Murthy, Reddit, and the Speech Deciders
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In this week's online speech, content moderation and internet regulation round-up, Mike and Ben cover:  Supreme Court Seems Skeptical Of The Claims That The Federal Government Coerced Social Media To Moderate (Techdirt) Reddit’s I.P.O. Is a Content Moderation Success Story (New York Times) Elon Musk's X Is Suspending Accounts That Reveal a Neo-Nazi Cartoonist's Alleged Identity (Wired) The Risks of Internet Regulation (Foreign Affairs) EU to impose election safeguards on Big Tech (Financial Times) Canada’s Online Harms Act is revealing itself to be staggeringly reckless (Globe and Mail)The episode is brought to you with financial support from the Future of Online Trust & Safety Fund, and by our sponsor Block Party, which builds privacy and anti-harassment tools to increase user control, protection, and safety. In our Bonus Chat at the end of the episode, Block Party founder and CEO Tracy Chou discusses the impact of harassment on self-censorship and explains how she is making navigating privacy and safety settings on major platforms easier for users through her tool, Privacy Party.  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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