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:
• X takes Indian govt to court, alleges arbitrary censorship of content (business-standard.com/companies/news/x-takes-i…) (Business Standard)
• India criticises X for calling compliance website a censorship tool (reuters.com/world/india/india-criticises-x-cal…) (Reuters)
• Musk’s X suspends opposition accounts in Turkey amid civil unrest (politico.eu/article/musks-x-suspends-oppositio…) (Politico)
• Elon Musk pressured Reddit’s CEO on content moderation (theverge.com/command-line-newsletter/637083/el…) (The Verge)
• Snapchat CEO Talks Zuckerberg, Content Moderation, AR Glasses and More (socialmediatoday.com/news/snap-ceo-evan-spiege…) (SocialMediaToday)
• YouTube CEO on content moderation: ‘Where the world was five years ago is very different’ than today (semafor.com/article/03/21/2025/youtube-ceo-nea…) (Semafor)
• Porn on Spotify Is Infiltrating the Platform’s Top Podcast Charts (bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-03-20/porn…) (Bloomberg)
• Ofcom fines provider of OnlyFans £1.05 million (ofcom.org.uk/online-safety/protecting-children…) (Ofcom)
• A New Social Media App Punishes Users for Rage-Baiting (wired.com/story/this-platform-wants-to-return-…) (Wired)
This episode is brought to you with financial support from the Future of Online Trust & Safety Fund.
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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)).