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Ctrl-Alt-Speech is a weekly news podcast co-created by Techdirt’s Mike Masnick and Everything in Moderation’s Ben Whitelaw. Each episode looks at the latest news in online speech, covering issues regarding trust & safety, content moderation, regulation, court rulings, new services & technology, and more. The podcast regularly features expert guests with experience in the trust & safety/online speech worlds, discussing the ins and outs of the news that week and what it may mean for the indust ...
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Engineering Conversations has one simple goal... to promote engineering. By having conversations with engineers about their backgrounds and careers, we will showcase a wide variety of industries and explore the types of jobs that engineers perform when they finish university. These conversations may help young people understand what it is that engineers do in their day to day work. As young people learn about these types of careers, they may be inspired to become and engineer and help make t ...
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Oil and Gas, Reclamation, Lithium and Mentors: Lex Ewen
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Send us a Text Message. Have you ever thought about your own energy use? People need energy, and the global energy demand continues to rise year after year. Engineers play a huge role in helping address the challenges and opportunities that exist in the energy sector, from demand to sustainability to safety, and more. In this episode we sit down wi…
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This Podcast May be Hazardous to Moral Panics
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In this week's round-up of the latest news in online speech, content moderation and internet regulation, Mike and Ben cover: Surgeon General: Why I’m Calling for a Warning Label on Social Media Platforms (New York Times) The Surgeon General Is Wrong. Social Media Doesn’t Need Warning Labels (The Daily Beast) Anthropic calls for AI red teaming to be…
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Moderating Politics & Politicizing Moderation
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In this week's round-up of the latest news in online speech, content moderation and internet regulation, Mike and Ben cover: Meta says it won’t support suit against major child safety law (Washington Post) Obstacles to Autonomy: Post-Roe Removal of Abortion Information Online (Amnesty International) Abortion Groups Say Tech Companies Suppress Posts…
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Environmental Systems Engineering: Ben Lichtenwald
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Send us a Text Message. Do you have an interest in the environment? Do you want to reduce pollution, improve sustainability, and help ensure that new engineering projects meet current environmental standards? In this episode we sit down with Ben Lichtenwald to learn about Environmental Systems Engineering. Ben teaches the laboratories that help giv…
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The Internet is (Still) for Porn, with Yoel Roth
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In this week's round-up of the latest news in online speech, content moderation and internet regulation, Mike is joined by guest host Yoel Roth, former head of trust & safety at Twitter and now head of trust & safety at Match Group. Together they cover: X tweaks rules to formally allow adult content (TechCrunch) Temu joins Shein in facing stricter …
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Won't Someone Please Think of the Adults?
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In this week's round-up of the latest news in online speech, content moderation and internet regulation, Mike and Ben cover: EU Explores Whether Telegram Falls Under Strict New Content Law (Bloomberg) Too Small to Police, Too Big to Ignore: Telegram Is the App Dividing Europe (Bloomberg) NIST Reports First Results From Age Estimation Software Evalu…
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Software, Parking, and Ramen Noodles: Kyle Smyth
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Send us a Text Message. Do you like to write code? Have you ever dreamed of starting your own software engineering company? Software Systems Engineering is a rapidly growing field, driven by the need for safe and reliable software products. We are literally surrounded by software in our homes, vehicles, places of work, phone apps, and more. In this…
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In this week's round-up of the latest news in online speech, content moderation and internet regulation, Mike and Ben cover: Meta and Coinbase link up with Match to fight pig-butchering, romance scams (Fortune) Indian Voters Are Being Bombarded With Millions of Deepfakes. Political Candidates Approve (Wired) Meta says AI-generated election content …
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Do You Really Want the Government in Your DMs?
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In this week's round-up of the latest news in online speech, content moderation and internet regulation, Mike and Ben cover: Commission opens formal proceedings against Meta under the Digital Services Act related to the protection of minors on Facebook and Instagram (European Commission) Meta, TikTok, other platforms told to expect EU guidelines so…
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Cell Phones, the Internet, and Art: Patti Kindred
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Send us a Text Message. Does anyone remember what life was like before cell phones and the internet? The telecommunications industry has changed so much over the past thirty years. Engineers are working hard to keep up with this rapidly changing industry. In this episode, we sit down with Patti Kindred to talk about her experience as an Industrial …
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In this week's round-up of the latest news in online speech, content moderation and internet regulation, Mike and Ben cover: Stack Overflow bans users en masse for rebelling against OpenAI partnership (Tom's Hardware) Tech firms must tame toxic algorithms to protect children online (Ofcom) Reddit Lays Out Content Policy While Seeking More Licensing…
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This One Weird Trick to Save the Open Internet
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In this week's round-up of the latest news in online speech, content moderation and internet regulation, Mike is joined by guest host Alex Feerst, former General Counsel and head of trust & safety at Medium, and co-founder of the Digital Trust & Safety Partnership. Together they cover: Was There A Trojan Horse Hidden In Section 230 All Along That C…
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Talking with an Environmental Engineering Consultant: Dwayne Gelowitz
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Send us a Text Message. Environmental engineers can work in a number of different fields including environmental remediation, environmental impact assessments, water projects, air quality, transportation, and much, much more! Virtually all industries need environmental engineers. In this episode, we sit down with Dwayne Gelowitz to learn about his …
