There Are No Girls on the Internet is a weekly podcast hosted by Bridget Todd. Every Friday we drop our news roundup — the tech and internet stories that don't get enough attention, the ones about AI, power, gender, race, and who actually gets hurt when systems fail. This week: Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. New roundup every Friday. 🎧 Here's what we covered this week: A JP Morgan executive countersues her accused-of-sexual-slavery accuser, Elon Musk’s baby mama drops some bombshells, the Take It Down Act is now law — and the man who went to jail for a Facebook post about Charlie Kirk finally has an update. AI is ruining graduation commencement speeches. Viral video of a very bad commencement speech, "Look who's leaving, all the Black people." https://youtu.be/2ZGcb-rVoEc?si=Beo7qZ0m1fhoNfHD JP Morgan executive accused of forcing her coworker into sexual slavery denies everything, files counter lawsuit. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/21/jpmorgan-banker-countersue-sexual-assault-accuser Elon Musk Baby Mama Drama: https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/celebrity/articles/elon-musk-former-partner-alleged-093832443.html Florida man secretly records men using a public bathroom: https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/05/man-secretly-recorded-men-using-restroom-claims-he-was-looking-to-catch/ The Take It Down Act went into effect this week. Ostensibly designed to protect victims of Non-Consensual Intimate Imagery, critics are concerned it could stifle legitimate speech: https://19thnews.org/2025/05/take-it-down-act-signing-explicit-images/ Update on Larry Bushart, the a 61-year-old retired cop from rural Tennessee who spent 37 days in jail for being insufficiently mournful of Charlie Kirk: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/20/us/larry-bushart-charlie-kirk-facebook-settlement.html?smid=threads-nytimes Let us know what you think by emailing [email protected] or leaving a comment on Spotify. Bridget's forthcoming audiobook with Simon & Schuster, Love At First Prompt, explores AI, sex, and intimate relationships. Pre-order at LoveAtFirstPrompt.ai Follow Bridget: Instagram | TikTok | YouTube | BlueskySee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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