From 'Free Speech' To 'Flag This'

In this week's round-up of the latest news in online speech, content moderation and internet regulation, Mike and Ben cover:
• How platforms are responding to the Charlie Kirk shooting (theverge.com/news/776187/charlie-kirk-shooting…) (The Verge)
• Bluesky Issues Warning to Any Users Celebrating Charlie Kirk Assassination (newsweek.com/bluesky-chariie-kirk-assassinatio…) (Newsweek)
• Right-Wing Activists Are Targeting People for Allegedly Celebrating Charlie Kirk’s Death (wired.com/story/right-wing-activists-are-targe…) (Wired)
• Charlie Kirk Was Shot and Killed in a Post-Content-Moderation World (wired.com/story/charlie-kirk-shot-videos-sprea…) (Wired)
• Has Britain Gone Too Far With Its Digital Controls? (nytimes.com/2025/09/17/technology/britain-faci…) (New York Times)
• The Censorship Alarm Is Ringing in the Wrong Direction (publicknowledge.org/the-censorship-alarm-is-ri…) (Public Knowledge)
• We now know who the new owners of TikTok will be - if Trump gets his deal done with Xi (cnn.com/2025/09/16/tech/tiktok-ban-extension-t…) (CNN)
• Nepal’s Social Media Ban Backfires as Politics Moves to a Chat Room (nytimes.com/2025/09/11/world/asia/nepal-protes…) (New York Times)
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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)).