2026

Recent coverage

The Peter McCormack Show, 26 April 2026 – Preston Byrne: The Lawyer Fighting Britain’s Censorship Machine

Reclaim the Net, 09 April 2026 — How UK Regulator Ofcom Quietly Bypassed International Law to Police American Speech

Reason, 08 April 2026 — You Don’t Have To Like Kanye West To Hate His Ban From Britain

Academy of Ideas, 04 April 2026 — Does the UK Need a US-Style First Amendment?

Reclaim the Net, 03 April 2026 — Britain’s Free Speech Crisis And The Bill That Would Fix It

Reclaim the Net, 01 April 2026 — The Free Speech Act: A Demolition Plan For Britain’s Speech Laws

Spiked, 01 April 2026 — Does Britain Need a First Amendment?

The Spectator, 01 April 2026 — The Pros and Cons of a Free Speech Bill

Guido Fawkes, 01 April 2026 — Byrne’s British Free Speech Bill: ASI Publishes First Amendment-Style British Free Speech Bill

GB News, 01 April 2026 — Desperate bid to rescue free speech in Britain as bill launched to form ‘First Amendment for the UK’

GB News, 25 March 2026 — Last-ditch bid to rescue free speech in Britain set to launch in just days with ‘First Amendment for the UK’

Reason, 23 March 2026 — 4chan Sends Hilarious, Hamster-Filled Reminder That U.S. Companies Need Not Follow British Speech Regulation

MLex, 19 March 2026 — US forum 4chan mocks UK watchdog with a giant hamster over latest online safety fine

Reclaim the Net, 19 March 2026 — UK Regulator Ofcom Has Fined 4Chan £520,000 For a Law That Doesn’t Apply in the U.S.

BBC News, 19 March 2026 — US messageboard 4chan mocks £520,000 fine for UK online safety breaches

Guido Fawkes, 19 March 2026 — Ofcom Fines 4chan £520,000, Lawyer Responds With Giant Hamster

Guido Fawkes, 12 March 2026 — Ofcom Chief: Being Sued by Online Platforms Means We’re Having an Impact

National Post, 12 March 2026 — The global threat to free speech has a British accent

FT Letters, 9 March 2026 — Wyoming’s fight against the foreign censors is a moral one

Spiked / ZeroHedge, 7 March 2026 — Britain is trying to censor Americans, but Washington is fighting back

Politico, 12 February 2026 — America’s problem with Europe’s online speech rules

Reclaim the Net, 12 February 2026 — UK Regulator Ofcom Proposes Second Fine Against US Platform 4chan

Epoch Times, 6 February 2026 — US Lawmakers Weigh Visa Restrictions, Sanctions on EU Over Alleged Censorship

Laramie Boomerang, 6 February 2026 — Wyoming bill seeks to stop foreign censorship

Reason, 30 January 2026 — How Americans Are Fighting a British Censorship Invasion

Reclaim the Net, 30 January 2026 — Wyoming Introduces First-Ever Foreign Censorship Shield Bill

The Spectator, 27 January 2026 — Will Congress shield the U.S. from foreign attacks on the First Amendment?

Fortune, 27 January 2026 — Crypto giant Tether has $187 billion in assets, big plans for U.S. expansion — and a CEO who warns the West is heading toward social collapse

Spiked, 13 January 2026 — Britain’s Bid to Police the World’s Internet

2025

Last year’s reporting

Foundation for Freedom Online, 31 December 2025 — The Top Seven Free Speech Wins in 2025

MLex, 29 December 2025 — 4Chan says it has jurisdiction to sue the UK’s Ofcom in the U.S.

The American Conservative, 20 December 2025 — The Online Safety Act Will Export British Tyranny

Politico, 15 December 2025 — How Free Speech Is Wrecking the Special Relationship

CapX (Podcast), 10 December 2025 — Is the Online Safety Act Doomed?

NBC, 05 December 2025 — EU Hits Musk’s X With $140 Million Fine, Says It Broke Hate Speech and Misinformation Rules

Forbes, 05 December 2025 — Elon Musk’s X Hit With $140 Million Fine In Europe for ‘Deceptive’ Practices

The Times, 1 December 2025 — Online Safety Act already playing catch-up with a moving target

Galaxy Brains, 1 December 2025 — Defending Free Speech on the Web with Preston Byrne

Epoch Times, 29 November 2025 — EU ‘Democracy Shield’ Raises Free Speech Concerns

Guido Fawkes, 20 November 2025 — We’re Going to Destroy the Online Safety Act

CryptoSlate, 7 November 2025 — Crypto’s Flagship AI Project Fractures: FET sues Ocean over 263M FET Sales

Spiked, 5 November 2025 — Why is Ofcom trying to censor Americans?

