Ctrl-Alt-Speech
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.
Follow us on Instagram, YouTube, and Bluesky.
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.
Episodes
131 episodes
Why Can't We De-Friend
In this week's round-up of the latest news in online speech, content moderation and internet regulation, Mike and Ben cover:Inside Ma...
Can't Take(down) A Joke?
In this week’s roundup of the latest news in online speech, content moderation and internet regulation, Ben is joined by guest host Prateek Waghre, former executive director at the Internet Freedom Foundation and currently a fellow at Tech Poli...
World Wide Wedge Issue
In this week's round-up of the latest news in online speech, content moderation and internet regulation, Mike and Ben cover:Zuckerberg Tries to Enlist Trump...
Chief Equivocation Officer
In this week's round-up of the latest news in online speech, content moderation and internet regulation, Mike and Ben cover:
Once You Slop, You Can't Stop
In this week's round-up of the latest news in online speech, content moderation and internet regulation, Mike and Ben cover:
The TAKE IT DOWN Takedown
In this week’s roundup of the latest news in online speech, content moderation and internet regulation, Mike is In this week's round-up of the latest news in online speech, content moderation and internet regulation, Mike and Ben cover:...
E Pluribus Chaos
In this week’s roundup of the latest news in online speech, content moderation and internet regulation, Mike is joined by guest host Kat Duffy, Senior Fellow for Digital and Cyberspace Policy at the Council on Foreign Relations and CEO of Right...
The Comedy of Errors
In this week's round-up of the latest news in online speech, content moderation and internet regulation, Mike and Ben cover:Facebook & Content Moderation (Last Week Tonig...
Backdoors and Backsteps
In this week's round-up of the latest news in online speech, content moderation and internet regulation, Mike and Ben are joined by a group of students from the Media Law and Policy class at the American University School of Communication. Toge...
Digital Oligarchs Gunning for Europe (DOGE)
In this week's round-up of the latest news in online speech, content moderation and internet regulation, Mike and Ben cover:
This Episode has Masculine Energy
In this week’s roundup of the latest news in online speech, content moderation and internet regulation, Mike is joined by guest host Renee DiResta, associate research professor at the McCourt School of Public Policy at Georgetown University. Th...
The TickTock on TikTok
In this week's round-up of the latest news in online speech, content moderation and internet regulation, Mike and Ben cover:
Bullshit in a China Shop
In this week's round-up of the latest news in online speech, content moderation and internet regulation, Mike and Ben cover:TikTok Oral ...
Zuck and Cover
In this week's round-up of the latest news in online speech, content moderation and internet regulation, Mike and Ben cover:Her...
How The Online Regulators Stole Christmas
In this week's round-up of the latest news in online speech, content moderation and internet regulation, Mike and Ben cover:
Sometimes You Have to Whack Some Moles
In this week's round-up of the latest news in online speech, content moderation and internet regulation, Mike and Ben cover:He was suicid...
Comply & Demand
In this week's round-up of the latest news in online speech, content moderation and internet regulation, Mike and Ben cover:TikTok Ban Upheld (D...
Nothing to FCC Here
In this week’s roundup of the latest news in online speech, content moderation and internet regulation, Mike is joined by guest host David Sullivan, the Executive Director of the Digital Trust & Safety Partnership. They cover:
Locate Your Nearest X-it
In this week's round-up of the latest news in online speech, content moderation and internet regulation, Mike and Ben cover:Spanish newspape...
Presidents & Precedents
In this week's round-up of the latest news in online speech, content moderation and internet regulation, Mike and Ben cover:Pennsylvan...
Sorry, This Episode Will Not Cheer You Up
In this week's round-up of the latest news in online speech, content moderation and internet regulation, Mike and Ben cover:These l...
Minisode: The Robots Take Over Ctrl-Alt-Speech
Ben and Mike are technically off this week, but we decided to run an experiment. After discussing Google’s NotebookLM and its ability to create AI-generated podcasts about any content, Mike experimented with how it would handle one of the stori...
Regulate, Rinse, Repeat
In this week's round-up of the latest news in online speech, content moderation and internet regulation, Mike and Ben cover:How Ru...
An Appeal a Day Keeps the Censor Away
In this week's round-up of the latest news in online speech, content moderation and internet regulation, Mike and Ben cover:States sue TikTok o...
Moderation has a Well-Known Reality Bias
In this week’s roundup of the latest news in online speech, content moderation and internet regulation, Mike is joined by guest host Professor Kate Klonick, who has studied and written about trust & safety for many years and is currently st...