This page collects, in one place and in chronological order, the complete public record of the GRANITE Act: from the litigation that revealed the problem, to the blog post that proposed the solution, to the state bills, to the federal effort now underway. It exists so that journalists, congressional staff, lawyers, and researchers don’t have to reconstruct the chronology themselves. Every date below is the original publication date; nothing has been backdated or revised except where expressly noted in the underlying posts. I will keep this page updated as events develop.
I. Origins: The Problem (June – October 2025)
The GRANITE Act did not begin as a bill. It began as a litigation problem: foreign regulators asserting authority over American websites, American speech, and American citizens, with no effective remedy available under existing U.S. law.
- June 6, 2025 — To Win Back Free Speech, Britain Needs a New Constitution. The first piece in this line of work: why the UK’s censorship regime is a structural problem, not a policy accident.
- June 10, 2025 — UK Lawyers: Be Not Afraid. An open call to the UK legal profession to defend speech.
- August 2025 — 4chan Community Support LLC et al. v. Ofcom filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (Case No. 1:25-cv-02880), with co-counsel Ron Coleman. The first federal lawsuit, in history, by Americans against a foreign speech regulator.
- September 30, 2025 — The Law of the Webserver is the Law of the Website: A Trans-Atlantic Free Speech Defense Doctrine. The doctrinal foundation: lex loci machinae. Americans have the right to serve a U.S.-hosted application globally, and foreign states have no lawful means of stopping them within the United States.
- October 16, 2025 — The Ofcom Files: Exposing the UK’s Attempt to Destroy the First Amendment. The first installment of the public documentary record of Ofcom’s correspondence campaign against American websites.
II. The Proposal (October 18, 2025)
- October 18, 2025 — The GRANITE Act: How Congress Can Strike Back Against Foreign Censors. The original post. A model statute, free-drafted on this blog, proposing a two-part structure: a shield (non-recognition of foreign censorship judgments, in the tradition of the SPEECH Act) and a sword (a private right of action, with statutory damages, for any attempt, successful or not, to censor the protected speech of Americans).
- Everything that follows flows from this post.
III. The States: Proof of Concept (November 2025 – March 2026)
- November 19, 2025 — The Full Text of the Wyoming GRANITE Act. The model bill converted into filed legislation, 32 days after the original post. Coauthored by Wyoming Deputy Secretary of State Colin Crossman, Rep. Daniel Singh, and yours truly.
- November 20, 2025 — Announcing the Wyoming GRANITE Act on the Guido Fawkes podcast.
- December 3, 2025 — This Is Not a Drill. The State Department confirms the GRANITE framework is before Congress, 51 days after the original post.
- January 15, 2026 — Final Draft of the Wyoming GRANITE Act.
- January 30, 2026 — The Wyoming GRANITE Act, HB0070, Is Formally Introduced (bill page). From blog post to introduced legislation in 104 days.
- February 10, 2026 — Introduction vote passes the Wyoming House, 57–5.
- February 13, 2026 — West Virginia introduces the West Virginia GRANITE Act, SB-923. Two live GRANITE bills in two states.
- February 16, 2026 — Testimony before the Wyoming House Judiciary Committee.
- February 23, 2026 — The Wyoming GRANITE Act passes the Wyoming House of Representatives, 46–12. The first legislative chamber in the United States to pass a foreign censorship shield law.
- March 5, 2026 — The Diet GRANITE Act. A streamlined variant for states seeking a lighter-weight version.
IV. The Federal Track (December 2025 – Present)
- December 7, 2025 — What the World Might Look Like If We Get a Federal GRANITE Act.
- December 12, 2025 — The American Counter-Offensive Against Foreign Censorship Should Be Bipartisan. Thirty-one sovereigns are now engaged in coordinated regulation of American speech. The response should not belong to one party.
- December 18, 2025 — A Chronology of the American Fightback Against Foreign Censors in 2025. The year-in-review.
- December 21, 2025 — Foreign Censorship: Congress Begins to Move. Resolutions filed in the House and Senate.
- December 24, 2025 — Who Writes the Laws of the Internet? On the State Department’s sanctioning of five European NGO employees engaged in censorship of Americans.
- January 27, 2026 — Spectator feature: Will Congress Shield the US from Foreign Attacks on the First Amendment?
- January 28, 2026 — State Department Confirms: Federal Censorship Shield Law Incoming. Under Secretary Sarah Rogers confirms federal shield legislation is coming.
- May 1, 2026 — U.S. Internet Censorship Shield Law Tracker. Keeping track of all the moving pieces.
- May 10, 2026 — Congress Must Introduce a Federal GRANITE Act. Written after French criminal process was directed at Elon Musk and Linda Yaccarino.
- May 21, 2026 — Shields Up: Under Secretary Rogers Hints (Again) at an Imminent Federal Bill.
- June 10, 2026 — ITIF: The Case for Using Section 301 to Retaliate Against Discriminatory EU Policies. The trade-remedy pillar of the U.S. response.
- June 11, 2026 — The JAWBONE Act: A “Sword” Like the GRANITE Act, Pointed at Our Own Government. Senators Cruz and Wyden introduce a bipartisan, attempt-based private right of action against domestic government censorship – the same mechanism the GRANITE Act proposes for foreign censorship.
- June 12, 2026 — ITIF Webinar: How Should the U.S. Respond to Foreign Regulation of Online Speech? (July 8).
V. The Evidence That Federal Reforms Are Needed
The GRANITE Act was not drafted in the abstract. It was drafted in response to a documented enforcement campaign, the public record of which is collected in the “Ofcom Files” series and related posts:
- The Ofcom Files, Part 1 (October 16, 2025)
- Part 2: IP Blocking the UK Is Not Enough (November 6, 2025)
- Part 3: No Surrender (November 18, 2025)
- Part 4: Ofcom Rides Again (December 4, 2025)
- Part 5: Block Harder (January 8, 2026)
- Part 6: They’re Back (February 11, 2026)
- 4chan’s Opposition Brief to Ofcom’s Motion to Dismiss (December 29, 2025). The case is fully briefed and pending before Judge Rudolph Contreras in the D.D.C.
- Thoughts on the £1,000,000 SaSu Fine (May 12, 2026)
- Ofcom Snatches Defeat from the Jaws of Victory on the SaSu Case; Pivots After Big Tech (May 21, 2026)
- Meta Challenges UK Ofcom’s Speech Taxes (May 8, 2026)
To date, in eight years of attempts, no foreign regulator has collected a penny from any client of this firm, and none has attempted to domesticate a foreign censorship judgment in a United States court – although they have claimed to have the power to do so.
VI. The British Flank
Opening a second front for law reformers in the UK and the Commonwealth, including GRANITE-style statutory provisions, through the Adam Smith Institute:
- March 8, 2026 — Coming Soon: The UK Free Speech Act 2026
- March 30, 2026 — Early Feedback from Lawyers on the UK Free Speech Bill
- March 31, 2026 — A Free Speech Bill for Britain. Co-authored with Michael Reiners and Elijah Granet.
VII. Selected Commentary and Interviews
- On FIRE’s So to Speak podcast with Nico Perrino (March 19, 2026)
- Discussing the GRANITE Act on GB News (February 10, 2026)
- Explaining the GRANITE Act on Harry Cole Saves the West (January 16, 2026)
- “If I Can Protect 4chan from the UK, I Can Protect Anyone from the UK” (December 10, 2025)
- Discussing the Rumored UK Social Media Ban on CapX (June 10, 2026)
Last updated: June 12, 2026. This page will be updated as the federal process develops.