enshittification (Techdirt)
- We need to protect the protocol that runs Bluesky (MIT Technology Review)
If you’re in London on Thursday 30th January, join Ben, Mark Scott (Digital Politics) and Georgia Iacovou (Horrific/Terrific) for an evening of tech policy, discussion and drinks. Register your interest.
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Making Our 2026 Bingo Card
In the first Ctrl-Alt-Speech episode of 2026, Mike and Ben look forward at the year ahead and begin building a bingo card of things that might happen. They discuss a short list of possible squares, ask for listeners to contribute more ideas, and go few a through suggestions that have already come in. Soon, we’ll release an official Ctrl-Alt-Speech bingo card for listeners to play along throughout the year.
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Don't Believe What This Podcast Says About Misinformation
In this week's round-up of the latest news in online speech, content moderation and internet regulation, Mike and Ben cover:
- The Misleading Panic over Misinformation (Cato Institute)
- Claims that Online Misinformation Fears Are Overblown ‘Radically Understates’ the Scale of the Threat (Byline Times)
- EU Disinformation Code Takes Effect Amid Censorship Claims and Trade Tensions (Tech Policy Press)
- Content Moderation Is Not Censorship (Law & Liberty)
- Asked to think like a paedophile or act suicidal: Workers training Meta's AI in Ireland speak out (The Journal)
- The Hidden Human Cost of AI Moderation (Jacobin)
- Brazil rules that social media platforms are responsible for users’ posts (Rest of World)
- X opens up to Community Notes written by AI bots (The Verge)
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Branch Davidian Compound: What the FBI Did Wrong
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A Hidden 'Dark Dimension' Could Rewrite Our Understanding of the Universe
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6 – Combat d'une mère : Justice 0 - Médias 1 (Laura)
Quand elle parle, on entend la force.
Pas celle qui crie.
Celle qui tient. Malgré tout.Laura a fait ce qu’on attend d’une mère.
Elle a porté plainte.
Elle a cru à la vérité. Elle a cru à la justice.Mais les mois passent.
Et grandit l’impression que la vérité dérange.
Qu’on préfère la taire.
Et rien ne bouge.Alors elle choisit une autre voie.
Une voie plus directe. Plus visible.
Elle parle. Publiquement.
Pas pour se venger.
Pas pour s’exposer.Pour que ça avance.
Pour que ça s’entende.
Pour qu’enfin, on l’écoute.
Et que la parole de son fils cesse d’être remise en doute.🎙 Épisode 6 du podcast Ça n’arrive qu’aux autres :
« Combat d'une mère : Justice 0 – Médias 1 »🛑 TW : Violences sexuelles sur mineurs 🛑
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1bis – Célia, "Ce que j'ai fait des roses et des épines" | Questions-Réponses
Après avoir livré son récit dans « Merci pour les roses, merci pour les épines », Célia reprend la parole.
Elle répond à quelques questions sur son vécu et partage ce qu’elle retient aujourd’hui de son histoire.
Statut de victime, sentiment de responsabilisation, conséquences actuelles : Célia en parle avec ses mots, simplement, sincèrement.🎙 Épisode 1bis du podcast Ça n’arrive qu’aux autres : « Merci pour les roses, merci pour les épines »
🛑 TW : Harcèlement, violences sexuelles 🛑
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2bis – Idir, danseur et neuropsychologue – Trois jours, trois kilos, trois conseils | Danse & TCA
Après avoir levé le voile sur les violences psychologiques et verbales qui traversent parfois le monde de la danse, Idir, danseur et neuropsychologue, revient avec plusieurs conseils concrets à destination des enseignant·es.
Comment faire en sorte que la passion ne devienne pas pression ?
Comment parler du corps sans fragiliser l’image de soi ?
Quel cadre transmettre pour former… sans abîmer ?Avec son regard croisé de praticien et d’artiste, Idir partage des pistes simples, accessibles, essentielles, pour bâtir un enseignement de la danse plus éthique, plus attentif, plus humain.
🎙️ Épisode 2bis du podcast Ça n’arrive qu’aux autres : « Trois jours, trois kilos, trois conseils »
🛑 TW : TCA, violences psychologiques 🛑
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18 – Ce que l'autre nous apprend (Dr. Michel-Henri Martin)
Docteur Michel-Henri Martin a quatre-vingt ans.
