Ctrl-Alt-Speech: The Haidt Of Hypocrisy
Ctrl-Alt-Speech is a weekly podcast about the latest news in online speech, from Mike Masnick and Everything in Moderation‘s Ben Whitelaw.
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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)
- Farage’s rules for free speech: talk about anything but your lunch (The Times)
- Is Jonathan Haidt right about smartphones? (TES)
- My mom and Dr. DeepSeek (Rest of World)
- AI ‘deadbots’ are persuasive — and researchers say they’re primed for monetization (NPR)
- OpenAI co-founder calls for AI labs to safety-test rival models (TechCrunch)
- Privacy-Preserving Age Verification—and Its Limitations (Steven M. Bellovin)