Ctrl-Alt-Speech: Sell Me Lies, Sell Me Sweet Meta Lies

Meta faces scrutiny over ad fraud, teen safety, and allowing Instagram photos to train AI without opt-out, while a teenager wins a landmark lawsuit against Meta and Google. Beijing considers restricting overseas access to China's top AI models, and Anthropic resolves security concerns with the US government over Fable 5. AI giants offer free computing power to attract startups, and OpenAI proposes giving the Trump administration a 5% stake.

Ctrl-Alt-Speech: Sell Me Lies, Sell Me Sweet Meta Lies from the ctrl-alt-speech dept Ctrl-Alt-Speech https://ctrlaltspeech.com/ is a weekly podcast about the latest news in online speech, from Mike Masnick and Everything in Moderation https://www.everythinginmoderation.co/ ‘s Ben Whitelaw. Subscribe now on Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify, Pocket Casts, YouTube, or your podcast app of choice — or go straight to the RSS feed. To get extended episodes with additional coverage, support us on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/CtrlAltSpeech .In this week’s episode, Mike and Ben cover: ‘It’s not like we knowingly have bad ads’: Meta on ad fraud, teen safety, and why AI will not replace agencies https://uk.themedialeader.com/its-not-like-we-knowingly-have-bad-ads-meta-on-court-cases-teen-safety-smart-glass-security-and-why-ai-will-not-replace-agencies/ The Media Leader Instagram running ads promoting child sexual abuse material in India https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvgm4e0316zo BBC Meta Now Lets Anyone Use Your Instagram Photos in AI Images—Unless You Opt Out https://www.wired.com/story/meta-now-lets-anyone-use-your-instagram-photos-in-ai-images-unless-you-opt-out/ Wired At 17, She Sued Meta and Google, and Won. Now She’s Ready to Tell Her Story https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2026-07-03/google-and-meta-lost-a-landmark-trial-to-kaley-but-kept-her-as-a-user Bloomberg And in the extended episode for Patreon supporters https://www.patreon.com/CtrlAltSpeech , they cover: Beijing is looking at curbing overseas access to China’s top AI models, sources say https://www.reuters.com/world/beijing-is-looking-curbing-overseas-access-chinas-top-ai-models-sources-say-2026-07-07/ Reuters Fable 5 Is Back After Anthropic Irons Out Security Concerns With US Government https://www.pcmag.com/news/fable-5-is-back-after-anthropic-irons-out-security-concerns-with-us-government PC Mag AI Giants Are Handing Out Tons of Free Computing Power to Grab Startup Share https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/ai-giants-are-handing-out-tons-of-free-computing-power-to-grab-startup-share-c00a5c5c WSJ Introducing Tokens to the Future: Token Grants to AI Builders https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/introducing-tokens-future-token-grants-ai-builders-reid-hoffman-bx9zc/ LinkedIn OpenAI proposes handing Trump administration 5% stake https://www.ft.com/content/7c803eab-8e80-4431-9a87-e943bf00e00b?syn-25a6b1a6=1 Financial Times Our fun links this week are Roost https://roostsocial.app/ , the “slow-cial” messaging app, and PlotLines https://peter-guillam123.github.io/plotlines/ for visualizing classic novels on a map. If you’re already a Patreon supporter, you can get the extended episode on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/collection/2176497?view=condensed . Filed Under: ai https://www.techdirt.com/tag/ai/ , artificial intelligence https://www.techdirt.com/tag/artificial-intelligence/ , china https://www.techdirt.com/tag/china/ , content moderation https://www.techdirt.com/tag/content-moderation/ , trust and safety https://www.techdirt.com/tag/trust-and-safety/ Companies: anthropic https://www.techdirt.com/company/anthropic/ , google https://www.techdirt.com/company/google/ , meta https://www.techdirt.com/company/meta/ , openai https://www.techdirt.com/company/openai/