News Update 6/25: We're Supposed to be the Good Guys

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News Update 6/25: We're Supposed to be the Good Guys

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Jun 26, 2024

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Alex and Evelyn discuss the Blue App's decline, YouTube's new experiment in content moderation, a US military-run information operation, the Surgeon-General's call for a warning on social media, and NY's law restricting algorithmic feeds for minors.

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Jun 26, 2024

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Moderated Content from Stanford Law School is podcast content about content moderation, moderated by assistant professor Evelyn Douek. The community standards of this podcast prohibit anything except the wonkiest conversations about the regulation—both public and private—of what you see, hear and do online.

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MC Weekly News Roundup 10/24: Fun Facts about Railroads: This week Evelyn and Alex discuss severed fiber-optic cables in France, Kiwi Farms v2.0, worrying moves to crack down on online content in Turkey and Brazil, and how Republicans are going after our last line of defense against an unusable inbox: spam filters. Also Alex reveals Evelyn’s lack of knowledge about 19th Century Railroad regulation. by Moderated Content
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Texas vs. Platforms … vs. The First Amendment: Last week the Fifth Circuit upheld a Texas social media law that, among other things, prevents platforms from discriminating against users based on their viewpoint. The leading opinion declared that a bunch of things we thought we knew about how the First Amendment and content moderation work are wrong. Next stop: the Supreme Court. evelyn talks with Daphne Keller, director of the Program on Platform Regulation at Stanford's Cyber Policy Center, and Genevieve Lakier, Professor of Law and the Herbert and Marjorie Fried Teaching Scholar at the University of Chicago, about what the ruling said and what it means—to the extent that’s decipherable. by Moderated Content
64 min listen
MC’s Weekly Update: Everyone’s Interested in Content Moderation: Stanford’s Evelyn Douek and Alex Stamos bring you the latest in online trust and safety news and developments, including two new Supreme Court cases, a Chinese influence operation targeting the US ahead of the mid-terms and PayPal’s accidental foray into content moderation discourse. by Moderated Content
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Content Moderation in the Stack: When we talk about content moderation, we often focus on companies at the application layer of the internet, like the Facebooks and Twitters of the world. But there are a whole bunch of other companies in the internet stack that have the power to knock things offline. So what is similar or different about content moderation when it moves into the infrastructure layers of the internet? Evelyn spoke with Alissa Starzak, the Vice President and Global Head of Public Policy at Cloudflare and Emma Llanso, the Director of CDT’s Free Expression Project to explore this increasingly pressing question. by Moderated Content
64 min listen
MC Weekly Update 12/5: THE MODERATED CONTENT FILES: In this explosive, never-before-heard episode, Evelyn and Alex discuss the trust and safety implications of the AI text-generator ChatGPT, the expansion of a cross-industry database for removing non-consensual intimate images from platforms, a legal challenge to a new online hate speech law in New York, and….. The Twitter Files, of course. by Moderated Content
32 min listen
MC's Weekly Update: Down to The Wire v. Meta in India: This week, Evelyn and Alex went long on one of the weirdest tech reporting stories they've ever heard. Last week, The Wire—an Indian news outlet—released a bombshell report alleging it had seen internal Instagram documents evidencing improper influence by the Indian government over Meta. Meta denied the reports and what followed was a back and forth that got stranger and stranger as the saga went on... by Moderated Content
31 min listen
The Supreme Court Takes up Section 230: Earlier this month, the Supreme Court granted cert in two cases concerning the scope of platform liability for content on their services: Gonzalez v. Google, about whether platforms lose section 230 immunity when they recommend content to users, and Twitter v. Taamneh, about whether platforms can be found to have aided and abetted terrorism if they are found to have been insufficiently aggressive in removing terrorist content from their sites. The cert grants were a surprise, and the cases are complicated. Evelyn sat down with Daphne Keller, the podcast’s Supreme Court Correspondent, to dig into the details. by Moderated Content
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MC Weekly Update 1/9: New Year, Same Trust and Safety Issues: Alex and Evelyn kick off 2023 with a rollicking tour through stories about: Meta's $400 million EU fine for privacy violations (cameo by Daphne Keller), Google's new appeals process for users flagged as uploading child sexual abuse material, WhatsApp introducing proxy servers, Twitter reinstating political ads, Meta's struggles to get out of politics, an Oversight Board decision about Iranian protests, information from the Jan 6 Committee about their findings to do with social media, and what's going on in Brazil. by Moderated Content
