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Probably because the admin has been vocal and proactive about extraterritorial overreach by European countries hellbent on global censorship programs. The UK h

by 0xy 10mo ago

Probably because the admin has been vocal and proactive about extraterritorial overreach by European countries hellbent on global censorship programs. The UK has thrown thousands of people in jail for speech on social media, as has Germany. Both of those countries also attempt to censor speech OUTSIDE of their own countries too. https://www.state.gov/releases/office-of-the-spokesperson/2025/12/announcement-of-actions-to-combat-the-global-censorship-industrial-complex https://www.state.gov/releases/office-of-the-spokesperson/20...

hermanzegerman 10mo ago
There are no "European Global Censorship Programs". Maybe try to get your information elsewhere than Fox News (based on the Nonsense in all your recent comments)
- rdm_blackhole 10mo ago
  > There are no "European Global Censorship Programs". Except Chat Control of course.
  - hermanzegerman 10mo ago
    Where does the EU want to reach beyond their borders here?
jimnotgym 10mo ago
> proactive extraterritorial overreach They are certainly very active in the subject, although judging by the last week, they are not really against it in every case >The UK has thrown thousands of people in jail for speech on social media That is just not true, is it. No matter how many times you say it
- 0xy 10mo ago
  https://freedomhouse.org/country/united-kingdom/freedom-net/2025 https://freedomhouse.org/country/united-kingdom/freedom-net/... "Internet freedom declined in the United Kingdom during the coverage period due to a reported increase in criminal charges for online speech" "A separate report from The Telegraph found that 292 people had been charged for spreading false information and “threatening communications” under the Online Safety Act between when it came into effect in 2023 and February 2025. Some civil liberties groups expressed concern that the laws were being applied broadly and in some cases punished speech protected by international human rights standards (C3)."
  - jimnotgym 10mo ago
    292 is not thousands though, is it? Making the statement a barefaced lie. That is before we go into the actual cases of what those people did. I'm concerned about it too, and am able to freely engage with my political representatives over it. They listen and discuss it, because we are a functioning democracy. But hyping it up and lieing about it doesn't help the discussion. Please don't do what everyone else does next and post about one specific case that on a cursory examination seems troubling, I won't be drawn into it.
klaff 10mo ago
>The UK has thrown thousands of people in jail for speech on social media, as has Germany. Source?
- 0xy 10mo ago
  Certainly. The UK routinely and repeatedly jails people for protected speech, including speech protected by international standards. [1] [2] [3] [1] https://freedomhouse.org/country/united-kingdom/freedom-net/2025 https://freedomhouse.org/country/united-kingdom/freedom-net/... [2] "Internet freedom declined in the United Kingdom during the coverage period due to a reported increase in criminal charges for online speech" [3] "A separate report from The Telegraph found that 292 people had been charged for spreading false information and “threatening communications” under the Online Safety Act between when it came into effect in 2023 and February 2025. Some civil liberties groups expressed concern that the laws were being applied broadly and in some cases punished speech protected by international human rights standards (C3)."
  - youngtaff 9mo ago
    Inciting racial hatred etc is not protected speech in the UK
youngtaff 10mo ago
> The UK has thrown thousands of people in jail for speech on social media Not true… and those that were jailed were convicted for inciting racial hatred and most of them admitted the offence
- youngtaff 9mo ago
  Is who ever disagreed with this capable of providing the evidence that it’s inaccurate?
UqWBcuFx6NV4r 10mo ago
This is flat-out factually inaccurate. Don’t bring this tripe here, please and thank you.

by 0xy 10mo ago

hermanzegerman 10mo ago

There are no "European Global Censorship Programs". Maybe try to get your information elsewhere than Fox News (based on the Nonsense in all your recent comments)

rdm_blackhole 10mo ago
> There are no "European Global Censorship Programs". Except Chat Control of course.
- hermanzegerman 10mo ago
  Where does the EU want to reach beyond their borders here?

jimnotgym 10mo ago

> proactive extraterritorial overreach They are certainly very active in the subject, although judging by the last week, they are not really against it in every case >The UK has thrown thousands of people in jail for speech on social media That is just not true, is it. No matter how many times you say it

0xy 10mo ago
https://freedomhouse.org/country/united-kingdom/freedom-net/2025 https://freedomhouse.org/country/united-kingdom/freedom-net/... "Internet freedom declined in the United Kingdom during the coverage period due to a reported increase in criminal charges for online speech" "A separate report from The Telegraph found that 292 people had been charged for spreading false information and “threatening communications” under the Online Safety Act between when it came into effect in 2023 and February 2025. Some civil liberties groups expressed concern that the laws were being applied broadly and in some cases punished speech protected by international human rights standards (C3)."
- jimnotgym 10mo ago
  292 is not thousands though, is it? Making the statement a barefaced lie. That is before we go into the actual cases of what those people did. I'm concerned about it too, and am able to freely engage with my political representatives over it. They listen and discuss it, because we are a functioning democracy. But hyping it up and lieing about it doesn't help the discussion. Please don't do what everyone else does next and post about one specific case that on a cursory examination seems troubling, I won't be drawn into it.

klaff 10mo ago

>The UK has thrown thousands of people in jail for speech on social media, as has Germany. Source?

0xy 10mo ago
Certainly. The UK routinely and repeatedly jails people for protected speech, including speech protected by international standards. [1] [2] [3] [1] https://freedomhouse.org/country/united-kingdom/freedom-net/2025 https://freedomhouse.org/country/united-kingdom/freedom-net/... [2] "Internet freedom declined in the United Kingdom during the coverage period due to a reported increase in criminal charges for online speech" [3] "A separate report from The Telegraph found that 292 people had been charged for spreading false information and “threatening communications” under the Online Safety Act between when it came into effect in 2023 and February 2025. Some civil liberties groups expressed concern that the laws were being applied broadly and in some cases punished speech protected by international human rights standards (C3)."
- youngtaff 9mo ago
  Inciting racial hatred etc is not protected speech in the UK

youngtaff 10mo ago

> The UK has thrown thousands of people in jail for speech on social media Not true… and those that were jailed were convicted for inciting racial hatred and most of them admitted the offence

youngtaff 9mo ago
Is who ever disagreed with this capable of providing the evidence that it’s inaccurate?

UqWBcuFx6NV4r 10mo ago

This is flat-out factually inaccurate. Don’t bring this tripe here, please and thank you.