1 week ago Starmer warned children will be at risk if he agrees to US demands to get trade deal

Revelations that vice president JD Vance is still pushing for online safety and hate speech laws to be repealed have alarmed campaigners

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1 week ago In Trumpland, ‘defending free speech’ means one thing: submission to the president | Rafael Behr

By claiming that any regulation is censorship, the White House is bullying Britain to abandon online safety laws and digital taxesCompared with many countries around the world, the US is still a great democracy, but a much lesser one than it was four months ago. The constitution has not been rewritten. Checks and balances have not been dissolved. The difference is a president who ignores those constraints, and the impotence of the institutions that should enforce them.Which is the true US, the one enshrined in law or the one that smirks in contempt of law? If the latter, should Britain welcome its embrace as a kindred nation? That is an existential question lurking in the technical folds of a potential transatlantic trade agreement.Rafael Behr is a Guardian columnist Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Mother of murdered teen Brianna Ghey says mobiles should be banned in ALL schools

Esther Ghey said she supported a 'blanket ban' on phones in schools across the country amid concerns about how devices can be misused by students.

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3 w. ago Mum of murdered teen sends warning to Keir Starmer on Donald Trump talks

Esther Ghey, the mum of murdered teen Brianna Ghey, has said it is 'shocking' that online safety laws could be watered down to please Donald Trump in tariff negotiations

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3 w. ago Charity ‘appalled’ at reports online safety laws could be cut for US trade deal

The chief executive of the Molly Rose Foundation said he had written to the Business Secretary to warn of ‘dire consequences’.

Economics

3 w. ago Britain avoids worst of Trump’s tariffs, but risks remain for Starmer

PM hopes to strike a US trade deal to further cut 10% levy

Politics

3 w. ago US officials challenge Ofcom’s risk to free speech caused by online safety laws

Exclusive: State department said to have raised concerns over whether new online safety act infringes on freedom of expressionUS state department officials have challenged Britain’s communications regulator over the impact on freedom of expression created by new online safety laws, the Guardian understands.A group of officials from the state department’s Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (DRL) recently met with Ofcom in London. It is understood that they raised the issue of the new online safety act and how it risked infringing free speech. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago US officials challenge Ofcom over risk to free speech caused by online safety laws

Exclusive: State department said to have raised concerns over whether new act infringes on freedom of expressionUS state department officials have challenged Britain’s communications regulator over the impact on freedom of expression created by new online safety laws, the Guardian understands.A group of officials from the state department’s Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (DRL) recently met Ofcom in London. It is understood that they raised the issue of the new online safety act and how it risked infringing free speech. Continue reading...

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