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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:
• House Judiciary Releases EU X Fine Details (x.com/JudiciaryGOP/status/2016619775703552475) (House Judiciary X Account)
• New Report Exposes European Commission Decade-Long Campaign to Censor American Speech (judiciary.house.gov/media/press-releases/new-r…) (House Judiciary Committee)
• X offices raided in France as UK opens fresh investigation into Grok (bbc.com/news/articles/ce3ex92557jo) (BBC)
• Hey Gavin Newsom! Investigating TikTok’s Moderation Is Just As Unconstitutional As When Texas & Florida Tried It (techdirt.com/2026/02/02/hey-gavin-newsom-inves…) (Techdirt)
• Spain Aims to Ban Social Media for Children Under 16, Prime Minister Says (nytimes.com/2026/02/03/world/europe/spain-soci…) (NY Times)
• TikTok Keyword Analysis (linkedin.com/posts/solomonmg_last-week-the-sto…) (LinkedIn)
• Why newsrooms are taking comments seriously again (newpublic.substack.com/p/why-newsrooms-are-tak…) (New_ Public)
• Whoops, Websites Realize That Killing Their Comment Sections Was A Mistake (techdirt.com/2026/02/03/whoops-websites-realiz…) (Techdirt)
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