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Rod D. Martin@RodDMartin · Jul 30, 2025

🚨BREAKING: The Trump White House just warned UK PM Keir Starmer: Stop threatening Americans' free speech. The U.S.…

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The Trump White House is warning UK PM Keir Starmer to stop enforcing the Online Safety Act against American tech companies and citizens, arguing the law constitutes foreign censorship and threatens free speech rights. The administration is prepared to use trade leverage and legal action to challenge the UK's authority to fine U.S. companies up to 10% of global revenue for content deemed hateful speech.

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    🚨BREAKING: The Trump White House just warned UK PM Keir Starmer: Stop threatening Americans' free speech. The U.S. will NOT tolerate foreign censorship of our tech companies, our platforms, or our citizens. A direct challenge to Britain’s “Online Safety Act.” THREAD🧵

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    2/ The UK’s new law lets British regulators fine Apple, X, Truth Social & others up to 10% of global revenue… For whatever they decide to call “hate speech.” That’s right: Britain’s government claims the power to punish U.S. companies and citizens for what they say online.

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    3/ The Trump administration has had enough. “We’ve taken decisive action against foreign actors who engage in extraterritorial censorship,” said a senior State Dept. official. Remember: JD Vance warned, "No free trade without free speech." The warning is real.

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    4/ Congressman Jim Jordan put it bluntly: “Ask Apple. They see it as a $500 million attack.” And he’s right. This law isn’t just bad policy—it’s a foreign assault on the First Amendment.

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    5/ And it’s already being enforced. UK regulator Ofcom has begun sending legal threats to U.S. companies, ordering them to obey the law—or else. Truth Social. Apple. Reddit. X. TikTok. All under pressure to censor Americans… because Britain said so??!!

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    6/ And people are going to jail. A woman is serving 2.5 years just for saying “deportation now” after a terror incident. Another, a 64-year-old pro-life grandma, was fined $26,000 for praying outside an abortion clinic. Yes—praying. This is tyranny. rodmartin.org/p/the-anglosph…

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    7/ JD Vance didn’t hold back: “Free speech in Britain and across Europe is in retreat.” That's bad enough. But they can't impose it on Americans. We’re pushing back—with trade leverage, lawsuits, and direct pressure. The First Amendment is not negotiable.

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