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In this week's round-up of the latest news in online speech, content moderation and internet regulation, Mike and Ben cover: How to Fix the Online Child Exploitation Reporting System (Stanford Internet Observatory) TikTok faces EU Commission’s second probe, potential suspension of reward program (Euronews) Meta Expands Its Mixed Reality Beyond the …
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In this week's round-up of the latest news in online speech, content moderation and internet regulation, Mike and Ben cover: Schools Were Just Supposed To Block Porn. Instead They Sabotaged Homework and Censored Suicide Prevention Sites (The Markup) New Tools to Help Protect Against Sextortion and Intimate Image Abuse (Meta) Scammers are targeting …
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Ask the Professor: Questions from a Grade 12 Student
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Send us a Text Message. Are you thinking about going into engineering, but you are not really sure what it is all about? You are not alone. There are lots of students in first year engineering that are not quite sure what the profession is all about. In this episode, Lucas Hollinger sits down with David deMontigny to ask him a bunch of questions re…
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Pipelines, Energy, and Regulations: Vanessa Cozine
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Send us a Text Message. Pipelines are commonly used to transport energy from one location to another. They are complex systems that are designed to be safe, reliable and compliant with federal regulations. In this episode, we sit down with Vanessa Cozine to learn about pipelines and her experience in the energy transportation sector. Vanessa is an …
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Providing Technical Services in an Electric Utility: Jason Whitelaw
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Send us a Text Message. What happens when the power goes out? It seems as though life comes to a halt. Who are the engineers that help ensure we have a safe and reliable source of electricity? In this episode we sit down with Jason Whitelaw, an electronic systems engineer who works at SaskPower, the principal electric utility in Saskatchewan. Jason…
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Co-operative Education and Internships: Carlo Palazzo
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Send us a Text Message. Would you like to get practical work experience that relates to your degree while you are studying as a student in university? It almost sounds too good to be true. In this episode we sit down with Carlo Palazzo, a Coordinator in the Co-operative Education and Internship Program at the University of Regina. He outlines how s…
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Advice from a 4th Year Engineering Student: Justin Gwilliam
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Send us a Text Message. Going to university can be intimidating. To make matters worse, engineering programs have a reputation of being very difficult. The truth is that millions of people have graduated from engineering programs around the world, so it does not need to be scary. Success comes from hard work, commitment, and perseverance. In this e…
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Electronic Systems Engineering: Dave Duguid
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Send us a Text Message. Do you like playing around with electronics? Have you ever fixed your computer, built a small robot, or programmed a control system? Have you noticed that we are surrounded by electronics in our day-to-day lives? In this episode we sit down with Dave Duguid to learn about Electronic Systems Engineering. For the past 37 years…
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Send us a Text Message. People often have a hard time describing what engineers do in their day-to-day work. This is because the career paths are so diverse, it is hard to come up with a common definition. In this episode, we visit a local elementary school and high school to talk with students about engineering. Listen to what students in Kinderga…
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In this week's round-up of the latest news in online speech, content moderation and internet regulation, Ben is joined by guest host Alice Hunsberger, VP of Trust and Safety and Content Moderation at Partnerhero and former Global Head of Customer Experience at Grindr. Together they cover: Measuring the Persuasiveness of Language Models (Anthropic) …
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In this week's round-up of the latest news in online speech, content moderation, and internet regulation, Mike and Ben cover: Elon Musk's X appoints new safety chiefs as it seeks to rebuild ads business (Fortune) X’s ‘complimentary’ Premium push gives people blue checks they didn’t ask for (The Verge) Mozilla Research: Platforms’ Election Intervent…
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In this week's round-up of the latest news in online speech, content moderation, and internet regulation, Mike and Ben cover: Users shocked to find Instagram limits political content by default (ArsTechnica) Oversight Board Publishes Policy Advisory Opinion on Referring to Designated Dangerous Individuals as “Shaheed” (Oversight Board) It’s not a g…
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Send us a Text Message. In this introductory episode of Engineering Conversations, we will learn about the host David deMontigny and the goals for this podcast. Quite simply, Engineering Conversations is a series of conversations with engineers, students and engineering stakeholders. We will learn what is going on in the profession of engineering, …
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In this week's online speech, content moderation and internet regulation round-up, Mike and Ben cover: Supreme Court Seems Skeptical Of The Claims That The Federal Government Coerced Social Media To Moderate (Techdirt) Reddit’s I.P.O. Is a Content Moderation Success Story (New York Times) Elon Musk's X Is Suspending Accounts That Reveal a Neo-Nazi …
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In this week's round-up of news about online speech, content moderation and internet regulation, Mike and Ben cover: The US TikTok ban and what it could mean for the future of the internet (Techdirt) The EU prepares to regulate Chinese marketplaces (Reuters) Telegram's CEO gives a rare interview - and what that says about online speech (Financial T…
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Welcome to Ctrl-Alt-Speech, a brand new a weekly news podcast co-created by Techdirt’s Mike Masnick and Everything in Moderation’s Ben Whitelaw. Each episode will be looking at the latest news in online speech, covering issues regarding trust & safety, content moderation, regulation, court rulings, new services & technology, and more. Subscribe now…
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