Et dans sa voix, il y a encore cette jeunesse rare
de ceux qui n’ont jamais cessé d’apprendre.Il parle avec humilité,
avec cette douceur de ceux qui savent que la rencontre
vaut plus que les certitudes.Pour lui, tout commence par deux mots :
respect et responsabilité.
Respecter l’autre, toujours.
Assumer sa place, sans détour.Il voit la psychiatrie comme un mouvement vers l’humain,
un chemin où l’on écoute avant de comprendre.Et puis, presque en confidence :
il voulait vivre sa vie comme un roman,
et se prépare, tout doucement,
à écrire son dernier chapitre.--
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HAUNTED: The New England Vampire Girl
In 1892, Lena Brown died at just 19 years old, joining her mother and sister in an early grave. Then her brother, Eddie, got sick too. The working theory? His health was being syphoned by a vampire. When townspeople exhumed Lena’s body, their theory started looking a lot more plausible…
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Episode 1/4 - Là d’où je viens a disparu
Angie, jeune fille de quinze ans, rêve de quitter la Somalie et de rejoindre sa tante, exilée aux États-Unis.
Premier épisode de la fiction audio “Là d’où je viens a disparu” d’après le roman de Guillaume Poix, auteur associé au Grand R
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Episode 4/4 - Là d’où je viens a disparu
Par une nuit d’été, à la frontière franco-italienne, les chemins de Giant et de Jérémy se croisent.
Quatrième et denier épisode de la fiction audio “Là d’où je viens a disparu” d’après le roman de Guillaume Poix, auteur associé au Grand R.
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Bande-annonce
Bande-annonce pour le podcast de “Là d'où je viens a disparu”
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Episode 3/4 - Là d’où je viens a disparu
Au col de l’Échelle, dans les Alpes, Jérémy a rassemblé des dizaines de jeunes pour accomplir un acte symbolique destiné à marquer les esprits.
De son côté, Giant a réussi à embarquer en mer pour gagner l’Europe.
Troisième épisode de la fiction audio “Là d’où je viens a disparu” d’après le roman de Guillaume Poix, auteur associé au Grand R
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Episode 2/4 - Là d’où je viens a disparu
Jérémy a 25 ans. Alarmé par l’état du monde, il décide de s’engager auprès d’un mouvement politique qui mène des actions fracassantes.
Giant, lui, a été fait prisonnier en Libye. Jour après jour, il espère s’échapper et rejoindre l’Europe pour enfin vivre une vie meilleure.
Second épisode de la fiction audio “Là d’où je viens a disparu” d’après le roman de Guillaume Poix, auteur associé au Grand R
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MARION. S5E13
Marion a une jolie vie.
De la joie, des copains, un job qu'elle aime, un amoureux.
Mais un jour, elle réalise que bien, ça n'est pas assez...
Par Sarah Gaubert et LargerThanLifeProject depuis 2019
Réalisation G. Carbonneaux
Toute ressemblance est une imitation ;)
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ROSE. S3E12
Et puis un matin, on ne peut plus faire semblant. Berner les autres. Se mentir à soi-même.
Un matin, Rose a eu le réflexe de se sauver la vie.
Elle raconte aujourd'hui avec générosité et transparence, comment les pièces de son puzzle se sont emboitées.
Elle raconte pour montrer que le succès ou l'amour ne protègent totalement de rien, mais aussi pour donner, à d'autres, l'envie de se sauver la vie.
Depuis 2019 par Sarah Gaubert & Largerthanlifeproject
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Toute ressemblance... Est une imitation !
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LYDIA. S5E3
1 an. 1 an à préparer avec amour un voyage avec sa mère et son fils.
Faire des plans sur la comète, choisir la location avec soin, se réjouir de retrouver les siens pour une semaine de fête et de douceur.
Se coucher des étoiles plein les yeux.
Se réveiller le 7 octobre 2023, en Israël.
Lydia raconte avec humour et simplicité son quotidien les jours qui ont suivi l'attaque. Les angoisses, les surprises, son rapport avec la peur...
Merci à Lydia de ses mots universels et nuancés.
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Par Sarah Gaubert et Largerthanlifeproject depuis 2019
Réalisation G. Carbonneaux
Toute ressemblance est une imitation ;)
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CLARA. S1E6
Clara est DRH de l'hôpital psychiatrique de Pau. Son premier poste.
Un samedi matin de l'hiver 2004, elle reçoit un appel.
On lui annonce qu'une aide-soignante et une infirmière ont été retrouvées à l'aube, décapitées.
