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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US Threatens Sanctions Over UK Plan to Block X
Washington’s warning has turned Starmer’s hardline internet policy into a diplomatic reckoning over the limits of state power online.
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UK Regulator Ofcom Opens Official Investigation Into X
The investigation lands with the timing of a well-rehearsed cue.
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Starmer is Looking for an Excuse to Ban X
“All options” on the table now includes silencing a global network; an idea once unthinkable in a democracy.
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UK Orders Ofcom to Explore Encryption Backdoors
Ofcom will soon have legal authority to compel encrypted messaging apps to scan all user content before it’s sent.
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Pro-Censorship UK Regulator Pesters a US Forum Already Blocked in Britain
The absurdity of a regulator trying to police a website it can’t reach, already walled off from the very country…
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UK Terrorism Watchdog Calls for Under-16 Social Media Ban, Despite Digital ID Concerns
A ban meant to shield children from extremism could instead redefine the very idea of privacy in a connected world.
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4chan and Kiwi Farms Tell Ofcom It Can’t Censor and Run From Lawsuits
The filing says Ofcom’s notices to 4chan and Kiwi Farms are a breach of US sovereignty disguised as online safety.
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US Under Secretary of State Slams UK and EU Over Online Speech Regulation, Announces Release of Files on Past Censorship Efforts
Sarah Rogers’ comments draw a new line in the sand between America’s First Amendment and Europe’s tightening grip on online…
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US Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett Warns of Declining Free Speech in UK
Barrett’s comments cast the First Amendment as a safeguard against the moral fragility she sees in modern democracies.
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Google and Substack Warn Britain Is Building a Censorship Machine
US companies say the UK’s Online Safety Act forces platforms to police lawful speech under the guise of protecting users.
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US Suspends $41 Billion Tech Deal with UK over Online Censorship Laws
Washington wanted an alliance on AI; London delivered a lecture on acceptable conversation.
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UK Parliament Rejects Petition to Repeal Online Censorship Law, Calls for Expanded Censorship
Lawmakers promised to protect free speech by regulating nearly every way it can occur online.