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In this week's round-up of the latest news in online speech, content moderation and internet regulation, Mike and Ben cover:
My year with a flip phone (Financial Times)
Claude’s Constitution (Anthropic)
From the CEO: What’s coming to YouTube in 2026 (Youtube)
BBC to show programmes on YouTube in landmark deal (Financial Times)
Rand Paul: I’ve changed my mind — Google and YouTube can’t be trusted to do the right thing and must be reined in (NY Post)
Rand Paul Only Wants Google To Be The Arbiter Of Truth When The Videos Are About Him (Techdirt)
Roskomnadzor Denies Reports That It’s Throttling…
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