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# Broadband Breakfast on Wednesday, July 19, 2023 – The UK’s Online Safety Bill
- URL: https://broadbandbreakfast.com/broadband-breakfast-on-wednesday-july-19-2023-the-uks-online-safety-bill/
- Published: 2023-07-13T12:55:32.000Z
- Updated: 2025-12-05T21:53:31.000Z
- Description: Tech companies have argued against its age limitation and breach of end-to-end encryption.
- Author: Broadband Breakfast
- Tags: Broadband Live, Amy Peikoff, Podcasts, Broadband Breakfast, Drew Clark, IEA, Institute for Economic Affairs, liveonline, Matthew Lesh, online harms bill, Online Safety Bill, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-02-01 09:59, #added-preview-divider

The UK’s Online Safety Bill seeks to make the country “the safest place in the world to be online” has seen as much upheaval as the nation itself in the last four years. Four prime ministers, one Brexit and one pandemic later, it’s just a matter of time until the bill finally passes the House of Lords and eventually becomes law. Several tech companies including WhatsApp, Signal, and Wikipedia have argued against its age limitation and breach of end-to-end encryption. Will this legislation serve as a model for governments worldwide to regulate online harms? What does it mean for the future of U.S. social media platforms?

[UK’s Online Safety Bill Likely to Impact American User ExperienceThe bill will affect the tone and content of discussion on U.S.-owned platforms that wish to continue offering UK services.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/29/97/29976d9d-89ea-4c77-8c0b-0e8a0eafed35/content/images/icon/291902499_377772294340770_1913533388107842851_n-109.png)Broadband BreakfastTeralyn Whipple![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/29/97/29976d9d-89ea-4c77-8c0b-0e8a0eafed35/content/images/thumbnail/peikoff.png)](https://broadbandbreakfast.com/uks-online-safety-bill-likely-to-impact-american-user-experience/)

### ***Panelists***

- **Amy Peikoff**, Chief Policy Officer, BitChute
- **Matthew Lesh**, Director of Public Policy and Communications at the Institute of Economic Affairs.
- Other panelists have been invited
- **Drew Clark** (moderator), Editor and Publisher, Broadband Breakfast

#### *Panelist resources*

- [***An Unsafe Bill: How the Online Safety Bill threatens free speech, innovation and privacy***](https://iea.org.uk/publications/an-unsafe-bill-how-the-online-safety-bill-threatens-free-speech-innovation-and-privacy/?ref=broadbandbreakfast.com)***, Institute of Economic Affairs***
- [***Big Tech Behind Bars? The UK’s Online Safety Bill Explained***](https://www.cnet.com/news/politics/big-tech-behind-bars-the-uks-online-safety-bill-explained/?ref=broadbandbreakfast.com)***, CNET, January 19, 2023***
- [***The hidden harms in the Online Safety Bill***](https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-hidden-harms-in-the-online-safety-bill/?ref=broadbandbreakfast.com)***, The Spectator, August 20, 2022***

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**Amy Peikoff** is Chief Policy Officer for BitChute. She holds a BS in Math/Applied Science and a JD from UCLA, as well as a PhD in Philosophy from University of Southern California, and has focused in her academic work and legal activism on issues related to the proper legal protection of privacy. In 2020, she became Chief Policy Officer for the free speech social media platform, Parler, where she served until Parler was purchased in April 2023.

**Matthew Lesh** is the Director of Public Policy and Communications at the Institute of Economic Affairs. Matthew often appears on television and radio, is a columnist for London’s *CityAM* newspaper, and a regular writer for publications such as *The Times*, *The Telegraph* and *The Spectator*. He is also a Fellow of the Adam Smith Institute and Institute of Public Affairs.

**Drew Clark** is CEO of Breakfast Media LLC. He has led the Broadband Breakfast community since 2008\. An early proponent of better broadband, better lives, he initially founded the Broadband Census crowdsourcing campaign for broadband data. As Editor and Publisher, Clark presides over the leading media company advocating for higher-capacity internet everywhere through topical, timely and intelligent coverage. Clark also served as head of the Partnership for a Connected Illinois, a state broadband initiative.

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