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Stanford’s Evelyn Douek and Alex Stamos are joined by Stanford Internet Observatory’s Shelby Grossman to discuss SIO’s just-released report on the Strengths and Weaknesses of the Online Child Safety Ecosystem. Read the report here. SIO is also calling for presentation proposals for its annual Trust and Safety Research Conference. Proposals are due April 30. Details are here: https://io.stanford.edu/conference Join the conversation and connect with Evelyn and Alex on your favorite social media platform that doesn’t start with “X.” Moderated Content is produced in partnership by Stanford Law School and the Cyber Policy Center. Special thanks to John Perrino for research and editorial assistance. Like what you heard? Don’t forget to subscribe and share the podcast with friends!

Stanford’s Evelyn Douek and Alex Stamos are joined by University of Washington professor Kate Starbird to discuss research on election rumors. Kate Starbird is an associate professor at the University of Washington in the Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering where she is also a co-founder of the Center for an Informed Public. - University of Washington House Judiciary Committee Kate Starbird interview transcriptHouse Judiciary Committee Alex Stamos interview transcriptSports Corner Noted American sports expert Evelyn Douek discusses the NCAA women’s basketball championship in this slam dunk segment. Dawn Staley’s South Carolina Gamecocks defeated superstar Caitlin Clark’s Iowa Hawkeyes 87-75 on Sunday in what is expected to be the most watched women’s basketball game of all time with an average ticket price hovering around $500. - Jill Martin/ CNN, Alexa Philippou/ ESPN Join the conversation and connect with Evelyn and Alex on your favorite social media platform that doesn’t start with “X.” Moderated Content is produced in partnership by Stanford Law School and the Cyber Policy Center. Special thanks to John Perrino for research and editorial assistance. Like what you heard? Don’t forget to subscribe and share the podcast with friends!

SHOW NOTES Stanford’s Evelyn Douek and Alex Stamos weigh in on the latest online trust and safety news and developments: Emma Roth / The VergeMark Lander and Adam Satariano / The New York Times A.W. Ohlheiser / Vox Vittoria Elliott / Wired Some Good TroubleMozillaPlatform Transparency Tools & The Brussels EffectJoin the conversation and connect with Evelyn and Alex on your favorite social media platform that doesn’t start with “X.” Moderated Content is produced in partnership by Stanford Law School and the Cyber Policy Center. Special thanks to John Perrino for research and editorial assistance. Like what you heard? Don’t forget to subscribe and share the podcast with friends!

Stanford’s Evelyn Douek is joined by Professor Genevieve Lakier of the University of Chicago Law School to discuss the Supreme Court oral arguments in Murthy v. Missouri. this episodeamicus briefblog postJoin the conversation and connect with Evelyn and Alex on your favorite social media platform that doesn’t start with “X.” Moderated Content is produced in partnership by Stanford Law School and the Cyber Policy Center. Special thanks to John Perrino for research and editorial assistance. Like what you heard? Don’t forget to subscribe and share the podcast with friends!

Alex and Evelyn discuss the latest bill to ban TikTok and its many flaws; the Gemini image-generation public relations crisis; Apple's fight-picking in Europe; and Texas and Florida's latest great attempts to regulate online speech.

Alex and Evelyn are joined by Moderated Content's Supreme Court correspondent Daphne Keller to talk about the oral argument in the NetChoice cases this week and what the Supreme Court justices seem to be thinking about whether and how states can regulate internet platforms.

Stanford’s Evelyn Douek and Alex Stamos weigh in on the latest online trust and safety news and developments: recent robocalls impersonating President Bidenfake images of Taylor Swift that spread on Xblocking searchesLet’s Get Meta will start labeling AI-generated imagesThreads will not “proactively recommend political contentMeta removed the Facebook and Instagram accounts of Iran’s Supreme LeaderX/Twitter Corner selling checkmarks to terroristsfailing to remove Chinese influence operationsIn Full Transparency restricting searches in its Creative Center toolwithout legal challengesEU country regulators ready to enforceLegal Corner blocked an Ohio lawKids Online Safety Act was updatedJoin the conversation and connect with Evelyn and Alex on your favorite social media platform that doesn’t start with “X.” Moderated Content is produced in partnership by Stanford Law School and the Cyber Policy Center. Special thanks to John Perrino for research and editorial assistance. Like what you heard? Don’t forget to subscribe and share the podcast with friends!

