2026

Recent coverage

Spiked! Online, 30 July 2026 – Ofcom’s Quest to Censor the World

The Brave Technologist Podcast, 29 July 2026 – The Global Fight for Free Speech Starts with a Hamster

Reclaim the Net, 23 July 2026 – UK’s Ofcom Seeks Wider Powers After American Forum Fine Fails

The Independent, 9 July 2026 – A giant hamster, a £520k fine, and a battle for regulation: What happens next in Ofcom’s fight with 4chan?

LBC, 17 June 2026 – Labour “doesn’t understand the Internet,” tech giant 4chan’s lawyer tells LBC

LBC, 17 June 2026 – Nick Ferrari at Breakfast segment on Online Safety Act enforcement

Reclaim the Net, 16 May 2026 – Ofcom and the Fantasy of Global Speech Control

Reason, 14 May 2026 – UK Targets U.S. Forum With Massive Fine It Will Never Collect

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

Tech Policy Press, 3 March 2026 – Wyoming’s GRANITE Act Hints at Global Speech Battle to Come

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

CoinDesk, 29 August 2023 – The Many Layers of the SEC’s First NFT Enforcement Action

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 — and it could mean the end of Coinbase in the US

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

CoinTelegraph, 3 May 2023 – Will compromise on anonymous crypto appease US regulators, spur adoption?

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

Daily Caller, 10 March 2023: “Feds Broke It:” Observers Melt Down After Bank Collapses Overnight

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?

Blockworks, 29 July 2022 – Coinbase Defends Listing Process, Despite SEC Pressure

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

Fox News, 11 July 2022 – Critics hit Georgetown law professor for calling Supreme Court ‘actively rogue’: “The rot in legal academia”

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

Decrypt, 1 June 2022 – Crypto-Skeptic Tech Pros Counter-Lobby US Lawmakers

BlockWorks, 16 February 2022 – Colorado’s Plans to Accept Tax Payments in Crypto Could Be Rocky for Investors

Vice Motherboard, 14 February 2022 –  Crypto Loans Service BlockFi Pays Record $100 million SEC Penalty

Decrypt, 27 January 2022 – ‘Snow Job:’ The Plot to Hand the Crypto Industry to the Big Banks

Decrypt, 20 January 2022 – Jim Cramer Says Dogecoin is a Security. Is He Right?

Decrypt, 10 November 2021 – SEC Halts Token Registration for First Legally Recognized DAO

Billboard, 22 September 2021 – Can Social Tokens Pave A New Future for Blockchain? Bitclout’s Banking On It

Vice Motherboard, 8 September 2021 – Coinbase Goes Nuclear After SEC Threatens to Sue Over Crypto Loans

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

Vice World News, 19 August 2021 – How Social Media Helped ‘Taliban 2.0’ Take Control of Afghanistan

Vice Motherboard, 16 August 2021 – WhatsApp Says It’s Not Banning the Taliban Because It Can’t Read Their Texts

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

Vice, 23 July 2021 – “A Warning Shot:” Regulators Are Coming for the Massive Crypto Loan Industry

Law360, 8 July 2021 – Trump Needs Damning Evidence To Keep Big Tech Suits Alive

Slate, 13 May 2021 – Bitcoin and Dogecoin Are at Elon Musk’s Mercy

The Spectator, 14 March 2021 – The SNP’s radical assault on freedom of speech

Coindesk, 24 February 2021 – Mt Gox Victim Issues Legal Notice to Craig Wright Over Stolen Funds in 1Feex Address

FT Alphaville, 24 February 2021 – Coinbase’s offering docs have just dropped

Decrypt, 10 February 2021 – Bitcoin Retreats But Markets Continue Upward Surge

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

FT Alphaville, 23 December 2020 – Ripple: Davos man no longer

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

Decrypt, 22 August 2020 – Is Dave Portnoy in hot water for pumping Bitcoin? Unlikely, lawyers say

CoinDesk, 28 July 2020 – One Billion, Two Billion, Three Billion, Four? DeFi’s Knocking on TradFi’s Door

Slate, 17 July 2020 – Why cryptocurrency advocates think the Twitter hack could help Bitcoin

Decrypt, 3 June 2020 – Twitter is going easy on Donald Trump

Reclaim the Net, 26 May 2020 – Twitter starts editorializing Trump’s tweets and adding fact-checks from CNN

Decrypt, 13 May 2020 – The SEC killed Telegram’s $1.7 billion crypto project. What’s next?

