{"id":41659,"date":"2025-08-01T18:09:35","date_gmt":"2025-08-01T18:09:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/flwnet.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/01\/uk-online-safety-act-risks-seriously-infringing-free-speech-says-x-2\/"},"modified":"2025-08-01T18:09:35","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T18:09:35","slug":"uk-online-safety-act-risks-seriously-infringing-free-speech-says-x-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/flwnet.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/01\/uk-online-safety-act-risks-seriously-infringing-free-speech-says-x-2\/","title":{"rendered":"UK Online Safety Act risks \u2018seriously infringing\u2019 free speech, says X"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Elon Musk\u2019s social media platform says lawmakers made a \u2018conscientious decision\u2019 to increase censorship<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/politics\/live\/2025\/aug\/01\/labour-wealth-tax-reeves-scotland-heathrow-sure-start-uk-politics-live-news-updates\">UK politics live \u2013 latest updates<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Elon Musk\u2019s X platform has said the UK\u2019s Online Safety Act (OSA) is at risk of \u201cseriously infringing\u201d free speech as a row deepens over measures for protecting children from harmful content.<\/p>\n<p>The social media company said the act\u2019s \u201claudable\u201d intentions were being overshadowed by its aggressive implementation by the communications watchdog, Ofcom.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2025\/aug\/01\/uk-online-safety-act-free-speech-x-elon-musk\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elon Musk\u2019s social media platform says lawmakers made a \u2018conscientious decision\u2019 to increase censorship UK politics live \u2013 latest updates Elon Musk\u2019s X platform has said the UK\u2019s Online Safety Act (OSA) is at risk of \u201cseriously infringing\u201d free speech as a row deepens over measures for protecting children from harmful content. The social media [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41659","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-media-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/flwnet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41659","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/flwnet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/flwnet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/flwnet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41659"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/flwnet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41659\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/flwnet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41659"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/flwnet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41659"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/flwnet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41659"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}