Are Platforms Ready for Elections?
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 Interventions in the Global Majority Are Ineffective (Mozilla)
Implementing the Online Safety Act: Additional duties for ‘categorised’ online services (Ofcom)
Social networks could quit Britain under online safety laws, Reddit claims (The Telegraph)
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