Fortune, 15 May 2020 – Reddit offers cryptocurrency: Is this a game changer?

Coindesk, 13 May 2020 – Generation Crypto: Preston Byrne – the Libertarian

Reclaim the Net, 6 May 2020 – Facebook Oversight Board members’ past statements raise censorship and bias concerns

Law.com, 28 April 2020 – Facebook’s New Cryptocurrency Faces Sovereignty, Regulatory Hurdles

CoinDesk, 14 April 2020 – MakerDAO Users Sue Stablecoin Issuer Following ‘Black Thursday’ Losses

Decrypt, 13 April 2020 – Apple and Google’s Coronavirus App is a “Global Mass Surveillance Tool”

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

Law.com, 5 March 2020 – Anderson Kill’s New Partner: Blockchain Regulators Have Already Provided Plenty of Clarity

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

Fortune, 27 November 2019 – Crypto Needs Journalists More Than It Wants to Admit

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

Fortune, 9 October 2019 – IRS’ new cryptocurrency rules create “messy” problem for industry

Decrypt, 1 October 2019 – Block.one’s SEC settlement over EOS ICO is “shockingly weak” say critics

Breitbart Tech, 15 July 2019 – Trump Faces Backlash from Base Over Bitcoin

FT Alphaville, 15 July 2019 – Trump vs. Crypto: Rage Against the Obscene

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

Coindesk, 19 June 2019 – Will Facebook’s Libra be an onramp or dead end for crypto?

Fortune, 17 June 2019 – Facebook’s cryptocurrency ambitions provoke heated debate

Breitbart, 14 June 2019 – Facebook to debut cryptocurrency next week, backed by Visa, Mastercard, Uber

Coindesk, 16 May 2019 – Amazon’s Arrival and 4 Other Enterprise Blockchain Trends from Consensus 2019

FT Alphaville, 13 May 2019 – Bitcoin is the 10-year Treasury of our time

Coindesk, 16 April 2019 – Craig Wright’s Fight with a Cartoon Bitcoin Astronaut Cat, Explained

Coindesk, 16 April 2019 – Auditor Ernst & Young Unveils Nightfall, An Ambitious Bid to Bring Business to Ethereum

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

The Next Web, 4 April 2019 – A Cryptocurrency Debunker’s Quixotic Quest to Save Endangered Marmots with an Emoji

Coindesk, 3 April 2019 – The Securities and Exchange Commission Issues First “No-Action” Letter Clearing ICO to Sell Tokens in the US

Breitbart, 5 March 2019 – Facebook “Massive Security Hole” Lets Anyone Find You From Your Phone Number

Security Boulevard, 4 March 2019 – Uproar Over Facebook 2FA Privacy Violation

The Next Web, 22 February 2019 – A brief history of cryptocurrency and blockchain white papers

Wired, 1 January 2019 – #wiredbackpage

Financial Times, 19 December 2018 – Crypto miners fight for survival as market turmoil continues

Coindesk, 26 November 2018 – Employees Say Startup Civil Hyped Crypto Returns, but Failed to Pay

Coindesk, 8 November 2018 – Expect the SEC to target more token exchanges after EtherDelta

Washington Post, 1 November 2018 – One of the hottest things in cryptocurrency: stablecoins

The Block, 29 October 2018 – eToro’s recent listing looks like a security, but the firm isn’t worried about regulators

Nouriel Roubini, 11 October 2018 – written testimony for hearing “Exploring the Cryptocurrency and Blockchain Ecosystem” before the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Community Affairs

Financial Times, 14 September 2018 – Canary Wharf departures show strains in wider crypto market

Forbes, 5 September 2018 – A major push to use blockchain to link autonomous vehicle development on an open-source network

The Economist, 1 September 2018 – Initial Coin Offerings have become big business

Forbes, 1 August 2018 – Nobel Prize winner joins blockchain startup to fix smart contracts

FT Alphaville, 25 June 2018 – The John Taylor-backed “stablecoin” that’s backed by, um, stability

Fortune, 22 June 2018 – Ex-GoDaddy Execs Raise $6.5 Million for Cheap, Android Phone-Friendly Blockchain

Financial Times, 8 June 2018 – Who really owns Bitcoin now?

