Ctrl-Alt-Speech

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.

Host

Ben Whitelaw

Ben Whitelaw is the founder and editor of Everything in Moderation, an independent media outlet focused on content moderation and the policies, products, platforms and people shaping its future. Its weekly newsletter has over 2,200 subscribers including many working in trust and safety at Meta, Twitter, Google, Linkedin, Bytedance, Spotify and Hinge as well as leading experts working in academia, media, government, civil society, and trust and safety technology companies.

It has been called an “excellent weekly newsletter on content moderation politics” by internet policy expert Heather Burns, “mustread content for those in the trust & safety space” by Justin Davis, CEO of Spectrum Labs AI, and “an essential read” by Alice Goguen Hunsberger, VP, Global Head of Customer Experience at Grindr.

https://www.everythinginmoderation.co/