Age Old Questions

In this week's round-up of the latest news in online speech, content moderation and internet regulation, Mike and Ben cover:
• It's official: Australia's teen social media ban isn't working, yet (crikey.com.au/2026/03/31/australias-teen-socia…) (Crikey)
• Social Media Minimum Age - Compliance update (esafety.gov.au/sites/default/files/2026-03/Soc…) (eSafety Commision)
• Blunder from Down Under (podcast.ctrlaltspeech.com/2315966/episodes/157…) (Ctrl-Alt-Speech)
• April 3 could create a dangerous gap in child safety across Europe (thorn.org/blog/april-3-could-create-a-dangerou…) (Thorn)
• Commissioners pile pressure on Parliament to pass child sexual abuse bill (politico.eu/article/eu-commissioners-blast-par…) (POLITICO)
• Weeks After Denouncing Government Censorship On Rogan, Zuckerberg Texted Elon Musk Offering To Take Down Content For DOGE (techdirt.com/2026/03/31/weeks-after-denouncing…) (Techdirt)
• What Is YouTube’s Dominance Doing to Us? We Asked Its C.E.O. (nytimes.com/2026/03/28/magazine/neal-mohan-int…) (The New York Times)
• This Episode is Broadly Safe To Listen To (podcast.ctrlaltspeech.com/2315966/episodes/185…) (Ctrl-Alt-Speech)
• Meta will "substantially reduce" describing Instagram teen accounts as PG-13 (engadget.com/social-media/meta-will-substantia…) (Engadget)
• Rated R for Ridiculous (podcast.ctrlaltspeech.com/2315966/episodes/180…) (Ctrl-Alt-Speech)
If you’ve got Elon Musk in your Ctrl-Alt-Speech 2026 Bingo Card (ctrlaltspeech.com/bingo) this week, you’re in luck.
Follow us on Instagram (instagram.com/ctrlaltspeech), YouTube (youtube.com/@CtrlAltSpeech), and Bluesky (bsky.app/profile/ctrlaltspeech.com).
Ctrl-Alt-Speech is the podcast where we make sense of the major debates shaping online speech, platform power, content moderation and the future of the internet. It’s co-hosted by Mike Masnick (Techdirt (techdirt.com)) and Ben Whitelaw (Everything in Moderation (everythinginmoderation.co)).