Ctrl-Alt-Speech: Outrage For The Machine
from the ctrl-alt-speech dept
Ctrl-Alt-Speech is a weekly podcast about the latest news in online speech, from Mike Masnick and Everything in Moderation‘s Ben Whitelaw.
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In this week’s round-up of the latest news in online speech, content moderation and internet regulation, Mike and Ben cover:
- He’s a Master of Outrage on X. The Pay Isn’t Great. (NY Times)
- The vulnerable teen drawn into far-right extremism online (Financial Times)
- X, Bluesky and Reddit in France’s crosshairs amid porn clampdown (Politico)
- EU sidesteps Macron’s ultimatum to ban social media for kids under 15 (Euractiv)
- Commission seeks feedback on the guidelines on protection of minors online under the Digital Services Act (European Commission)
- OnlyFans releases stern statement as it DEACTIVATES Bonnie Blue’s account for defiant reason (The Tab)
This episode is brought to you with financial support from the Future of Online Trust & Safety Fund.
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Comments on “Ctrl-Alt-Speech: Outrage For The Machine”
More restrictions, more ID-gating, more more more!
At this point it seems evident the trend isn’t going to stop, nor reverse. What the hell is even the point in privacy with garbage like chatcontrol later this year, anyway? We’re losing it all.
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/06/oppose-stop-csam-protecting-kids-shouldnt-mean-breaking-tools-keep-us-safe It’s gotten past the committee, the internet is fucked because no one will vote against a bill with a name like that.
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They voted against the “Kids Online Safety Act”. If this actually goes through, it’ll be because republicans are fascist morons, not because of its name.
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It has a 46% chance of passing according to govtrack, we’re doomed.
The France situation is emblematic of an ongoing turn towards (what I would argue to be) a fascist ‘the rules only say what they say until I decide otherwise’ tone with European member countries. The commission (and by extension, the very text of the DSA) is expressly clear on what the EU can and cannot do and what the DS can be used for, but we’re now seeing several member countries demand that the EU do something it itself points out it literally can’t do. Why they’re trying to demand the EU does it for them rather than operating within their own legislature is beyond me, but I doubt it’s anything good. Dreading when Denmark has the council presidency comes July, honestly.