In this week's round-up of the latest news in online speech, content moderation and internet regulation, Mike and Ben cover: Jack Cable calls out Cluely over bogus DMCA (X) The cofounder of the viral AI 'cheating' startup Cluely says he only hires people for 2 jobs (Business Insider) Missouri AG: Any AI That Doesn’t Praise Donald Trump Might Be “Consumer Fraud” (No, Really) (Techdirt) Instagram wrongly accuses some users of breaching child sex abuse rules (BBC) Elon Musk’s Grok AI chatbot praises Adolf Hitler on X (FT) Grok Becomes ‘MechaHitler,’ Twitter Becomes X: How Centralized Tech Is Prone To Fascist Manipulation (Techdirt) See the leaked teen social media ban tech trial report that has experts worried (Crikey) New anti-fraud system is labelling hospital texts and other legitimate messages as ‘likely scam’ (Irish Independent) Why Ireland’s New “Scam Likely” Labels Might Actually Make SMS Fraud Worse for Banks and the Public (Medium) This episode is brought to you with financial support from the Future of Online Trust & Safety Fund. Ctrl-Alt-Speech is a weekly podcast from Techdirt and Everything in Moderation . Send us your feedback at
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