Tech Policy Podcast

416: Britain Censors the Internet (and More)

Episode Summary

Shoshana Weissmann (R Street) discusses the disastrous Online Safety Act, the growth of censorship in the UK, and more. Topics include: - Protect the children, they said . . . - The SpongeBob videos must stop - Solve problems? Or just shut people up? - How dare you comply with our law! - Age verification in practice - Peter Kyle: polite demagogue - Let’s kill KOSA - UK: global speech police? - “Rights”: you keep using that word . . . Links: U.K.’s Online Safety Act Censors the Internet—A Preview of U.S. Proposals (https://tinyurl.com/hbeeyr7k) Tech Policy Podcast 405: No, Internet Age Verification Has Not Been “Solved” (https://tinyurl.com/bdfd7vrb) Tech Policy Podcast 404: The Worst Possible Moment to Break Encryption (https://tinyurl.com/4evtwv8z) Tech Policy Podcast 356: The UK Targets End-to-End Encryption (https://tinyurl.com/4x6nbvss) Tech Policy Podcast 354: Online Age Verification (Sucks) (https://tinyurl.com/275z8bsh)

Episode Notes

Shoshana Weissmann (R Street) discusses the disastrous Online Safety Act, the growth of censorship in the UK, and more.

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Links:

U.K.’s Online Safety Act Censors the Internet—A Preview of U.S. Proposals

Tech Policy Podcast 405: No, Internet Age Verification Has Not Been “Solved”

Tech Policy Podcast 404: The Worst Possible Moment to Break Encryption

Tech Policy Podcast 356: The UK Targets End-to-End Encryption

Tech Policy Podcast 354: Online Age Verification (Sucks)