UK Online Safety Act: censorship masquerading as child safety?
August 7, 2025
11,840
542
187
6.16%
Search the Record
IndexedEvery word spoken in this episode is indexed. Type any phrase to jump straight to the moment it was said.
Type any word or phrase that may have been spoken. Click a result to seek the player to that exact moment.
Try a name, a topic, or a quoted line
Pod Save the Uk Episodes Around August 7, 2025
See what was published immediately before and after this episode.
56:18Now PlayingUK Online Safety Act: censorship masquerading as child safety?
Chapters
YouTube Description
as posted by the channelThis week - we’re talking about the internet, Coco’s proclivities toward the disembodied voice of Pedro Pascal and Nish’s struggles to find any time to work on himself. Strap in - it’s a juicy one.
Nish and Coco are joined by technology journalist Chris Stokel-Walker to make sense of the UK’s new online safety laws - which restrict access to harmful and inappropriate content for young people - while simultaneously clamping down on free speech and digital privacy. The conversation is becoming a culture war topic - but are the political class actually having a sensible discussion about this seismic, world’s-first legislation?
And - guidance from the Equality and Human Rights Commission could see trans people excluded from public life. And now it might become law - with no debate, no scrutiny and no vote. We’ll be speaking to journalist Freddy McConnell about the risk to all of our rights and how we can fight back.
And later - we’re getting Jezzy with it - we dive into the mailbag to hear your thoughts on the party definitely not called “your party”.
CHECK OUT THIS DEAL FROM OUR SPONSOR
USEFUL LINKS
See us Live in London!
Write to your MP
Trans Solidarity Alliance
Freddy’s latest article
Guardian article about Lord Dannet
CHAPTERS
GUESTS
Chris Stokel-Walker
Freddy McConnell
CREDITS
Sky News
Subscribe to the channel for more Pod Save the UK 👉
Pod Save the UK is a Reduced Listening production for Crooked Media.
Contact us via email: PSUK@reducedlistening.co.uk
WhatsApp: 07514 644572 (UK) or + 44 7514 644572
Links & Promotions
Guests & Subjects Covered
Sentinel Indexing in Progress
Metadata and chapters are available. Claim extraction for this episode is pending.
All video content is delivered via YouTube embedded players in accordance with the YouTube Terms of Service. Sentinel provides research tools that promote discovery and accountability across political media.