Jimmy Wales: UK has no jurisdiction over Americans' free speech, OSA can be ignored
technollama · x · 2026-10-22
Jimmy Wales doubles down on the UK Online Safety Act jurisdiction dispute: the UK has no jurisdiction over the free expression of people in the US — that's the core point. Platforms like 4chan can simply keep doing what they've done: ignore it.
"Merely claiming that your laws apply worldwide does not make it so." The UK can act within its own borders but cannot enforce anything on US soil. Legal blogger technollama shared the remark with a Watchman meme noting the Europe-vs-US online free speech conflict is identical in 2000, 2019, and 2026.
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