This Podcast May be Hazardous to Moral Panics

In this week's round-up of the latest news in online speech, content moderation and internet regulation, Mike and Ben cover:

• Surgeon General: Why I’m Calling for a Warning Label on Social Media Platforms (https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/17/op...) (New York Times)
• The Surgeon General Is Wrong. Social Media Doesn’t Need Warning Labels (https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-sur...) (The Daily Beast)
• Anthropic calls for AI red teaming to be standardized (https://fortune.com/2024/06/13/anthro...) (Fortune)
• How small claims court became Meta's customer service hotline (https://www.engadget.com/how-small-cl...) (Engadget)
• Pornhub to block five more states over age verification laws (https://www.theverge.com/2024/6/19/24...) (The Verge)
• New York Outlaws 'Addictive' Social Media Feeds For Teen Users (https://uk.pcmag.com/social-media/152...) (PC Mag)
• Meta Oversight Board’s Helle Thorning-Schmidt: ‘Not all AI-generated content is harmful’ (https://www.ft.com/content/ac54c25c-5...) (Financial Times)

This episode is brought to you with financial support from the Future of Online Trust & Safety Fund.


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