How The Online Regulators Stole Christmas

In this week's round-up of the latest news in online speech, content moderation and internet regulation, Mike and Ben cover:

• Social media platforms have work to do to comply with Online Safety Act, says Ofcom (The Guardian)
• LFGSS and Microcosm shutting down 16th March 2025 (the day before the Online Safety Act is enforced) (LFGSS)
• The GamingOnLinux Forum is shutting (GamingOnLinux)
• Australia leads the world in setting new standards for online child safety (eSafety Commission)
• How will Australia's under-16 social media ban work? We asked the law's enforcer (NPR)
• Fentanyl Almost Killed Michael Brewer. Now He Wants Snap to Pay (Bloomberg)
• Telegram Moderation Overview (Telegram)
• U.S. Supreme Court agrees to hear challenge to TikTok ban (CNBC)

This episode is brought to you with financial support from the Future of Online Trust & Safety Fund. While Online Regulators may have stolen Christmas, Ctrl-Alt-Speech is going to try to take a short holiday break and will return in early January.

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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) and Ben Whitelaw (Everything in Moderation).