In this week's round-up of the latest news in online speech, content moderation and internet regulation, Mike and Ben cover: Jordan escalates global tech argument, with Farage's help (Politico) Farage’s rules for free speech: talk about anything but your lunch (The Times) Is Jonathan Haidt right about smartphones? (TES) My mom and Dr. DeepSeek (Rest of World) AI 'deadbots' are persuasive — and researchers say they're primed for monetization (NPR) OpenAI co-founder calls for AI labs to safety-test rival models (TechCrunch) Privacy-Preserving Age Verification—and Its Limitations (Steven M. Bellovin) Ctrl-Alt-Speech is a weekly podcast from Techdirt and Everything in Moderation . Send us your feedback at
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