Move Fast and Settle Things

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In this week's episode, Mike and Ben cover:
• Meta Just Paid Nearly $17 Billion To Make Sure It Gets To Write The Kid Safety Rules For Every Other Social Media Platform (techdirt.com/2026/08/26/meta-just-paid-nearly-…) (Techdirt)
• Mark Zuckerberg Wants to Make Sure His Competitors Share His Pain (nytimes.com/2026/08/27/technology/meta-settlem…) (New York Times)
• Meta settlement opens new front in global fight over social media harm (reuters.com/world/china/meta-settlement-opens-…) (Reuters)
And in the extended episode for Patreon supporters (patreon.com/CtrlAltSpeech), they cover:
• UK expects Meta to match US child safety measures after $18bn settlement (theguardian.com/technology/2026/aug/27/uk-meta…) (The Guardian)
• What Meta’s US Settlement on Child Safety Means for Europe (techpolicy.press/what-metas-us-settlement-on-c…) (TechPolicy.Press)
• Did Meta’s Big Settlement Actually Help It? (nytimes.com/2026/08/27/business/dealbook/meta-…) (New York Times)
Our fun links this week include a new table format for food recipes (recipetables.com) and Rainbolt’s tear-jerking Geoguessr video (youtube.com/watch?v=LukkI0FV724).
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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)).