Red Pills & Blue Checks

In this week's round-up of the latest news in online speech, content moderation and internet regulation, Mike and Ben cover:
• 4chan is dead. It's Toxic Legacy is everywhere (wired.com/story/4chan-is-dead-its-toxic-legacy…) (Wired)
• Wide-Ranging Decisions Protect Speech and Address Harms (oversightboard.com/news/wide-ranging-decisions…) (Oversight Board)
• Meta’s oversight board rebukes company over policy overhaul (reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regul…) (Reuters)
• Why Techdirt Is Now A Democracy Blog (Whether We Like It Or Not) (techdirt.com/2025/03/04/why-techdirt-is-now-a-…) (Techdirt)
• Most young Aussie men are turning to masculinity influencers, and it's impacting their mental health (abc.net.au/news/2025-04-23/masculinity-report-…) (ABC News)
• Young Men’s Health in a Digital World (uk.movember.com/movember-institute/masculiniti…) (Movember)
• Teens, Social Media and Mental Health (pewresearch.org/internet/2025/04/22/teens-soci…) (Pew Research Center)
• National Science Foundation cancels research grants related to misinformation and disinformation (niemanlab.org/2025/04/national-science-foundat…) (Nieman Lab)
• Bluesky Is Rolling Out Official Verification (wired.com/story/bluesky-official-verification-…) (Wired)
• Government censorship comes to Bluesky, but not its third-party apps … yet (techcrunch.com/2025/04/23/government-censorshi…) (TechCrunch)
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)).