Patient? Soignant? Ancien salarié?
On ne sait pas qui est l’auteur du crime et pourtant il va falloir continuer à faire vivre l’hôpital, s’occuper des malades et des personnels.
Elle a 25 ans et elle raconte comment ces mois au coeur d’un fait divers sordide ont radicalement changé sa vie.
Par Sarah Gaubert et Largerthanlifeproject
Réalisation G Carbonneaux
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#cavabienspasser - Le teaser
Quand dans sa vie on a connu une déflagration on sait qu’on va être confronté à un choix.
Continuer à vivre ou pas. Et puis une fois ce ploufplouf morbide tranché,
continuer à vivre d’accord, mais comment ?Mes invités ont vu leur vie sauter en l’air et on va s’intéresser aux stratégies de ces
survivants de leurs vies d’avant. Ils regardent dans le rétro et parlent sans
tabou des histoires dingues qui ont fait vriller leurs vies.Qu’ils soient puissants, drôles, touchants, agaçants, secrets ou impudiques
Ils ont tous en commun un truc dans le regard qui va s’entendre dans leur voix.
N’attendez pas que la vie vous fasse une blague pour la dévorer, venez écoutez leurs
histoires, pleurer, rire, et ça va bien s’passer.Par Sarah Gaubert & Largerthanlifeproject.
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ALEX. S3E1
C'est la semaine de Noel.
Avant de partir passer les fêtes avec ses proches, Alex est au bureau pour encore quelques heures, quand progressivement, il devient aveugle d'un oeil.
Premier fracas.
Premier parce qu'alors qu'il raconte ce premier événement fou, il dévoile pour la première fois, une autre déflagration.
Son envie dévorante de savourer la vie, de rire, d'aimer, est un immense message d'optimisme.
Depuis 2019, par Sarah Gaubert & Largerthanlifeproject
Réalisation G Carbonneaux.
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DAPHNE. S2E6
En écoutant Daphné, sa déflagration et son choix, on repense à cette citation si juste "la Vie c'est ce qui arrive quand on est occupés à faire des plans"...
Depuis 2019, par Sarah Gaubert & Largerthanlifeproject
Réalisation G Carbonneaux.
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EMMA. S3E4
Après une déception amoureuse, Emma va voir quelqu'un comme on dit.
A la fin de la séance, elle ajoutera un détail, ah oui, il y a aussi ce petit sujet dans ma vie...
Ce petit sujet dont elle n'avait pas envie de parler, va devenir son combat, pour se sauver la vie.
Depuis 2019, par Sarah Gaubert & Largerthanlifeproject
Réalisation G Carbonneaux.
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SOPHIE. S2E4
Sophie est une jeune femme drôle, joyeuse, à la vie douce et l'avenir souriant.
Pourtant en peu de temps, toute sa vie va basculer.
Comment faire face quand on voit tout son univers filer comme du sable entre ses doigts?
Depuis 2019, par Sarah Gaubert & Largerthanlifeproject
Réalisation G Carbonneaux.
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YVAIN. S5E8
"Le problème quand c'est très intense sur le côté émotionnel comme ça, t'es dans une sorte de dépendance, t'as l'impression de vivre une aventure un peu pourrie, t'es dans le train et t'arrives plus à en sortir."
Comment sauver sa peau et sortir d'une relation où l'on est tyrannisé ? Comment arrêter de culpabiliser et de se sentir responsable de ce que l'on vit? Comment faire pour vivre en ayant peur, chaque seconde, de déclencher une crise ?
Et surtout, comment faire ça quand on est un garçon et que personne ne comprend que l'on est une victime ?
Par Sarah Gaubert et Largerthanlifeproject depuis 2019
Réalisation G Carbonneaux
Toute ressemblance est une imitation ;)
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JULIETTE. S1E7
Il n'existe pas de mot pour décrire les parents ayant perdu un enfant.
Dès lors, comment appeler Juliette, orpheline de son fils Joseph?
Joseph est un ado un peu rebelle, avec un charme fou. Il aime faire la fête, tester ses limites et fumer des joints au fond du jardin avec ses copains.
Joseph est un ado un peu rebelle, avec un charme fou, qui va devenir accro aux médicaments et en mourir à 18 ans.
Juliette raconte ce fracas et sa nouvelle vie après, intense, dingue depuis le premier matin, Après.
Par Sarah Gaubert et Largerthanlifeproject
Hébergé par Ausha. Visitez ausha.co/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.
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