Ofcom seems to be pivoting away at light speed from smaller targets and going after the U.S. majors, like Google.
I had wondered why I got 65 hits on my site last night from Council Bluffs, and today we know: Ofcom and the UK Information Commissioner’s Office opened new files on Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok, YouTube, Roblox and X.
One company wasted no time trying to throw my clients, Ofcom’s current targets, under the bus:
This is not a winning strategy anymore.
A message to my colleagues in Big Tech:
That wall is actually pretty easy to use: Ofcom can threaten an American company all it wants, but the record shows that threats cannot translate into enforcement across America’s borders. Using the wall is as simple as saying “no.”
We are treating Ofcom’s officious censorship demands accordingly:
The First Amendment is sitting there on the ground, waiting for American technology companies to pick it up and wield it. Will they have the courage to do so?
