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Court: UK Speech Regulator Gets Sovereign Immunity From 4chan’s US Lawsuit
US judge dismisses 4chan’s Ofcom lawsuit while noting foreign penal judgments are not necessarily enforceable in America.
HOMEFRONT Act Would Let Americans Challenge Foreign Censorship Orders
A congressional answer to the internet’s increasingly international speech police
Federal GRANITE Act Targets Foreign Censorship Orders in US
Foreign censors have discovered that sending threatening emails to US platforms is cheap. Michael Rulli’s bill is designed to make the next step considerably more expensive.
Report: British Groups Push Age Verification Bills in 21 US States
A trade association whose members sell ID checks spent years arguing that more places need ID checks.
Apple Pulled Telegram From the App Store Worldwide Over a Single User Post
One user out of more than a billion was enough to make Telegram restricted from every iPhone on the planet.
UK Committee Hears Calls to Expand the Online Safety Act’s Powers
Just when you thought the UK’s online censorship law couldn’t get any worse…
UK’s Ofcom Seeks Wider Powers After American Forum Fine Fails
A £950,000 penalty, an American forum, and a British agency learning about the First Amendment.
Andy Burnham Scrapped Digital ID. His Internet Plans Say Otherwise.
The applause for scrapping digital ID arrived before anyone checked what survived it.
UK Rules Out VPN Limits — “for Now”
UK won’t ban or age-gate VPNs under the Online Safety Act, minister confirms, as the under-16 social media ban nears.
Jim Jordan Fights UK Plan to Force Legacy Media Into Feeds
Jim Jordan warns UK DCMS plan forcing YouTube, Facebook and TikTok to promote BBC news threatens free speech.
Ofcom Puts iMessage and Messenger on Its Watch List
The regulator swears identity verification is optional. The fine print says otherwise.
Ofcom Wants American Police to Collect Its Speech Fine
A foreign censor is demanding that US police override the First Amendment to finish its collection job.
