In this week's round-up of the latest news in online speech, content moderation and internet regulation, Mike and Ben cover:
- Here's why Meta ended fact-checking, according to experts (ABC News)
- Meta Follows Elon Musk’s Lead, Moves Staffers to Billionaire-Friendly Texas (Wired)
- Leaked Meta Rules: Users Are Free to Post “Mexican Immigrants Are Trash!” or “Trans People Are Immoral” (The Intercept)
- Trust & Safety is how platforms put values into action (T&S Insider from Everything in Moderation)
- Nadler Releases Democratic Staff Report on Republicans' Deluded Theory to Undermine Free Speech (House Committee on the Judiciary)
- EU vows to 'energetically' pursue X probe under Digital rulebook (Bloomberg)
- Twitter Briefly Blocked The NY Post, Elon Cried Foul. Now He’s Doing Far Worse (Techdirt)
- The Great Decentralization (Noema Mag)
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This episode is brought to you with financial support from the Future of Online Trust & Safety Fund.
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