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EPISODE · Aug 7, 2026 · 37 MIN

In the Modi for Takedowns

from Ctrl-Alt-Speech · host Mike Masnick & Ben Whitelaw

Become a Ctrl-Alt-Speech supporter to get extended episodes of the podcast plus the chance to submit stories for us to cover.In this week's episode, Mike and Ben cover:India summons Meta executives over briefly restricted Modi Facebook post (Reuters)‘No explanation given’: Arvind Kejriwal claims Meta restricted his account in India (The Times of India)Meta apologises to India for restricting PM Modi's post (Reuters)India temporarily bans Telegram over exam paper leak concern (BBC)eBay agrees $56m settlement with bloggers over harassment case (BBC)Artist starts legal case against Meta for deleting her Instagram account (The Art Newspaper)And in the extended episode for Patreon supporters, they cover:Telegram CEO says an extortionist planted CSAM in a chat to get it pulled from the App Store (The Verge)TikTok Withheld a Safety Feature From Millions. One Died by Suicide (Bloomberg)TikTok Says ‘Moderator Error’ Kept Perez Hilton Livestream Up (Wired)Our fun links this week are the Nintendo gameplay counsellors and a revamped app for sharing your toilet flushing habits. If you’re already a Patreon supporter, you can get the extended episode on Patreon.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).

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Become a Ctrl-Alt-Speech supporter to get extended episodes of the podcast plus the chance to submit stories for us to cover. In this week's episode, Mike and Ben cover: India summons Meta executives over briefly restricted Modi Facebook post (Reuters)‘No explanation given’: Arvind Kejriwal claims Meta restricted his account in India (The Times of India)Meta apologises to India for restricting PM Modi's post (Reuters)India temporarily bans Telegram over exam paper leak concern (BBC)eBay ...

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