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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:

  • Elon’s Twitter Destruction Playbook Hits The US Government, And It’s Even More Dangerous (Techdirt)
  • US presses Brussels for answers over EU social media law (Politico)
  • Inside the Elon Musk-Jim Jordan ‘mind meld’ shaking up Capitol Hill (Politico)
  • Musk adds Shell, Nestlé, Lego to X advertiser ‘boycott’ lawsuit (The Hill)
  • Musk Shows Us What Actual Government Censorship On Social Media Looks Like (Techdirt)
  • In wake of Meta moderation shift, advertisers have accepted new status quo: brand safety is a myth (Digiday)
  • Meta sees no ‘noticeable impact’ in advertiser demand since content policy shift (Marketing Week)
  • Amazon Raises Its Ad Spending on Elon Musk’s X, in Major Reversal (Wall Street Journal)
  • Senator Hawley Proposes Jail Time for People Who Download DeepSeek (404 Media)
  • Apple Blasts EU Laws After First Porn App Comes to iPhones (Bloomberg)

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

Ctrl-Alt-Speech is a weekly podcast from Techdirt and Everything in Moderation. Send us your feedback at [email protected] and sponsorship enquiries to [email protected]. Thanks for listening.

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