You Can't Antitrust Anyone These Days

In this week's round-up of the latest news in online speech, content moderation and internet regulation, Mike and Ben cover:
• Meta wins FTC antitrust trial over Instagram, WhatsApp deals (cnbc.com/video/2025/11/18/meta-wins-ftc-antitr…) (CNBC)
• Commission eyes further simplification of tech rules after DSA review (euractiv.com/news/commission-eyes-further-simp…) (Euractiv)
• Inside Europe's 'Jekyll and Hyde' tech strategy (digitalpolitics.co/newsletter071free) (Digital Policy)
• NetChoice sues Virginia to block its one-hour social media limit for kids (theverge.com/news/822475/netchoice-virginia-la…) (The Verge)
• Tech Giants Sue California Over Social Media Access Law (2) (news.bloomberglaw.com/states-of-play/meta-tikt…) (Bloomberg Law)
• TikTok to give users power to reduce amount of AI content on their feeds (theguardian.com/technology/2025/nov/19/tiktok-…) (The Guardian)
• The Most Frustrating Word for Trust & Safety Professionals (linkedin.com/pulse/most-frustrating-word-trust…) (LinkedIn)
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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)).