Episode Description
In this week's episode, Mike and Ben cover:
- Tech bosses threatened with prison if they fail to protect children (The Times)
- Apple and Google given three months to ban nude images on children's devices (BBC News)
- Keir Starmer’s social media ban for under-16s could backfire, experts warn (OpenDemocracy)
- Apple previews new child safety features (Apple)
- Apple's WWDC keynote was very different, but this will be the new normal (9to5mac)
- Ottawa introduces bill to restrict social media for teens, regulate AI chatbots (Globe and Mail)
- Australia builds enforcement layer behind age assurance laws (Biometric Update)
- NCAC Welcomes Meta Oversight Board's New Account Recommendations (NCAC)
And in the extended episode for Patreon supporters, they cover:
- Claude Fable 5 and Claude Mythos 5 (Anthropic)
- Microsoft restricts Claude Fable for employees over data retention concern (The Verge)
- The Rise of the Compliant Speech Platform (Lawfare)
- Policy on the AI Exponential (Dario Amodei)
Our fun links this week are the 7-0 World Cup game (Ben) and Chipotlai Max (Mike).
If you’re already a Patreon supporter, you can get the extended episode on Patreon.
Ctrl-Alt-Speech is the podcast where we make sense of the major debates shaping online speech, platform power, content moderation and the future of the internet. It’s co-hosted by Mike Masnick (Techdirt) and Ben Whitelaw (Everything in Moderation).