Ctrl-Alt-Speech Have Yourself a Very Meta Christmas
Dec 18, 2025
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In the last Ctrl-Alt-Speech of the year, Mike and Ben round up the latest news in online speech, content moderation and internet regulation with the following stories:
- Meta shuts down global accounts linked to abortion advice and queer content | Global development (The Guardian)
- Facebook is testing a link-posting limit for professional accounts and pages (Techcrunch)
- Meta adopts new age-check system to meet global child safety laws (FT)
- Russian ban on Roblox gaming platform sparks rare protest (Reuters)
- OpenAI hires George Osborne to spearhead global ‘Stargate’ expansion (FT)
- Oscars Bolts From ABC to YouTube Starting in 2029 (Hollywood Reporter)
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