Fox News, 2 November 2025 — England Doesn’t Have Free Speech and Wants to Take Away Ours, Too

The Observer, 26 October 2025 — Messageboard 4chan refuses to pay fine over ‘free speech’

Public, 16 October 2025 — Starmer Breaks Promise to Trump in Bid to Censor Website That Fueled His Rise

Reclaim the Net, 16 October 2025 — UK Speech Regulator Ofcom Claims First Amendment Doesn’t Protect Americans From Its Censorship Law

CapX, 15 October 2025 — Who Cares About Free Speech in Britain?

Reclaim the Net, 13 October 2025 — UK Regulator Ofcom Uses Online Censorship Law to Fine American Platform 4chan

The Telegraph, 13 October 2025 — 4chan refuses to pay ‘stupid’ fine amid UK’s free speech row with Trump

The Independent, 13 October 2025 — 4chan faces UK ban after refusing to pay ‘stupid’ fine

Lexology, 13 October 2025 — Could UK/US Online Safety Tensions Fragment the Internet?

Guido Fawkes, 13 October 2025 — Ofcom Fines 4chan £20,000 For Violating Online Safety Act

Heritage Foundation, 12 September 2025 — The UK’s Sinister Turn on Free Speech and Why America Should Care

The Telegraph, 09 September 2025 — Starmer to bow to Trump by vowing to protect free speech

TechDirt, 05 September 2025 — When Trolls Take On Tyrants: 4chan and Kiwi Farms Sue the UK Over Extraterritorial Censorship

The Telegraph, 03 September 2025 — Free speech in the UK is dead. It’ll take a constitutional revolution to restore it

Washington Post, 31 August 2025 — ‘Scan your face’ laws for the web are having unexpected consequences

Epoch Times, 29 August 2025 — Kiwi Farms, 4chan Sue UK Regulator Ofcom Over Online Safety Act

Guido Fawkes, 28 August 2025 — US Firms Suing Two-Tier Ofcom

The Times, 28 August 2025 — Ofcom acting as ‘global censorship bureau,’ US tech firms claim

Brussels Signal, 28 August 2025 — US websites 4chan and Kiwi Farms sue UK over ‘censorship’

Reuters, 28 August 2025 — Internet forum 4chan sues UK regulator in US over free speech

The Telegraph, 27 August 2025 — US firms launch court battle against Starmer’s free speech crackdown

Reclaim the Net, 27 August 2025 — 4chan and Kiwi Farms Sue UK Regulator Ofcom Over Online Censorship Law

The Verge, 27 August 2025 — 4chan and Kiwi Farms launch joint lawsuit against the UK

BBC News, 27 August 2025 — 4chan launches legal action against Ofcom in the US

Courthouse News, 27 August 2025 — 4chan challenges UK age verification laws as censorship

404 Media, 27 August 2025 — 4chan and Kiwi Farms Sue the UK Over its Age Verification Law

The Spectator, 26 August 2025 — Leave 4chan alone

The Verge, 23 August 2025 — Will Trump help 4chan escape the UK’s Internet police?

Ars Technica, 22 August 2025 — 4chan Refuses to Pay Online Safety Act Fines, Asks Trump Admin to Intervene

BBC News, 19 August 2025 — 4chan will refuse to pay online safety fines, lawyer says

Spiked, 15 August 2025 — The Ricky Jones acquittal shows us the wisdom of juries

Columbia Journalism Review, 5 August 2025 — Threat and Circuses

Politico, 5 August 2025 — The UK Triggers a Global Internet Argument

Breitbart, 4 August 2025 — Trump State Department: UK Online Safety Act Undermines Free Speech

Politico EU, 1 August 2025 — Trump Ally Hits Out at ‘Chilling’ Online Safety Rules

The Telegraph, 30 July 2025 — Trump Warns Starmer: Stop Threatening American Tech Companies’ Free Speech

Politico, 29 July 2025 — The UK’s New Tech Law Triggers Upheaval

Epoch Times, 3 April 2025 — New Internet Policing Law Targets US Online Forums

Earlier

2013–2024 archive

CoinDesk, 5 December 2024 — Bitcoin at $100k: The Financial World Reacts

Bloomberg, 4 October 2024 — Free Ross: Why Trump Wants Ross Ulbricht Released From Prison

CoinDesk TV, 30 August 2024 — If the SEC Sues OpenSea, Here’s Why the NFT Platform Could Win Easily

MarketWatch, 21 June 2024 — Why Trump is getting political ‘upside’ from his crypto reversal

Blockworks, 9 March 2024 — Wyoming passes law to give DAOs a legal framework

CoinDesk, 10 January 2024 — Spot Bitcoin ETF Approved: The Crypto Industry Reacts

CoinDesk, 3 November 2023 — The Sam Bankman-Fried Verdict: The Crypto Industry Reacts

Bloomberg, 24 August 2023 — Why Sanctions for this Crypto Platform’s Founders Pose an Existential DeFi Threat

Fortune, 18 July 2023 — SEC v. Ripple: Will the agency challenge the court’s Ripple ruling?

