Ctrl-Alt-Speech is a weekly podcast about the latest news in online speech, from Mike Masnick and Everything in Moderation‘s Ben Whitelaw.
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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.