Notable (in agreement with your overall thesis) is that Britain's laws on speech have been atrocious and authoritarian for many generations now; the Online Safety Act is no worse than the Communications Act, is no worse than various Public Order Acts, etc. What's changed is precisely the lack of a general-purpose small-l elite liberalism.
Notable (in agreement with your overall thesis) is that Britain's laws on speech have been atrocious and authoritarian for many generations now; the Online Safety Act is no worse than the Communications Act, is no worse than various Public Order Acts, etc. What's changed is precisely the lack of a general-purpose small-l elite liberalism.