It will be interesting to see if Britain’s politicians maintain their taste for self-harm through isolationism by banning X for whatever reason

The internet is speech and if you take the position that “bad speech is harm” rather than “bad speech demands good speech“, the only effective option is a kind of Digital Brexit where you block your citizens from participation in the bigger world. The UK Government will simply have to start censoring internet access for all Britons.

Or it could give up on the pretence of global control… but that would look like weakness.


Elon Musk’s X could be banned in Britain over AI chatbot row

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2026/01/08/musks-x-could-be-banned-in-britain-over-ai-chatbot-row

Archived at: https://archive.ph/2026.01.09-080303/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2026/01/08/musks-x-could-be-banned-in-britain-over-ai-chatbot-row/

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2 responses to “It will be interesting to see if Britain’s politicians maintain their taste for self-harm through isolationism by banning X for whatever reason”

  1. @alecm How exactly does "good speech" prevent CSAM from harming people?

    1. Have you paid for the 5-minute arguement or for the full half hour?

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