Preston Byrne is the only American lawyer fighting Britain's attempt to censor US companies under the Online Safety Act - pro bono, alone, for over a year.
He represents 4chan, Kiwi Farms and Gab. No other firm would take the cases. In this interview, Preston explains why Britain isn't a free country anymore, what Ofcom actually claims the power to do to American websites and why he says the UK is trying to enforce British censorship law on American soil.
We get into the moment that started him down this path - a 16-year-old getting a criminal summons from the City of London Police for holding a sign - and why two decades later, he believes the rest of the country is finally catching up to what he saw then.
We also cover the free speech bill he's drafted for the UK, the GRANITE Act he's pushing through US state legislatures, why he won't set foot on British soil and what ยฃ46 billion sitting at the Federal Reserve has to do with all of it.
TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 - The Cold Open That Got Britain's Attention
00:49 - Why He Took The Cases No One Else Would
05:00 - The Moment He Realised Britain Was Slipping
06:29 - The 16-Year-Old Arrested For Holding A Sign
13:30 - What Ofcom Actually Is โ And What It Isn't
15:00 - The 12-Mile Limit Britain Forgot
16:18 - The One Question Britain Has Never Been Asked
19:55 - Why Both Reform And The Greens Want Censorship
23:32 - The Free Speech Bill He Spent Six Years Drafting
31:18 - Why He Won't Set Foot In The UK
36:42 - Why Libertarians Should Trust The Courts
40:00 - The Real Problem With Age Verification
45:37 - The System Is Designed To Make You Fail
49:25 - What The First Amendment Actually Protects
55:00 - Mr Whiskers, Nigel J. Whiskerford, And A ยฃ500K Fine
1:03:30 - Why No Big Law Firm Will Touch This Fight
1:07:53 - The Clients Even He Finds Difficult
1:10:00 - The Geo-Block Ofcom Asked For โ Then Punished
1:20:00 - The 197 Letters Britain Sent To America
1:22:26 - The GRANITE Act, Explained
1:25:00 - The ยฃ46 Billion Pressure Point At The Federal Reserve
1:30:19 - "Are We A Free Country Anymore? No."
1:33:15 - Why He's Still The Only One Fighting
1:36:40 - What You Can Actually Do
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGl8Y-JmPew