C'est la Vile Content

In this week's round-up of the latest news in online speech, content moderation and internet regulation, Mike and Ben cover: • House Judiciary Releases EU X Fine Details (https://x.com/JudiciaryGOP/status/2016619775703552475) (House Judiciary X Account) • New Report Exposes European Commission Decade-Long Campaign to Censor American Speech (https://judiciary.house.gov/media/press-releases/new-report-exposes-european-commission-decade-long-campaign-censor-american) (House Judiciary Committee) • X offices raided in France as UK opens fresh investigation into Grok (https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce3ex92557jo) (BBC) • Hey Gavin Newsom! Investigating TikTok’s Moderation Is Just As Unconstitutional As When Texas & Florida Tried It (https://www.techdirt.com/2026/02/02/hey-gavin-newsom-investigating-tiktoks-moderation-is-just-as-unconstitutional-as-when-texas-florida-tried-it/) (Techdirt) • Spain Aims to Ban Social Media for Children Under 16, Prime Minister Says (https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/world/europe/spain-social-media-ban-under-16.html) (NY Times) • TikTok Keyword Analysis (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/solomonmg_last-week-the-story-was-that-tiktok-censored-activity-7424887680422858752-2-Xe/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAAAAAXIgB3om0HfA7W5WCpEZ4IMw8DQkmIu8) (LinkedIn) • Why newsrooms are taking comments seriously again (https://newpublic.substack.com/p/why-newsrooms-are-taking-comments) (New_ Public) • Whoops, Websites Realize That Killing Their Comment Sections Was A Mistake (https://www.techdirt.com/2026/02/03/whoops-websites-realize-that-killing-their-comment-sections-was-a-mistake/) (Techdirt) Play along with Ctrl-Alt-Speech’s 2026 Bingo Card! (https://www.ctrlaltspeech.com/bingo/)  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.