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5 Tech Giants Let UK Speech Regulator Preview New Features
Five tech giants just agreed to show a government regulator their homework before turning it in, even though the law never said they had to.
Incoming Chief of UK Speech Regulator Takes Aim at VPNs
The incoming Ofcom chair’s to-do list includes treating VPNs as obstacles, demanding new powers over YouTube, and asking the Treasury for a bigger budget.
X Agrees to Review Illegal “Hate” Within 48 Hours Under UK Online Safety Act
The platform that once called Ofcom’s approach “overreach” just handed it a 48-hour content removal pipeline with quarterly audits.
Ofcom and the Fantasy of Global Speech Control
The British speech regulator proved it doesn’t understand the internet.
Meta Will Fight Ofcom Over the Math, Just Not the Censorship
The company that could most credibly challenge Britain’s online speech regime is instead asking a London court to please use a different revenue column.
Britain’s Pre-Decided “Consultation” on Banning Social Media for Under-16s
The verification system needed to keep teenagers off Instagram happens to be the same one needed to track everyone else.
Ofcom Investigates Telegram Under UK “Online Safety Act”
The regulator’s list of duties runs far beyond child safety into foreign interference, false communications, and public-order speech.
Ofcom Demands Tech Platforms Fund the UK’s Internet Censorship Regime
Ofcom now sends the bill for policing the internet directly to the companies being policed, and the meter just started running.
How UK Regulator Ofcom Quietly Bypassed International Law to Police American Speech
A British regulator bypassed every formal legal treaty and just emailed American companies into compliance, and 98% of them apparently obliged.
Britain’s Free Speech Crisis and the Bill That Would Fix It
After centuries of prosecuting people for what they say, Britain may be closer than it has ever been to making free speech an actual legal right.
Apple Forces UK iPhone Age Checks in iOS 26.4
Every iPhone in Britain is now a checkpoint, and the price of entry for many is their ID or credit card.
UK Regulator Ofcom Has Fined 4chan £520,000 Under a Law That Doesn’t Apply in the US
The regulator issued a £520,000 fine; the lawyer replied with a picture of a hamster.