Have Yourself a Very Meta Christmas

In the last Ctrl-Alt-Speech of the year, Mike and Ben round up the latest news in online speech, content moderation and internet regulation with the following stories:
• Meta shuts down global accounts linked to abortion advice and queer content | Global development (theguardian.com/global-development/2025/dec/11…) (The Guardian)
• Facebook is testing a link-posting limit for professional accounts and pages (techcrunch.com/2025/12/17/facebook-is-testing-…) (Techcrunch)
• Meta adopts new age-check system to meet global child safety laws (ft.com/content/8164c36c-f224-4006-bc1f-561952c…) (FT)
• Russian ban on Roblox gaming platform sparks rare protest (reuters.com/business/media-telecom/russian-ban…) (Reuters)
• OpenAI hires George Osborne to spearhead global ‘Stargate’ expansion (ft.com/content/a6a8c7aa-9677-4208-a28e-a3ca51c…) (FT)
• Oscars Bolts From ABC to YouTube Starting in 2029 (hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/oscars…) (Hollywood Reporter)
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