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Episode Synopsis
In this week's round-up of the latest news in online speech, content moderation and internet regulation, Mike and Ben cover:Sam Altman says OpenAI isn’t ‘moral police of the world’ after erotica ChatGPT post blows up (CNBC)Where are all the women on Sora 2? This could be a nightmare for OpenAI. (Business Insider)Musk’s AI Is Being Used to Make Hardcore Porn: ‘Grok Is Learning Genitalia Really Fast!’ (Rolling Stone)Instagram Will Limit Content for Teenagers Based on PG-13 Ratings (NY Times)UK MPs urged to investigate TikTok’s plans to cut 439 content moderator jobs (The Guardian)TikTok ‘directs child accounts to pornographic content within a few clicks’ (The Guardian)New AI video tools are fuelling violent racism on TikTok (The Bureau of Investigative Journalism)New York City Sues Instagram Rather Than Teach Kids Filters Aren’t Real (Techdirt)Kids who use social media score lower on reading and memory tests, a study shows (NPR)Congress is Asking the Wrong Questions About Discord and Boys (Time)Adolescence star Stephen Graham launches global project asking fathers to write to their sons (The Guardian) Ctrl-Alt-Speech is a weekly podcast from Techdirt and Everything in Moderation. Send us your feedback at [email protected] and sponsorship enquiries to [email protected]. Thanks for listening.
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