Money for Nothing and Clicks for a Fee

In this week's round-up of the latest news in online speech, content moderation and internet regulation, Mike and Ben cover: • Gamblers trying to win a bet on Polymarket are vowing to kill me if I don’t rewrite an Iran missile story (https://www.timesofisrael.com/gamblers-trying-to-win-a-bet-on-polymarket-are-vowing-to-kill-me-if-i-dont-rewrite-an-iran-missile-story/?utm_source=Breaking+News&utm_campaign=breaking-news-2026-03-16-3777273&utm_medium=email) (Times of Israel) • Maybe Turning War Into a Casino Was a Bad Idea? (https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2026/03/emanuel-fabian-threats-polymarket/686454/) (The Atlantic) • French music streamer Deezer battles deluge of AI fraud (https://www.ft.com/content/8a47191f-db35-4145-a8f3-a80e36bf2ca4?accessToken=zwAAAZ0CzkTzkdOKRxkf2zVBRdOo86gONr8spA.MEYCIQCCMTi8Y6hutqYwL7gsHwWi8tMIMVSVhiGRC_mbW3oLFAIhAKCa_eDsmTjqsCISv5PTcHYrDtHwzFs89kwPqL9onUS7&segmentId=e95a9ae7-622c-6235-5f87-51e412b47e97&shareId=964a5740-ee38-4548-a4f2-e50deba03426&shareType=enterprise&syn-25a6b1a6=1) (Financial Times) • I hacked ChatGPT and Google's AI - and it only took 20 minutes (https://www.bbc.co.uk/future/article/20260218-i-hacked-chatgpt-and-googles-ai-and-it-only-took-20-minutes) (BBC) • US to Receive $10 Billion Fee for TikTok Deal, WSJ Reports (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-13/us-to-receive-10-billion-fee-for-tiktok-deal-wsj-reports) (Bloomberg) • 'AI Is African Intelligence': The Workers Who Train AI Are Fighting Back (https://www.404media.co/ai-is-african-intelligence-the-workers-who-train-ai-are-fighting-back/) (404 Media) • ‘Another internet is possible’: Norway rails against ‘enshittification’ (https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/16/norway-rails-against-enshittifcation-deliberate-tech-deterioration) (The Guardian) Play along with Ctrl-Alt-Speech’s 2026 Bingo Card (https://www.ctrlaltspeech.com/bingo/) and get in touch if you win!  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.