In this week's round-up of the latest news in online speech, content moderation and internet regulation, Mike and Ben cover:
- Grammarly turned me into an AI editor against my will and I hate it (Platformer)
- Grammarly has disabled its tool offering generative-AI feedback credited to real writers (Engadget)
- Grammarly Is Facing a Class Action Lawsuit Over Its AI ‘Expert Review’ Feature (Wired)
- Who’s a Better Writer: A.I. or Humans? Take Our Quiz. (NY Times)
- Molly vs the Machines review – a powerful story of love, loss and the dangers of social media (Guardian)
- UK: New Molly Russell documentary provides further evidence that social media needs complete redesign (Amnesty International)
- WhatsApp is launching parent-linked accounts for pre-teens (TechCrunch)
- Meta urged to boost oversight of fake AI videos (BBC)
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