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US Congressman introduces a bill 'Guaranteeing Rights Against Novel International Tyranny and Extortion'
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29th August 2026
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See article from freespeechunion.org
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bill[pdf] from congress.gov
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A Republican congressman and ally of President Trump, Michael Rulli, has filed a bill that would prevent the British internet censor Ofcom from enforcing Orwellian online safety rules on websites based in the US. This landmark bill would also prevent US
courts from recognising or enforcing foreign fines relating to online speech. Since Donald Trump returned to the presidency, he and his administration have been fiercely critical of the UK Government's approach to free speech, particularly online,
repeatedly citing the Online Safety Act. These concerns are also levelled at the EU for its Digital Services Act. In the eyes of the US administration, these censorious legislative regimes have infringed not only on the free speech of British and
European citizens, but also on the First Amendment rights of US citizens, while unfairly targeting American businesses. The bill introduced by Congressman Rulli is called the Granite Act (Guaranteeing Rights Against Novel International Tyranny and
Extortion). Speaking to The Times, Rulli said: F Foreign bureaucrats do not get to decide what Americans can say. My bill makes clear that if a foreign government tries to punish an American for speech protected by
the First Amendment, that judgment is dead on arrival in our courts.
Ofcom has repeatedly gone after US websites for alleged breaches of the Online Safety Act, notably 4chan and Kiwi Farms. In March, Ofcom fined 4chan a staggering
£520,000 after finding that it had failed to comply with its duties under the Act. Both 4chan and Kiwi Farms have launched legal action in the US seeking an injunction against Ofcom. The regulator responded by asking for the case to be dismissed,
arguing that, as a foreign governmental body, it was protected,claiming sovereign immunity, from being sued under US law. Rulli's bill would remove that protection. It is not expected that this particular version of the bill will make it onto the
statute book, but with support from a number of key Trump officials, the House Judiciary Committee, and the backing of both the White House and State Department, similar proposals could be taken forward. The wording of the bill reads:
LIMITATION ON ENFORCEMENT OF FOREIGN CENSORSHIP JUDGMENTS. (a) LIMITATION ON ENFORCEMENT Notwithstanding any other provision of Federal or State law, a domestic court shall not recognize
or enforce a foreign judgment, or a fine, order, or demand issued by a foreign court or a foreign state, enforcing a foreign censorship law. (b) RIGHT OF ACTION A United States person against whom a foreign
judgment described in subsection (a) is entered, or upon whom a judgment, fine, order, or demand described in subsection (a) is served or purportedly served, may bring an action in an appropriate district court of the United States seeking declaratory
relief that such judgment, fine, order, or demand is unenforceable under subsection (a)
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