The Dog that Caught the Car: Britain’s ‘World-Leading’ Internet
Once again I’ve written for my favourite weekly newsletter, Internet Exchange, on something which has struck me as quite odd over recent weeks. The UK Online Safety Act’s origins were grounded not in child safety, but in the authoritarian fantasies of the affluent white English right wing. Six years later, they’ve got everything they ever wanted. So why aren’t they over the moon about it?
When during the UN meetings the Iranian gov affiliates were challenged over censorship, they’d say UK does it too. every time we mentioned the problems, people told us but we are democratic, we smell better. Well here, read this incredible piece by Burns: internet.exchangepoint.tech/the-dog-that…
— Farzaneh Bad (@farzdusa.bsky.social) September 12, 2025 at 2:04 PM