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416: Britain Censors the Internet (and More)

416: Britain Censors the Internet (and More)

Update: 2025-08-25
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Shoshana Weissmann (R Street) discusses the disastrous Online Safety Act, the growth of censorship in the UK, and more.

Topics include:

  • Protect the children, they said . . .
  • The SpongeBob videos must stop
  • Solve problems? Or just shut people up?
  • How dare you comply with our law!
  • Age verification in practice
  • Peter Kyle: polite demagogue
  • Let’s kill KOSA
  • UK: global speech police?
  • “Rights”: you keep using that word . . .

Links:

U.K.’s Online Safety Act Censors the Internet—A Preview of U.S. Proposals

Tech Policy Podcast 405: No, Internet Age Verification Has Not Been “Solved”

Tech Policy Podcast 404: The Worst Possible Moment to Break Encryption

Tech Policy Podcast 356: The UK Targets End-to-End Encryption

Tech Policy Podcast 354: Online Age Verification (Sucks)

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416: Britain Censors the Internet (and More)

416: Britain Censors the Internet (and More)

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