The UK's Online Safety Act is a licence for censorship – and the rest of the world is following suit

Opinion piece written by Taylor Lorenz for The Guardian.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/aug/09/uk-online-safety-act-internet-censorship-world-following-suit?CMP=share_btn_url

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The UK’s Online Safety Act is a licence for censorship – and the rest of the world is following suit

From the US and Australia to France and Italy, those seeking to obliterate privacy and restrict content are on the move, says technology journalist Taylor Lorenz

The Guardian