In this week’s roundup of the latest news in online speech, content moderation and internet regulation, Ben is joined by Casey Newton, founder and editor of Platformer and co-host of Hard Fork, a podcast that makes sense of the rapidly changing world of tech. Together, they discuss:

After a deadly raid, an AI power struggle erupts at the Pentagon (Washington Post)
Following: Anthropic vs. The Pentagon (Platformer)
Anthropic Drops Flagship Safety Pledge (TIME)
Hackers Expose Age-Verification Software Powering Surveillance Web (The Rage)
Discord is delaying its global age verification rollout (The Verge)
Reddit fined £14m by UK data watchdog over age verification checks (BBC News)
How to evaluate Trust & Safety vendors (Everything in Moderation*)
Regulate platforms, not children – Commissioner urges caution over social media bans (Commissioner for Human Rights)
MPs reject total ban, want data housed locally (The Star)
Exclusive: US plans online portal to bypass content bans in Europe and elsewhere (Reuters)

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