Stanford’s Evelyn Douek and Alex Stamos talk to Riana Pfefferkorn and David Thiel of the Stanford Internet Observatory about the technical and legal challenges of addressing computer-generated child sexual abuse material. They mention: Riana Pfefferkorn / LawfareDavid Thiel / SIOSamantha Cole / 404 MediaModerated Content is produced in partnership by Stanford Law School and the Cyber Policy Center. Special thanks to John Perrino for research and editorial assistance. Like what you heard? Don’t forget to subscribe and share the podcast with friends!

Stanford’s Evelyn Douek and Alex Stamos talk about the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing with Tech CEOs about “Big Tech and the Online Child Sexual Exploitation Crisis.” They mention: David Thiel, Renée DiResta and Alex Stamos / SIORiana Pfefferkorn / Tech Policy PressModerated Content is produced in partnership by Stanford Law School and the Cyber Policy Center. Special thanks to John Perrino for research and editorial assistance. Like what you heard? Don’t forget to subscribe and share the podcast with friends!

Stanford’s Evelyn Douek and Alex Stamos are joined by Casey Newton of Platformer and Hard Fork to talk about his decision to move his newsletter off of Substack. Why Platformer is leaving SubstackWhy Casey Left SubstackModerated Content is produced in partnership by Stanford Law School and the Cyber Policy Center. Special thanks to John Perrino for research and editorial assistance. Like what you heard? Don’t forget to subscribe and share the podcast with friends!

Stanford’s Evelyn Douek and Alex Stamos weigh in on the latest online trust and safety news and developments: David Thiel / SIOSamantha Cole / 404 MediaJon Porter / The VergeMartin Husovec / DSA NewsletterAmaury Trujillo, Tiziano Fagni, Stefano Cresci / arXivOversight BoardHuman Rights WatchKen White / The Popehat ReportHannah Schoenbaum / APJoin the conversation and connect with Evelyn and Alex on Twitter at @evelyndouek and @alexstamos. Moderated Content is produced in partnership by Stanford Law School and the Cyber Policy Center. Special thanks to John Perrino for research and editorial assistance. Like what you heard? Don’t forget to subscribe and share the podcast with friends!

Alex and Evelyn discuss US military information operations, Threads testing ActivityPub integration, ridiculous statistics about TikTok, YouTube Magic Dust, the Meta Oversight Board moving with all deliberate speed, and First Amendment retaliation claims.

Stanford’s Evelyn Douek and Alex Stamos weigh in on the latest online trust and safety news and developments: Kate Conger and Remy Tumin / The New York Times Linda Yaccarino / XJeff Horwitz and Katherine Blunt / WSJMetaKashmir Hill / New York TimesNick Clegg / MetaNaomi Nix and Cat Zakrzewski / The Washington PostMetaSapna Maheshwari / New York TimesUS District CourtSydney Page / The Washington PostJoin the conversation and connect with Evelyn and Alex on Twitter at @evelyndouek and @alexstamos. Moderated Content is produced in partnership by Stanford Law School and the Cyber Policy Center. Special thanks to John Perrino for research and editorial assistance. Like what you heard? Don’t forget to subscribe and share the podcast with friends!

Stanford’s Evelyn Douek and Alex Stamos weigh in on the latest online trust and safety news and developments: Karen Hao and Charlie Warzel / The AtlanticSarah Perez/ TechCrunchCristiano Lima, Naomi Nix/ The Washington PostAntigone Davis/ MetaNick Clegg / MetaGerry Shih and Anant Gupt / The Washington PostDrew Harwell and Victoria Bisset / The Washington PostScott Nover / SlateAdi Robertson / The VergeJoin the conversation and connect with Evelyn and Alex on Twitter at @evelyndouek and @alexstamos. Moderated Content is produced in partnership by Stanford Law School and the Cyber Policy Center. Special thanks to John Perrino for research and editorial assistance. Like what you heard? Don’t forget to subscribe and share the podcast with friends!

