Ctrl-Alt-Speech: Red Pills & Blue Checks

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

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In this week's round-up of the latest news in online speech, content moderation and internet regulation, Mike and Ben cover:

• 4chan is dead. It's Toxic Legacy is everywhere (Wired)
• Wide-Ranging Decisions Protect Speech and Address Harms (Oversight Board)
• Meta's oversight board rebukes company over policy overhaul (Reuters)
• Why Techdirt Is Now A Democracy Blog (Whether We Like It Or Not) (Techdirt)
• Most young Aussie men are turning to masculinity influencers, and it's impacting their mental health (ABC News)
• Young Men's Health in a Digital World (Movember)
• Teens, Social Media and Mental Health (Pew Research Center)
• National Science Foundation cancels research grants related to misinformation and disinformation (Nieman Lab)
• Bluesky Is Rolling Out Official Verification (Wired)
• Government censorship comes to Bluesky, but not its third-party apps ... yet (TechCrunch)

This episode is brought to you with financial support from the Future of Online Trust & Safety Fund.