Architect of the UK Online Safety Act Calls for Its Complete Repeal
iamnothere
18 points
5 comments
May 20, 2026
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Discussion Highlights (4 comments)
dijksterhuis
tl;dr author wants uk to be more like the usa. nadine dorris complaining in an opinion column somewhere is a convenient way for him to pivot to talking about his think tank’s white paper about wanting to make that happen.
stephen_g
Ah, the good old "I never thought leopards would eat my face" after voting for the 'leopards eating people's faces party'... Somehow I have zero hope the bill she is proposing as a replacement could be any better than the absolute horror that the OSA is though...
JonAtkinson
This is RWNJ garbage dressed up in false "think tank" legitimacy.
justinclift
Hmmmm: > By harmonizing to U.S. free speech standards, the UK will make it considerably easier, as a political matter, enter into data sharing and cross-border cooperation agreements, like CLOUD Act agreements, with the United States.