36 min listen
MC Weekly Update 11/14: Elections and Elon, again: Evelyn and Alex talk about what the Election Integrity Partnership saw online in terms of mis- and dis-information around the midterms, and what the results might mean for tech policy. And... Elon. Sigh. What a week. Twitter's security team resigned -- what does this mean for compliance with an FTC consent order and... what does it mean for Twitter's security? Elon says they're turning off "microservices." That can't be good. What does it mean? And other exciting developments in the Musk/Twitter debacle. by Moderated Content
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MC Weekly News Roundup Halloween Edition: Evelyn and Alex reluctantly talk about Elon Musk and Twitter, again, before some updates about The Wire in India, the midterms at home, Meta's political ad transparency fine in Washington state, and the publication of the EU's mammoth regulation, the Digital Services Act. by Moderated Content
27 min listen
Musk Flips the Bird: Evelyn and Alex talk about, what else, Musk’s acquisition of Twitter. He says he’s freed the bird, but there’s a whole bunch of restraints he clearly hasn’t thought about. He’s got some not-so-fun meetings and phone calls coming up. by Moderated Content
35 min listen
MC Weekly Update 11/21: Bot Populi, Bot Dei: Evelyn and Alex talk about the latest Musk shenanigans, why the flight to decentralized platforms isn’t solving all our content moderation problems, account hijacking at Meta, and what to make of the discussion of the security risks of TikTok. Also, Evelyn learns the results of the Big Game. by Moderated Content
28 min listen
Meta Reinstates Trump's Accounts: Evelyn sits down with Nate Persily, Professor at Stanford Law School, and Alex Stamos, director of the Stanford Internet Observatory, to discuss Meta's decision that it is reinstating former President Trump's accounts. Nate is pragmatic, Alex is cynical, and Evelyn is a naive little formalist about it all. Here's their quick takes. by Moderated Content
26 min listen
“Elon puts rockets into space, he's not afraid of the FTC”: Come for the discussion of whether Musk is going to find himself in hot water with the FTC, stay for the discussion of privacy and data security regulation more generally. Evelyn discusses Twitter’s data security problems and what this says about privacy regulation more generally with Whitney Merrill, the Data Protection Officer and Privacy Counsel at Asana and long-time privacy lawyer including as an attorney at the FTC, and Riana Pfefferkorn, a Research Scholar at the Stanford Internet Observatory. by Moderated Content
51 min listen
MC Weekly News Roundup 11/7: The Elon Musk JD Program: Evelyn and Alex discuss Musk's "just tweet through it" approach to Twitter ownership; the pros and cons of the great Mastodon Migration; Rumble pulling out of France over demands it block RT; the Intercept's (poor) reporting on DHS-Platform collaboration,; what to expect with the Midterms (GO VOTE!); and check in on legislative developments in India and the UK. by Moderated Content
33 min listen
MC Weekly Update 1/16: Looking at the Evidence: Alex and Evelyn get Josh Tucker, a professor at New York University, and Solomon Messing, a Visiting Researcher Georgetown University, to talk them through the results of two major studies about the effects of online speech; they also discuss Twitter cutting off API access; public universities cutting off TikTok access; Apple promising more transparency about app store take-downs, and an update from the courtrooms. by Moderated Content
44 min listen
MC Weekly Update: Elon Musk JD Program False Advertising Unit: First up, Stanford's Riana Pfefferkorn joins the show to give an update on two child safety bills on the Hill. Then Alex and Evelyn discuss the DOJ's charges against members of a Chinese troll farm; Prof. Alexandra Roberts from Northeastern University weighs in on the Blue Checkmark Fiasco and possible legal claims that could follow; in a great sign for 2024, Twitter has stopped labelling "state-affiliated" media and Meta layed off a lot of people from its information operations investigations team; the Meta Oversight Board delivered a shruggie emoji of an opinion about Meta's COVID-19 policies; and the Supreme Court granted cert to hear two cases about whether and when government actors can block people on their social media accounts. by Moderated Content
44 min listen
MC Weekly Update 4/3: Behold, The Algorithm (or, parts of it, sort of): Alex and Evelyn chat with Sol Messing, Research Associate Professor at New York University with the Center for Social Media and Politics, about what to make of the open source info Twitter provided on its ranking algorithm. They also chat about the blue tick debacle, concerns about YouTube's treatment of political videos in India, and Midjourney's pretty not-okay approach to content moderation. by Moderated Content
31 min listen
New York Attorney General v. Blogging Law Professor re: Online Hate Speech: In the wake of the Buffalo shooting in May, New York passed a law imposing certain obligations on social media networks regarding "hateful conduct" on their services. It went into effect at the start of December and Eugene Volokh, a professor at UCLA Law who runs a legal blog, is challenging the law as unconstitutional. Evelyn sits down with Eugene and Genevieve Lakier from UChicago Law to discuss. by Moderated Content
