Europe's KIDS Act creates a graduated social media ban for kids, with younger ages getting limited access before the training wheels come off.

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Apparently a lot of people didn't know that there are humans reviewing ChatGPT conversations, so the news came as more of a surprise than it should have.

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In a sneak peek of the Patreon-only segment of Ctrl-Alt-Speech, @masnick.com and @benwhitelaw.bsky.social discuss the Trump government's use of a terrorist designation to shut down a foreign website by targeting the domain registrar.

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Australia is pushing a new "duty of care" policy to hold internet companies responsible for harms that befall their users. But applying such rules to speech works very differently than for most products.

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The Trump administration and Marco Rubio's state department are threatening internet researcher Imran Ahmed with deportation, and a court just said he can't fight back... yet.

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Some of the same people who get mad at social media companies for not taking risks seriously are mocking AI companies for taking risks TOO seriously. The ideal balance may be somewhere in the middle.

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A sneak peek at the extended edition of the latest Ctrl-Alt-Speech episode, available only to our supporters on Patreon. @masnick.com and @benwhitelaw.bsky.social discuss the failures of AI tools in lesser-used languages.

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A new study explores how and why people use chatbots for emotional support. One of the main reasons? They know the chatbot isn't human, and can't judge them.

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Hackers got easy access to over 150 million drivers licenses and sold them on the dark web. What does this tell us about the risks of age verification laws?

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ChatGPT's new teen mode aims to make students really learn a subject instead of just using it to cheat. Will it work?

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Meta's $18bn settlement - the equivalent of having to buy a new boiler.

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Could teens sue over Meta's $18bn settlement? @masnick.com thinks so.

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Meta's $18bn settlement - why making YouTube and TikTok follow suit is a weird move

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