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Ctrl-Alt-Speech

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NEW Episode 126 · Season 1 Oct 23, 2026 · 42 min

Meta Had A Lotta Scams, Lotta Scams, Lotta Scams

Become a Ctrl-Alt-Speech supporter to get extended episodes of the podcast plus the chance to submit stories for us to cover. In this week’s episode, Ben is joined by Jeff Horwitz, an investigative reporter for Thomson Reuters and author of Broken Code, which expands on the award-winning series ‘The Facebook Files’ and partly inspired The Social Reckoning. Together they discuss: Rhode Island sues Meta over alleged tolerance for scam advertising (Reuters)Meta ordered to pay $25bn to New M...

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