Today, Sarah Rogers, United States Undersecretary of State for Public Diplomacy, confirmed that the US is poised to forever block foreign censorship of US citizens under laws like the UK Online Safety Act or the EU Digital Services Act.
NEW: US preparing to legislate to shield against UK Ofcom attempts to regulate US firms, @UnderSecPD confirms:https://t.co/VtQjPtAKQb
“Clearly these censorship statutes are so anathema to the First Amendment that judgments under them shouldn't be enforced here.” pic.twitter.com/hpwyfghwAG — Harry Cole (@MrHarryCole) January 28, 2026
Cognizant this may come as a shock to some of you, it’s actually the latest in a series of developments over the last four months. I summarize these below to get you up to speed.
10/13/2025: Ofcom fines my client 4chan and claims it is entitled to sovereign immunity.
10/16/2025: I publish Ofcom’s correspondence to 4chan on this blog, which is marked confidential and which Ofcom would prefer not to have been released.
10/18/2025: The GRANITE Act, a foreign censorship shield law, is proposed here, by yours truly, on this blog.
11/20/2025: Wyoming GRANITE Act finalized and filed for numbering with the Wyoming legislature, as reported exclusively on this blog.
12/4/2025: United States Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy, Sarah Rogers, in an interview with GB News, describes Ofcom’s censorship of Americans in America as a “non-starter. It is a deal-breaker, it is a red line.” She adds that a federal censorship shield law is also under consideration in the U.S. House of Representatives.
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