The Online Safety Act has crippled free speech in the United Kingdom. Most Americans may assume they're safe from censorship on this side of the Atlantic, but the U.K. is now attempting to enforce the Online Safety Act on U.S. companies.
The Online Safety Act grants the U.K.'s online regulator, Ofcom, sweeping authority to restrict and censor online content under the guise of protecting children. The results have been disastrous. In compliance with these rules, social media companies in the U.K. have set age restrictions on a wide range of content: Reddit pages discussing Ukraine and Gaza, a parliamentary speech about the rape of a minor, and even an image of the famous Francisco Goya painting Saturn Devouring His Son.
