Move Fast and Settle Things

Become a Ctrl-Alt-Speech supporter to get extended episodes of the podcast plus the chance to submit stories for us to cover. In this week's episode, Mike and Ben cover: Meta Just Paid Nearly $17 Billion To Make Sure It Gets To Write The Kid Safety Rules For Every Other Social Media Platform (Techdirt) Mark Zuckerberg Wants to Make Sure His Competitors Share His Pain (New York Times) Meta settlement opens new front in global fight over social media harm (Reuters) And in the extended episode for Patreon supporters, they cover: UK expects Meta to match US child safety measures after $18bn settlement (The Guardian) What Meta’s US Settlement on Child Safety Means for Europe (TechPolicy.Press) Did Meta’s Big Settlement Actually Help It? (New York Times) Our fun links this week include a new table format for food recipes and Rainbolt’s tear-jerking Geoguessr video. If you’re already a Patreon supporter, you can get the extended episode on Patreon. 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).