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Ctrl-Alt-Speech: Nothing To FCC Here
from the ctrl-alt-speech dept
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 roundup of the latest news in online speech, content moderation and internet regulation, Mike is joined by guest host David Sullivan, the Executive Director of the Digital Trust & Safety Partnership. They cover:
- Trump’s FCC Pick Wants to Be the Speech Police. That’s Not His Job (Wired)
- Sauce for the Goose: The FCC Lacks Authority to Interpret Section 230 Post-Loper Bright (The Federalist Society)
- Roblox gives parents more power to protect the safety of young gamers (NBC)
- Meta should allow third party imagery of terrorist attacks, with a warning (Oversight Board)
- As Bluesky soars, Threads rolls out custom feeds globally (TechCrunch)
- Threads’ algorithm will focus more on the people you follow (The Verge)
- The communications minister cited a study in support of a teen social media ban. Its co-author disagrees (Crikey)
- Meta says it has removed 2 million accounts linked to pig butchering scams (The Record)
- You Too Can Hire an ‘Etsy Witch’ to Curse Elon Musk (Wired)
This episode is brought to you with financial support from the Future of Online Trust & Safety Fund.
Filed Under: brendan carr, content moderation, donald trump, elon musk, fcc, oversight board, social media
Companies: bluesky, etsy, meta, roblox
Comments on “Ctrl-Alt-Speech: Nothing To FCC Here”
I worry about how one’s gonna combat all the stupid shit the GOP will be doing if they succeed in getting the tools to start killing non-profits without justification.
But at the same time if they misuse it like that, there’s no way HR 9495 WOULDN’T be challenged in court.
That is, if it even gets through the senate, or the slim majorities next term.
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Bluesky needs more speech
Apparently Mike as a board member you should be pushing for more speech on Bluesky. Apparently you’re making the decision as a board member. One thing is perfectly clear to Trumps administration is this. LGBTQ crap on Bluesky MUST GO. Free speech does not include perversion just so you understand. Trump owns the courts. We will focus heavily on Bluesky once Trump gets in. PS ELON MUSK DOES NOT APPROVE OF BLUESKY. THANK YOU
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Piss all the way off back to Twitter.
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Such tolerance
Lefties reporting each other @ 3000/hr. on blueski
Sounds like they took all the kiddie porn with them as well
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Hmm, curious you say that. Which party was it that opposed ending child marriages and had a known pedophile formerly-nominated for the presidential cabinet again?
The call is coming from inside the house, friend.
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What are my choices? Just Bluesky and twitter or are there more
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Sure. Mastodon is a thing. Also, Gab, Truth Social, Parler, 8Kun, 4Chan.
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Hey, it’s Lord Haw-Haw, good ol’ William Joyce, back from the grave!
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Thank you for letting us know that you don’t understand the First Amendment.
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Too much speech. Chasing all the high profile stars to mental facilities
You know Carr is genuinely off his rocker when even the Federalist Society is correcting him.