For Meta or Worse

In this week's round-up of the latest news in online speech, content moderation and internet regulation, Mike and Ben cover: How London become a T&S hub (Everything in Moderation) Everyone Cheering The Social Media Addiction Verdicts Against Meta Should Understand What They’re Actually Cheering For (Techdirt) Supreme Court Sides With Internet Provider in Copyright Fight Over Pirated Music (New York Times) US settles social media censorship case, bars agencies from threatening penalties (Reuters) Meta’s latest AI improves its terrible content moderation (The Register) Transparency Report 2025 (User Rights) An automated moderation error left Tumblr users panicked (The Verge) Don’t forget to listen along with Ctrl-Alt-Speech’s 2026 Bingo Card and drop us a line if you win or have ideas for new squares. Ctrl-Alt-Speech is the podcast where we make sense of the major debates shaping online speech, platform power, content moderation and the future of the internet. It’s co-hosted by Mike Masnick (Techdirt) and Ben Whitelaw (Everything in Moderation).