Message in a Bottleneck

About this episode

Mike Masnick and Jennifer Granick discuss recent developments in online speech and content moderation, including Kickstarter's policy changes and the implications of deepfakes.

In this week’s roundup of the latest news in online speech, content moderation and internet regulation, Mike is joined by civil liberties lawyer Jennifer Granick. Together they discuss: Kickstarter rolls back its mature content policy after outcry (Engadget)Apple gives update on the App Store and its key protections (9to5 Mac)Thoughts on the £1,000,000 SaSu Fine (Preston Byrne)Pushing back from Big Tech: Africa’s hard road to AI sovereignty (Rest of World)America’s dangerous, messy deepfakes ...

People in this episode

Hosts: Mike Masnick, Ben Whitelaw

Guest: Jennifer Granick

Topics covered

• online speech
• content moderation
• internet regulation
• AI sovereignty
• deepfakes
• Kickstarter policy changes

Keywords

• content moderation
• Kickstarter
• AI sovereignty
• deepfakes
• internet regulation
• civil liberties

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Kickstarter, Engadget, Apple, 9to5 Mac, Preston Byrne, Rest of World

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