Topic: Ofcom
Ofcom, the UK’s communications regulator, is increasingly involved in enforcing speech regulations that threaten free expression online. Its initiatives include demanding compliance from tech platforms, investigating private messaging services, and pushing for censorship measures under the guise of safety. These actions raise significant concerns about privacy and the potential for government overreach in controlling digital discourse.
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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.
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Labour Eyes Social Media Censorship for UK Elections
The rules that already tell British broadcasters what they can say at election time are being eyed for a much…
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How Britain Plans to Lock Legacy Media Into People’s Feeds
The public spent years drifting away from legacy broadcasters, so the state plans to algorithmically drag them back.
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UK Speech Regulator’s Telegram Questions Point Toward Private Chats
One arsonist is now the reason a messaging app may be asked to read along with everyone.
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UK Regulator Targets World Cup Social Media Speech
The regulator wants platforms graded on how much they delete rather than how carefully they decide what stays.
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Ofcom’s Crisis Censorship Protocol Arrives Just as Belfast Erupts
A direct hotline between police and platform moderation desks is just a state-to-delete pipeline without the paperwork or a court…
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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…
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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…
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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.
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Ofcom and the Fantasy of Global Speech Control
The British speech regulator proved it doesn’t understand the internet.
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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…
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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.