Fortune, 7 June 2023 — The future of American crypto looks bleak as Gary Gensler declares war

The New York Times, 21 May 2023 — Liberals Are Persuading Themselves of a Debt Ceiling Plan That Won’t Work

The Economist, 7 May 2023 — Your job is (probably) safe from artificial intelligence

BlockWorks, 17 March 2023 — No Laws, No Policy, No Clarity: The Parlous State of Crypto Regulation

Decrypt, 20 October 2022 — Craig Wright Loses Lawsuit in Norway over Satoshi Nakamoto Claims

Forbes, 4 October 2022 — Kim Kardashian’s $1 Million Fine Could Impact Uniswap, Sushiswap and Other Decentralized Exchanges

Financial Times, 3 August 2022 — Further Reading

Bitcoin Magazine, 29 July 2022 — Is Bitcoin a New Kind of Property?

Decrypt, 14 July 2022 — See You In Court, Anon: UK Judge Allows Lawsuits via NFT Airdrop

Vice Motherboard, 7 June 2022 — Meet the Vigilantes who Hack Millions in Crypto to Save It from Thieves

Fortune, 29 July 2021 — Why Ripple’s SEC Lawsuit Could Have a Lasting Effect on Crypto

The Wall Street Journal, 24 August 2021 — Cryptocurrency’s Surge Leaves Global Watchdogs Struggling to Catch Up

CoinDesk, 4 February 2021 — Crypto is the Libertarian Cheat Code in the Final Battle over State Coercion

Reclaim the Net, 23 November 2020 — Think Tank Proposes UK Free Speech Act

CoinDesk, 13 May 2020 — Generation Crypto: Preston Byrne — the Libertarian

Bloomberg Law, 12 March 2020 — SEC CryptoMom’s Safe Harbor Makes Sense, In a Way

Slate, 18 December 2019 — How Weird Is It That a Company Lost Hundreds of Millions in Cryptocurrency Because Its CEO Died?

Financial Times, 16 October 2019 — Where it all went wrong for Facebook’s Libra

Decrypt, 1 October 2019 — Block.one’s SEC settlement over EOS ICO is ‘shockingly weak’

Financial Times, 30 June 2019 — Blockchain is no silver bullet against the black market

The Spectator, 13 April 2019 — Sajid Javid’s new internet rules will have a chilling effect on free speech

The New York Times, 23 June 2017 — Easiest Path to Riches on the Web? An Initial Coin Offering

Reuters, 19 December 2016 — Digital currency sales take off, but with no regulation, questions abound

American Banker, 19 May 2016 — The DAO might be groundbreaking, but is it legal?

Wired, 9 December 2015 — The Radical Politics of the Blockchain

The Guardian, 9 November 2015 — Tech firms warn Snooper’s Charter could end strong encryption in Britain

Washington Post, 4 November 2015 — Britain seeks to overhaul web surveillance after Snowden leaks

The Wall Street Journal, 14 April 2015 — ‘Blockchains without coins’ stir tensions in Bitcoin community

The Guardian, 13 January 2015 — David Cameron in ‘cloud cuckoo land’ over encrypted messaging apps ban

The Telegraph, 5 August 2014 — Bitcoin trades slump as cryptocurrency’s rise stalls

City AM, 18 March 2014 — Why an independent Venice should adopt Dogecoin

New Statesman, 2 September 2013 — Think tank slams Help to Buy: ‘Government is the housing crisis’

Selected Op-Eds

Recent

Adam Smith Institute, 31 March 2026 — The Freedom of Speech Bill (2026)

Adam Smith Institute, 31 March 2026 — What is the Free Speech Bill, and why do we need one?

The Spectator, 27 January 2026 — Will Congress shield the U.S. from foreign attacks on the First Amendment?

The Telegraph, 03 September 2025 — Free Speech in the UK is Dead. It’ll Take a Constitutional Revolution to Restore It

The Blaze, 03 September 2024 — Globalists Push to have Elon Musk Arrested as Global Assault on Free Speech Kicks into Overdrive

Pirate Wires, 15 August 2024 — Radio Free Britain: A Primer on Free Speech and Social Media in the UK

The Blaze, 09 August 2024 — England Rolls Out Nightmarish Censorship Rules after the Riots

The Blaze, 04 July 2024 — Happy Fourth! Read the Supreme Court’s most recent defense of the First Amendment

The Blaze, 06 June 2024 — Biden’s Attack on Crypto May Hand the White House to Trump

The Adam Smith Institute, January 2024 — Saving the Golden Goose: How the UK’s Crypto Rules Avoid America’s Securitarian Trap