Online Safety Act
Xbox UK Age Verification Launch Locks Out Thousands of Players
The UK’s age verification mandate arrived as promised, and Xbox delivered it by ejecting players mid-session, stripping away chat, and treating 18-year account holders like suspicious strangers.
US Plans freedom.gov Website to Host Content Banned by EU and UK Censorship Laws
The portal is Washington’s opening move in a direct confrontation with European governments over who gets to decide what their citizens can read.
Keir Starmer Considers VPN ID Checks as UK Expands Online Safety Act Powers
Britain may soon require ID to access the very tool designed to protect you from ID tracking.
UK Regulator Ofcom Proposes Second Fine Against US Platform 4chan
Ofcom is pressing ahead with enforcement against a US platform over speech rules controversial even in Britain, as the platform argues in US federal court that Ofcom has no jurisdiction.
EU Targets VPNs as Age Checks Expand
European policymakers are treating VPN adoption as behavior to be contained.
Capitol Hill Hears the Cost of Speaking Freely Online in Europe
In Washington, they watched a continent trade liberty for censorship and call it progress. Now, that threat is coming across the Atlantic in the form of online censorship laws.
Congressional Report Warns Britain Is Exporting Censorship Worldwide
Starmer’s government faces an unprecedented rebuke from Washington over digital laws once hailed as a model for safety.
Wyoming Introduces First-Ever Foreign Censorship Shield Bill
By tying legal protection to a Wyoming nexus, the state would invite creators and platforms targeted by the UK, EU, or Australia to anchor themselves in America’s newest free speech haven.
MembersThe Slow Murder of Private Communication
Encryption stands firm while everything surrounding it conspires to see through it.
Washington Plans “Censorship Shield Law” to Block UK and EU Online Speech Restrictions
Washington plans to draw a bright legal line, barring foreign governments from fining American platforms over online speech.
Nine Bureaucracies Walk Into Your Browser and Ask for ID
A global coalition of regulators is quietly turning the open web into a gated community where every login begins with an ID check.
UK House of Lords Votes to Extend Age Verification to VPNs
The vote marks a stunning turn, pulling VPNs and private platforms into an age-check regime once unthinkable in a democracy.