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Ctrl-Alt-Speech

Mike Masnick & Ben Whitelaw

Ctrl-Alt-Speech is a weekly news podcast co-created by Techdirt’s Mike Masnick and Everything in Moderation’s Ben Whitelaw. Each episode looks at the latest news in online speech, covering issues regarding trust & safety, content moderation, regulation, court rulings, new services & technology, and more.

The podcast regularly features expert guests with experience in the trust & safety/online speech worlds, discussing the ins and outs of the news that week and what it may mean for the industry. Each episode takes a deep dive into one or two key stories, and includes a quicker roundup of other important news. It's a must-listen for trust & safety professionals, and anyone interested in issues surrounding online speech.

If your company or organization is interested in sponsoring Ctrl-Alt-Speech and joining us for a sponsored interview, visit ctrlaltspeech.com for more information.

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  • S1 · E98
    April 9 · 51 min

    Honey, I Shrunk the Kids’ Internet

    In this week’s roundup of the latest news in online speech, content moderation and internet regulation, Ben is joined by Fadzai Madzingira, a digital policy expert with a decade of experience at Meta, Salesforce, Ofcom and currently Twitch, where she leads the policy, outreach and education teams. Together, they discuss: Exclusive: Meta has discussed ending funding to the Oversight Board (Platformer) Spotlight: Five Years of the Oversight Board, from Experiment to Essential Institution (Ctrl-Alt-Speech) What Teens Are Doing With Those Role-Playing Chatbots (The New York Times) Early Lessons from Australia's Teen Social Media Ban for the Rest of the World (Tech Policy Press) Stuck in the Middleware with Youth with Vaishnavi J (Ctrl-Alt-Speech) Greece to ban social media for under-15s from 2027, calls on EU action (Reuters) The Family Tech Cycle: Navigating Screens, Devices, and Social Media (Joan Ganz Cooney Center) We’re still yet to find a Ctrl-Alt-Speech 2026 Bingo Card winner — could this week be your lucky day? Play along. 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).

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  • S1 · E97
    April 2 · 50 min

    Age Old Questions

    In this week's round-up of the latest news in online speech, content moderation and internet regulation, Mike and Ben cover: It's official: Australia's teen social media ban isn't working, yet (Crikey) Social Media Minimum Age - Compliance update (eSafety Commision) Blunder from Down Under (Ctrl-Alt-Speech) April 3 could create a dangerous gap in child safety across Europe (Thorn) Commissioners pile pressure on Parliament to pass child sexual abuse bill (POLITICO) Weeks After Denouncing Government Censorship On Rogan, Zuckerberg Texted Elon Musk Offering To Take Down Content For DOGE (Techdirt) What Is YouTube’s Dominance Doing to Us? We Asked Its C.E.O. (The New York Times) This Episode is Broadly Safe To Listen To (Ctrl-Alt-Speech) Meta will "substantially reduce" describing Instagram teen accounts as PG-13 (Engadget) Rated R for Ridiculous (Ctrl-Alt-Speech) If you’ve got Elon Musk in your Ctrl-Alt-Speech 2026 Bingo Card this week, you’re in luck. 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).

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  • S1 · E96
    March 26 · 53 min

    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).

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