Ctrl-Alt-Speech
By Mike Masnick & Ben Whitelaw
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Ctrl-Alt-Speech is a weekly news podcast co-created by Techdirt’s Mike Masnick and Everything in Moderation’s Ben Whitelaw. Each episode looks at the latest news in online speech, covering issues regarding trust & safety, content moderation, regulation, court rulings, new services & technology, and more.
The podcast regularly features expert guests with experience in the trust & safety/online speech worlds, discussing the ins and outs of the news that week and what it may mean for the industry. Each episode takes a deep dive into one or two key stories, and includes a quicker roundup of other important news. It's a must-listen for trust & safety professionals, and anyone interested in issues surrounding online speech.
If your company or organization is interested in sponsoring Ctrl-Alt-Speech and joining us for a sponsored interview, visit ctrlaltspeech.com for more information.
Ctrl-Alt-Speech is produced with financial support from the Future of Online Trust & Safety Fund, a fiscally-sponsored multi-donor fund at Global Impact that supports charitable activities to build a more robust, capable, and inclusive Trust and Safety ecosystem and field.
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Censors & Sensibility
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Dec 11, 2025 |
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Stuck in the Middleware with Youth
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Dec 04, 2025 |
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Spotlight: Building Better CSAM Detection with Resolver’s George Vlasto
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Nov 25, 2025 |
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You Can't Antitrust Anyone These Days
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Nov 21, 2025 |
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Deviation from the Teen
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Nov 13, 2025 |
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New Blocks On The Kids
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Nov 06, 2025 |
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Chat Bot Your Tongue?
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Oct 30, 2025 |
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A Tale of Two Internets
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Oct 23, 2025 |
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Rated R for Ridiculous
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Oct 16, 2025 |
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With Great Platforms Come Great Responsibility
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Oct 09, 2025 |
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Moderating is Such Sweet Sorrow
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Oct 01, 2025 |
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From 'Free Speech' To 'Flag This'
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Sep 18, 2025 |
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It's a Banned, Banned, Banned, Banned World
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Sep 11, 2025 |
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The Haidt of Hypocrisy
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Sep 04, 2025 |
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You Asked, We Answered
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Aug 21, 2025 |
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What's Next for Ctrl-Alt-Speech
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Aug 07, 2025 |
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Live at TrustCon 2025
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Jul 24, 2025 |
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The UK Wants Us To Ask Your Age Before You Listen
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Jul 17, 2025 |
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Move Fast and Mistake Things
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Jul 10, 2025 |
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Don't Believe What This Podcast Says About Misinformation
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Jul 03, 2025 |
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Teen But Not Heard
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Jun 26, 2025 |
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Outsourced But Not Out Of Mind
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Jun 19, 2025 |
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Outrage For The Machine
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Jun 12, 2025 |
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Algorithm Shrugged
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May 29, 2025 |
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Moderation Without Representation
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May 23, 2025 |
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Hypocritical Infrastructure
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May 15, 2025 |
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Look What The Chat Dragged In
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May 01, 2025 |
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Red Pills & Blue Checks
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Apr 24, 2025 |
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Why Can't We De-Friend
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Apr 17, 2025 |
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Can't Take(down) A Joke?
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Apr 10, 2025 |
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World Wide Wedge Issue
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Apr 03, 2025 |
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Chief Equivocation Officer
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Mar 28, 2025 |
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Once You Slop, You Can't Stop
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Mar 20, 2025 |
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The TAKE IT DOWN Takedown
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Mar 13, 2025 |
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E Pluribus Chaos
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Mar 07, 2025 |
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The Comedy of Errors
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Feb 27, 2025 |
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Backdoors and Backsteps
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Feb 14, 2025 |
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Digital Oligarchs Gunning for Europe (DOGE)
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Feb 06, 2025 |
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This Episode has Masculine Energy
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Jan 30, 2025 |
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The TickTock on TikTok
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Jan 24, 2025 |
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Bullshit in a China Shop
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Jan 17, 2025 |
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Zuck and Cover
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Jan 11, 2025 |
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How The Online Regulators Stole Christmas
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Dec 20, 2024 |
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Sometimes You Have to Whack Some Moles
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Dec 13, 2024 |
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Comply & Demand
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Dec 06, 2024 |
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Nothing to FCC Here
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Nov 22, 2024 |
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Locate Your Nearest X-it
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Nov 15, 2024 |
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Presidents & Precedents
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Nov 08, 2024 |
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Sorry, This Episode Will Not Cheer You Up
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Nov 01, 2024 |
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Minisode: The Robots Take Over Ctrl-Alt-Speech
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Oct 25, 2024 |
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Regulate, Rinse, Repeat
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Oct 18, 2024 |
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An Appeal a Day Keeps the Censor Away
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Oct 11, 2024 |
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Moderation has a Well-Known Reality Bias
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Oct 04, 2024 |
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Is This The Real Life? Is This Just Fakery?
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Sep 27, 2024 |
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Smells Like Teen Safety
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Sep 20, 2024 |
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Blunder from Down Under
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Sep 13, 2024 |
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Judge, Jury and Moderator
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Sep 06, 2024 |
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The Platform to Prison Pipeline
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Aug 30, 2024 |
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ChatGPT Told Us Not to Say This, but YOLO
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Aug 23, 2024 |
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Do Not Leave a Fake Review for this Podcast
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Aug 16, 2024 |
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Should Speech Cost a GARM and a Leg?
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Aug 09, 2024 |
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I Bet You Think This Block is About You
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Aug 02, 2024 |
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Live at TrustCon 2024
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Jul 26, 2024 |
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Spotlight: Modulate CEO Mike Pappas on Voice Moderation
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Jul 23, 2024 |
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Conspiracies Abhor a Vacuum
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Jul 19, 2024 |
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Over to EU, Elon
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Jul 12, 2024 |
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Minisode: The Supreme Court's NetChoice Ruling
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Jul 01, 2024 |
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A Lack of (Under)Standing
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Jun 28, 2024 |
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This Podcast May be Hazardous to Moral Panics
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Jun 21, 2024 |
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Moderating Politics & Politicizing Moderation
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Jun 14, 2024 |
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The Internet is (Still) for Porn, with Yoel Roth
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Jun 07, 2024 |
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Won't Someone Please Think of the Adults?
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May 31, 2024 |
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Deepfake It Till You Make It
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May 24, 2024 |
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Do You Really Want the Government in Your DMs?
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May 17, 2024 |
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Between a Rock and a Hard Policy
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May 10, 2024 |
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This One Weird Trick to Save the Open Internet
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May 03, 2024 |
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The Bell Tolls for TikTok
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Apr 26, 2024 |
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The Difficulty of Being a Teen Online
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Apr 19, 2024 |
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Watch Out, AI is Getting More Persuasive
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Apr 12, 2024 |
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Are Platforms Ready for Elections?
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Apr 05, 2024 |
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The Most Moderated Word on Meta
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Mar 29, 2024 |
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Murthy, Reddit, and the Speech Deciders
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Mar 22, 2024 |
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The Global Internet - Or Is It?
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Mar 15, 2024 |
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Introducing Ctrl-Alt-Speech
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Mar 05, 2024 |