53 min listen
MC Weekly Update 11/28: Alex the Demon Overlord: Evelyn and Alex discuss how China’s censors are struggling to contain information about the ongoing protests, how they are going on the offensive, and why that offensive includes an image of Alex with horns.They also, of course, check in on Twitter with the weekly Elon Musk segment, and discuss US-backed information operations. by Moderated Content
26 min listen
MC Weekly Update 12/27: Trust and Safety Does Not Take Holidays: Alex and Evelyn sweat through the holidays to make sure you get your critical trust and safety news, including Congressional action on platform transparency (cameo by Nate Persily); TikTok and LastPass data breaches (yikes!); and, of course, Twitter mayhem (sigh). by Moderated Content
41 min listen
MC Weekly Update 12/12: THE PROPAGANDA PLATFORM (?): Evelyn and Alex wonder if this podcast is the propaganda platform that Elon Musk has said Alex runs. Then they discuss Apple’s huge set of announcements about encryption this week and the balance between privacy and safety; their weekly check in on the Twitter files and how things took a dark turn; and the Meta Oversight Board’s long-awaited decision on Meta’s X-Check system. by Moderated Content
45 min listen
MC Weekly Update 2/7: Requiem for the Bots: Twitter announced it is shutting down free API access, oh but wait it's okay bots distributing "good content" will still be allowed. Alex and Evelyn discuss that, and: NYT reporting on Twitter's progress dealing with child sexual abuse material; India's new Grievance Appellate Committees; Pakistan's temporary block of Wikipedia; Meta's denials of bias in moderating content related to the Ukraine war; some terrible ideas from lawmakers; and the upcoming hearing about jawboning at Twitter that will almost certainly include jawboning. by Moderated Content
30 min listen
MC Weekly Update 1/23: A Dramatic Escalation in India v. Platforms: Evelyn and Alex discuss what should be a massive story about India's orders to platforms to take down content related to a BBC documentary that is critical of Prime Minister Modi. They also discuss the UK's Online Safety Bill; ChatGPT content moderation; the Republican battle against Gmail's spam filters; Trump's pending return to mainstream platforms; TikTok "heating" videos; and an update from Courtroom Corner. Thanks to our new sponsor, Gutter. by Moderated Content
32 min listen
MC Weekly Update 4/10: Leopards Eat Faces: Alex and Evelyn discuss what was a ridiculous week for Twitter, even by its new standards: Germany is threatening to fine it over poor content moderation of illegal content; it made a hash of state-affiliated media labelling; and got into a fight with Substack. Meanwhile, India continues its forward march in cracking down on the internet; everything is a content moderation story, including the recently leaked US intelligence documents; and Arkansas is the latest state to join the "won't you think of the children" bandwagon. by Moderated Content
31 min listen
MC Weekly Update 5/22: Fizzers and Booms: Alex and Evelyn discuss the Supreme Court decisions in Gonzalez and Taamneh; Montana passing its state-wide TikTok ban and the immediate legal challenge filed against it; Meta's $1.3 billion dollar fine under the GDPR; OpenAI's charm offensive; and just another Monday at Twitter. by Moderated Content
39 min listen
MC Weekly Update 12/19: Twitter's Thursday Night Massacre: Evelyn and Alex talk about news happening in other corners of the trust and safety and platform regulation world: bills are introduced to ban TikTok; Meta released its annual adversarial threats report; a tech industry trade body filed a legal challenge to the California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act and asked SCOTUS to review the 5th Circuit ruling upholding Texas' social media law; Trump had thoughts about defunding Stanford. And then, yes, they discuss the ongoing Twitter death spiral. by Moderated Content
39 min listen
MC Weekly Update 6/19: The Landed Gentry: Alex and Evelyn discuss the Reddit blackout in response to its decision to start charging for API access; Dorsey confirming that India has threatened to shut down Twitter if it doesn't remove certain content; Spotify's Joe Rogan problem; Meta's new Covid-19 policies; and the latest round of DDoS attacks in state platform regulation legislation from Texas, Louisiana and Florida. by Moderated Content
37 min listen
MC Weekly Update 2/27: APIns and APOuts: Alex and Evelyn chat about Meta's latest report on information operations; TikTok's announcement of a researcher API; the last two weeks in Twitterland; Meta's announcement of paid verification and participation in "Take It Down", a new platform run by NCMEC for people to get sexually explicit images of under 18-year-olds removed; Europe's DSA is coming; Susan Wojcicki is going; and a New York online hate speech law is on hold. by Moderated Content
29 min listen
MC Weekly Update 1/30: No One Expects the Copyright Order: Alex and Evelyn discuss updates to the story about the BBC documentary take-downs in India; the latest Twitter Files on the Hamilton 68 bot dashboard; TikTok's charm offensive and ... Oracle's (?!?) role; Apple's expansion of censorship for China to Hong Kong; and the Financial Times' admirable admission that it wants nothing to do with content moderation. by Moderated Content
35 min listen

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