Source: Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression
by Sarah McLaughlin
“The United Kingdom isn’t just focused on age-gating and regulating what its citizens can see and do on the internet through its Online Safety Act. Now, officials are setting their sights on what people can stream, expanding their regulatory focus beyond local television channels and into the workings of non-UK companies like Netflix. If the censorial headaches unleashed by the Online Safety Act’s attempts to crack down on ‘harmful content’ on the web are any indicator, residents of the UK — as well as the streaming companies officials intend to regulate and their global audiences who watch them — have reason to worry.” (02/25/26)