MIT Technology Review, 7 June 2018 – “Stablecoins” are trending, but they may ignore basic economics

VentureBeat, 27 May 2018 – Stablecoins: Brilliant idea or disaster waiting to happen?

Vice/Motherboard, 1 May 2018 – The ‘Holy Grail’ of cryptocurrency looks like the banks we already know and hate

Fast Company, 10 April 2018 – The brazen fraud case that may help determine the future of ICOs

Financial Times, 26 March 2018 – Law firms look to capitalize on Initial Coin Offering boom

FT Alphaville, 23 March 2018 – The “academic’s cryptocurrency” is an elegant waste of time

Digiday, 13 Feburary 2018 – Salon to adblock users: “let us use your computers to mine cryptocurrency.” Really.

Quartz, 6 February 2018 – The US Senate just learned what Bitcoiners mean by “HODL”

Forbes, 24 January  2018 – Another “stablecoin” debuts – can asset-backed cryptocurrencies ward off crypto volatility?

Fortune, 27 December 2017 – 19 Bitcoin accounts you should really follow on Twitter.

Financial Times, 29 November 2017 – Drivers and risks of the cryptocurrency boom

Forbes (Senior Contributor Frances Coppola), 29 November 2017 – Bitcoin’s enormous price rise exposes the irrational beliefs of investors 

Forbes, 2 October 2017 – Are ICOs for “Utility Tokens” selling securities? Prominent crypto players say “yes”

FT Alphaville, 23 August 2017 – Of crypto apples and other fantastical fruit

Forbes, 17 July 2017 – How to speculate in ICOs: 10 practical tips

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

Coindesk, 23 May 2017 – The legality of ICOs – past, present and future

Coindesk, 11 April 2017 – Monax adds blockchain code to Hyperledger Github repository

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

Coindesk, 30 November 2016 – Blockchain pros debate ‘looming challenges’ for smart contracts

TechCrunch, 30 October 2016 – Zcash, Blockstack, and appcoins, Oh My!

Money Stuff (Bloomberg), 22 August 2016 – Stock buybacks and securities fraud

Coindesk, 18 August 2016 – The dream of the DAO stubbornly lives on

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

Coindesk, 2 March 2016 – 40 banks trial commercial paper trading in latest R3 blockchain test

American Banker, 24 February 2016 – Can blockchain technology really unclog the capital markets?

New York Business Journal, 29 January 2016 – PwC becomes first ‘Big Four’ accounting firm to publicly partner with blockchain startups

Coindesk, 16 December 2015 – Microsoft Azure announces new offerings for its Blockchain-as-a-Service platform

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

Coindesk, 2 August 2015 – Eris COO: Private and public blockchains need to coexist

Coindesk, 28 July 2015 – The American Banker conference: lines drawn in blockchain debate

Financial Times, 2 June 2015 – Tech sector figures warn of hit from planned UK data law

American Banker, 19 May 2015 – NASDAQ signals confidence in Bitcoin, not just the blockchain

The Wall Street Journal, 14 April 2015 – “Blockchains without coins” stir tensions in Bitcoin community

FT Alphaville, 20 March 2015 – Blockchains as a public and private resource

The New Republic, 24 February 2015 – After the Bitcoin Gold Rush

FT Alphaville, 4 February 2015 – Bitcoin continues to evolve into a worse version of the current system

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

The Telegraph, 05 August 2014 – Bitcoin trades slump as cryptocurrency’s rise stalls

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

City AM, 17 March 2014 – Dogecoin just sent $11,000 over Twitter – instantly

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

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

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