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Ctrl-Alt-Speech
C'est la Vile Content
Feb 05, 2026
Season 1
Episode 90
Mike Masnick & Ben Whitelaw
In this week's round-up of the latest news in online speech, content moderation and internet regulation, Mike and Ben cover:
- House Judiciary Releases EU X Fine Details (House Judiciary X Account)
- New Report Exposes European Commission Decade-Long Campaign to Censor American Speech (House Judiciary Committee)
- X offices raided in France as UK opens fresh investigation into Grok (BBC)
- Hey Gavin Newsom! Investigating TikTok’s Moderation Is Just As Unconstitutional As When Texas & Florida Tried It (Techdirt)
- Spain Aims to Ban Social Media for Children Under 16, Prime Minister Says (NY Times)
- TikTok Keyword Analysis (LinkedIn)
- Why newsrooms are taking comments seriously again (New_ Public)
- Whoops, Websites Realize That Killing Their Comment Sections Was A Mistake (Techdirt)
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