It's a Banned, Banned, Banned, Banned World

In this week's round-up of the latest news in online speech, content moderation and internet regulation, Mike and Ben cover:
• Nepal to block some social media including Facebook (reuters.com/sustainability/society-equity/nepa…) (Reuters)
• Why Nepal Banned 26 Social Media Platforms And What It Means (medianama.com/2025/09/223-nepal-banned-26-soci…) (Medianama)
• A parliament in flames, a leader toppled. Nepal’s Gen-Z protesters ask: What comes next? (edition.cnn.com/2025/09/10/asia/nepal-protests…) (CNN)
• When Trolls Take On Tyrants: 4chan and Kiwi Farms Sue the UK Over Extraterritorial Censorship (techdirt.com/2025/09/05/when-trolls-take-on-ty…) (Techdirt)
• Wikipedia is resilient because it's boring (theverge.com/cs/features/717322/wikipedia-atta…) (The Verge)
• Former Meta employees say they saw child abuse in VR before company blocked research (nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/meta-whistleblower-…) (NBC News)
• Mark Zuckerberg sues Mark Zuckerberg (techcrunch.com/2025/09/04/mark-zuckerberg-sues…) (Techcrunch)
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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)).