Ctrl-Alt-Speech For Meta or Worse
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Mar 26, 2026 A fast tour of recent legal battles shaping platform liability and how jury verdicts could chill safety debates. Discussion of design-based addiction claims and limits of treating speech like product safety. Rundown of a key Supreme Court copyright decision and its ripple effects. Spotlight on Meta’s new AI moderation push and real-world automated moderation failures.
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Inside The London Trust And Safety Summit
- Ben Whitelaw attended the Trust and Safety Summit in London and was the only press from Everything in Moderation.
- He observed 400 senior T&S professionals, Ofcom's limited participation, and varied views on regulator access.
Regulator Presence Splits T&S Practitioners
- European attendees were more open to regulator involvement while many U.S. professionals were wary of regulators sitting in on candid T&S discussions.
- Ben says Ofcom gave a plenary but wasn't allowed to stay, illustrating tensions.
Addiction Lawsuit Is An End‑Run Around Section 230
- The KGM 'addiction' bellwether treats engagement features as product defects, creating an end-run around Section 230.
- Mike argues the real problem is content and context, not autoplay or infinite scroll alone, and this opens floodgates for lawsuits.