In this week's round-up of the latest news in online speech, content moderation and internet regulation, Mike and Ben are joined by a group of students from the Media Law and Policy class at the American University School of Communication. Together they cover:

• U.K. orders Apple to let it spy on users’ encrypted accounts (Washington Post)
• US lawmakers respond to the UK’s Apple encryption backdoor request (Engadget)
• UK: Encryption order threatens global privacy rights (Human Rights Watch)
• Analysis: AI Summit emphasizes innovation and competition over trust and safety (DFR Lab)
• An overdue idea for making the internet safer just got the funding it needs (Platformer)
• Google-backed public interest AI partnership launches with $400M+ for open ecosystem building (Techcrunch)
• Britain dances to JD Vance’s tune as it renames AI institute (Politico)
• Section 230 Still Works in the Fourth Circuit (For Now)–M.P. v. Meta (Eric Goldman)
• TikTok Opts to Not Take Section 230 Immunity Fight to the US Supreme Court (Law.com)
• Shopify says risk of fraud, not Nazi swastika, was reason for Kanye West store takedown (The Logic)

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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:

• Elon’s Twitter Destruction Playbook Hits The US Government, And It’s Even More Dangerous (Techdirt)
• US presses Brussels for answers over EU social media law (Politico)
• Inside the Elon Musk-Jim Jordan ‘mind meld’ shaking up Capitol Hill (Politico)
• Musk adds Shell, Nestlé, Lego to X advertiser ‘boycott’ lawsuit (The Hill)
• Musk Shows Us What Actual Government Censorship On Social Media Looks Like (Techdirt)
• In wake of Meta moderation shift, advertisers have accepted new status quo: brand safety is a myth (Digiday)
• Meta sees no ‘noticeable impact’ in advertiser demand since content policy shift (Marketing Week)
• Amazon Raises Its Ad Spending on Elon Musk’s X, in Major Reversal (Wall Street Journal)
• Senator Hawley Proposes Jail Time for People Who Download DeepSeek (404 Media)
• Apple Blasts EU Laws After First Porn App Comes to iPhones (Bloomberg)

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Ctrl-Alt-Speech is a weekly podcast from Techdirt and Everything in Moderation. Send us your feedback at podcast@ctrlaltspeech.com and sponsorship enquiries to sponsorship@ctrlaltspeech.com. Thanks for listening.

In this week’s roundup of the latest news in online speech, content moderation and internet regulation, Mike is joined by guest host Renee DiResta, associate research professor at the McCourt School of Public Policy at Georgetown University. They cover:

• The new free speech crisis hiding in plain sight (MSNBC)
• ‘Free Speech’ Warrior RFK Jr. Has Been Trying To Censor a Blogger for Years (Who What Why)
• In motion to dismiss, chatbot platform Character AI claims it is protected by the First Amendment (TechCrunch)
• Trump Signs Agreement Calling for Meta to Pay $25 Million to Settle Suit (WSJ)
• Meta’s Free-Speech Shift Made It Clear to Advertisers: ‘Brand Safety’ Is Out of Vogue (WSJ)
• X refuses to remove stabbing video watched by Southport killer (Financial Times)

This episode is brought to you with financial support from the Future of Online Trust & Safety Fund.

Ctrl-Alt-Speech is a weekly podcast from Techdirt and Everything in Moderation. Send us your feedback at podcast@ctrlaltspeech.com and sponsorship enquiries to sponsorship@ctrlaltspeech.com. Thanks for listening.