Sarah B. Rogers

So I think what's particularly insidious and particularly relevant about statutes like the OSA and the DSA is that these are portals through which existing censorship laws get applied to the Internet.

So I think what's particularly insidious and particularly relevant about statutes like the OSA and the DSA is that these are portals through which existing censorship laws get applied to the Internet.

So a lot of these Brits are arrested under existing statutes, like there's a Communications Act, there's a law against inciting quote-unquote racial or religious hatred, and we, I think, have differences of opinion about what amounts to incitement in America versus the UK.

So a lot of these Brits are arrested under existing statutes, like there's a Communications Act, there's a law against inciting quote-unquote racial or religious hatred, and we, I think, have differences of opinion about what amounts to incitement in America versus the UK.

But so, for example, you had a comedian called Graham Linehan who tweeted that if a woman sees a penis in a ladies' room, she should feel free to kick that guy in the balls.

But so, for example, you had a comedian called Graham Linehan who tweeted that if a woman sees a penis in a ladies' room, she should feel free to kick that guy in the balls.

And that's something a lot of comedians say, and I think it channels an impulse that a lot of Americans and Europeans would frankly consider common sense.

And that's something a lot of comedians say, and I think it channels an impulse that a lot of Americans and Europeans would frankly consider common sense.

But he was dragged out of the airport like a terrorist, had his devices confiscated, was thrown in jail overnight and lost access, my understanding, as to his heart medication, if I recall correctly.

But he was dragged out of the airport like a terrorist, had his devices confiscated, was thrown in jail overnight and lost access, my understanding, as to his heart medication, if I recall correctly.

Because this offended some existing law against provocative speech in the UK.

Because this offended some existing law against provocative speech in the UK.

And the Online Safety Act is a device through which all of those existing laws get applied to the internet.

And the Online Safety Act is a device through which all of those existing laws get applied to the internet.

You had another case in the UK where Joey Breton, a footballer, called somebody a bike nonce, which nonce is not an American term, but I imagine you're insinuating someone is effeminate for riding a bike so much or in the manner that he rides the bike.

You had another case in the UK where Joey Breton, a footballer, called somebody a bike nonce, which nonce is not an American term, but I imagine you're insinuating someone is effeminate for riding a bike so much or in the manner that he rides the bike.

And that resulted in a suspended prison sentence, but still a prison sentence.

And that resulted in a suspended prison sentence, but still a prison sentence.

Yeah, basically.

Yeah, basically.