Stanford’s Evelyn Douek and Alex Stamos weigh in on the latest online trust and safety news and developments: participatedOma Seddiq/ Bloomberg LawGabby Miller/ Tech Policy PressCristiano Lima/ The Washington PostChristopher Hutton/ Washington ExaminerOffice of Majority Leader Chuck SchumerLabel Your AI Aisha Counts/ Bloomberg NewsKatie Paul/ ReutersWill Henshall/ TimeFacebookSalvador Rodriguez/ The Wall Street Journal Margi Murphy/ Bloomberg NewsBrad Smith/ MicrosoftOlafimihan Oshin/ The HillJennifer Flannery O'Connor, Emily Moxley/ YouTubeTikTok Tick Tock Alexander Bolton/ The HillCecilia Kang, Sapna Maheshwari/ The New York TimesTikTokDrew Harwell/ The Washington PostNiha Masih, Sangam Prasai/ The Washington PostA Trip to India Karishma Mehrotra, Joseph Menn/ The Washington Post Meryl Sebastian/ BBC NewsTransparency Please Gabby Miller/ Tech Policy PressFoo Yun Chee, Supantha Mukherjee/ ReutersLegal Corner Josh Gerstein/ Politico ProJohn Kruzel, Andrew Chung/ ReutersIan Millhiser/ VoxAnn E. Marimow/ The Washington PostSports Corner a Big GameJoin the conversation and connect with Evelyn and Alex on Twitter at @evelyndouek and @alexstamos. Moderated Content is produced in partnership by Stanford Law School and the Cyber Policy Center. Special thanks to John Perrino for research and editorial assistance. Like what you heard? Don’t forget to subscribe and share the podcast with friends!

Stanford’s Evelyn Douek and Alex Stamos weigh in on the latest online trust and safety news and developments: Executive Order on Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Artificial IntelligenceMaria Curi, Ashley Gold/ AxiosMohar Chatterjee, Rebecca Kern/ PoliticoMohar Chatterjee/ PoliticoJohn D. McKinnon, Sabrina Siddiqui, Dustin Volz/ The Wall Street JournalCat Zakrzewski, Cristiano Lima/ The Washington PostClare Duffy, Brian Fung/ CNNKevin Collier/ NBC NewsWes Davis/ The VergeX-Twitter Corner Musk Flips the BirdLegal Corner Barbara Ortutay/ Associated PressLauren Feiner/ CNBCRebecca Kern/ PoliticoCecilia Kang, Natasha Singer/ The New York TimesCristiano Lima, Naomi Nix/ The Washington PostDaphne Keller/ @daphnehkImran Rahman-Jones, Chris Vallance/ BBC NewsJon Porter/ The VergePeter Guest/ Wiredpublished a guideJoin the conversation and connect with Evelyn and Alex on Twitter at @evelyndouek and @alexstamos. Moderated Content is produced in partnership by Stanford Law School and the Cyber Policy Center. Special thanks to John Perrino for research and editorial assistance. Like what you heard? Don’t forget to subscribe and share the podcast with friends!

Stanford’s Evelyn Douek and Alex Stamos weigh in on the latest online trust and safety news and developments: Dan Primack/ AxiosMarc Andreessen/ Andreessen HorowitzModerating the War Samantha Cole/ 404 MediaLiv McMahon, Joe Tidy/ BBC NewsSam Schechner, Jeff Horwitz, Newley Purnell/ The Wall Street JournalKelvin Chan/ Associated PressClothilde Goujard/ PoliticoCharlotte Van Campenhout, Bart H. Meijer/ ReutersNatasha Lomas/ TechCrunchEmma Roth/ The Vergesent a letter to European Commissioner Thierry BretonClothilde Goujard/ Politico ProLegal Corner Lawrence Hurley/ NBC NewsJulia Shapero/ The HillAdam Liptake/ The New York TimesSupreme CourtThe 5th Circuit's Jawboning RulingGovernment, Platform Communication, Jawboning, and the First AmendmentSarah Perez/ TechCrunchJoin the conversation and connect with Evelyn and Alex on Twitter at @evelyndouek and @alexstamos. Moderated Content is produced in partnership by Stanford Law School and the Cyber Policy Center. Special thanks to John Perrino for research and editorial assistance. Like what you heard? Don’t forget to subscribe and share the podcast with friends!

Alex and Evelyn talk to Brian Fishman, the former Policy Director for counterterrorism and dangerous organizations at Facebook/Meta, about the history of terrorism online, the challenges for platforms moderating terrorism, and the bad incentives created by misguided political pressure (looking at you, EU).

Alex and Evelyn discuss how the horrific events in Israel over the weekend make clear how important social media is during fast-moving historical events, and how X/Twitter has fundamentally degraded as a source of information. They also discuss China's ramped up crack down on app stores, and the Supreme Court's cert grant in the Netchoice cases, that could reshape the internet.

Alex and Evelyn record an episode in front of probably their entire active listener base. They talk about an update on SIO's investigations into child sexual abuse material on platforms; the fight for free speech in India; the poor outlook for election integrity at X in 2024, and what this might mean for other platforms; platform transparency mandates with Daphne Keller; and challenges to age verification laws with Alison Boden, the Executive Director of the Free Speech Coalition.