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UK Speech Regulator Ofcom Struggles To Enforce Censorship Law Fines Abroad
Ofcom can write the fines, but foreign courts get to decide whether anyone pays them.
British Government Employees Were Fact-Checking the News at the BBC. Nobody Told You.
UK civil servants worked on BBC News and BBC Verify content while remaining on government payroll.
UK: “YouTube Tax” Would Force You to Fund the BBC’s War on "Misinformation"
When the state funds the antidote, it gets a say in what counts as the disease.
UK: Police Watchdog Questions Linehan Heathrow Arrest Over Tweet
The watchdog says the apology still leaves the central question unanswered: why was he arrested at all.
UK: Woman Visited by Police Over Post She Says She Did Not Make
In Britain’s speech-policing era, even authorship has become a matter of suggestion.
UK Airports Begin Replacing Passport Checks With Facial Recognition
A small convenience upgrade arrives with the familiar privacy bill attached.
Report: White House Fears UK Apple iCloud Backdoor Targets Trump, Farage
The UK wants a way into your iCloud. Washington is starting to wonder who it might be used on.
UK Court Hears Tech Platforms’ Challenge To Ofcom’s Speech Powers
The companies say this is oversight gone granular, costly, and potentially endless.
Ofcom Investigates Meta Over Instagram Instants as It Moves From Policing Speech to Policing Features
The story is not really that Ofcom is worried about disappearing posts. It is that Britain’s online speech regulator now sounds increasingly comfortable treating itself as part of the launch process.
UK Police Arrest 15-Year-Old Over Posts Mocking Politician
In modern Britain, four officers, one teenager, and a rabbit-eared Photoshop job that somehow became a police matter.
UK Plans Passport And Facial Age Checks For Social Media
Britain is building a surveillance tollbooth for the web.
UK Government Body Kept Files on People Criticizing Prevent Program
The Home Office tried to keep the paperwork private until an appeal brought it into the light.
