Censors & Sensibility

In this week's round-up of the latest news in online speech, content moderation and internet regulation, Mike and Ben cover: • Resonant Computing Manifesto (https://resonantcomputing.org/)   • Support Techdirt’s Uncompromising Coverage, Get Our First Commemorative Coin (https://www.techdirt.com/2025/12/03/support-techdirts-uncompromising-coverage-get-our-first-commemorative-coin/) (Techdirt) • US Ambassador Slams EU Tech Rules as Musk’s X Hit With Fine (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-12-05/us-ambassador-slams-eu-tech-rules-as-musk-s-x-hit-with-fine) (Bloomberg) • Why the X fine is causing so much transatlantic drama (https://www.politico.com/newsletters/digital-future-daily/2025/12/08/why-that-fine-on-x-is-causing-so-much-transatlantic-drama-00681318) (Politico) • Tech workers face new H1-B scrutiny as Trump targets ‘censorship’ (https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/12/06/trump-censorship-h1b-visas/) (Washington Post) • H1-B visa advice (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/alicehunsberger_smart-brilliant-people-who-have-spent-their-activity-7402682695937363968-Qopy?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAAAWdP_cB471ESzCxlSkInD88tQp2Y7oM280) (LinkedIn - Alice Hunsberger) • Australian leader defends social media ban as teens flaunt workarounds (https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/australia-leader-defends-social-media-ban-teens-brag-about-staying-online-2025-12-11/) (Reuters) • Age restrictions alone won't keep children safe online (https://www.unicef.org/press-releases/age-restrictions-alone-wont-keep-children-safe-online) (Unicef) • Focus must be on making social media safe for children as Australia brings in ban (https://www.savethechildren.net/news/australia-focus-must-be-making-social-media-safe-children-australia-brings-ban) (Save The Children) • Operation Bluebird tries to reclaim Twitter (https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7403799649222029312/) (LinkedIn) This episode is brought to you by our sponsor CCIA (https://ccianet.org/) , an international, not-for-profit trade association representing a broad cross section of communications and technology firms and that promotes open markets, open systems, and open networks.  Ctrl-Alt-Speech is a weekly podcast from Techdirt (https://www.techdirt.com/) and Everything in Moderation (https://www.everythinginmoderation.co/) . Send us your feedback at [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]) and sponsorship enquiries to [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]) . Thanks for listening.