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# ![@prestonjbyrne Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:26/cr:twitter::151936663.png) @prestonjbyrne Preston Byrne

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"Proposed damages for trying to censor an American == treble actual or $X million whichever is greater"  
[X Link](https://x.com/prestonjbyrne/status/1977539022055452875) [@prestonjbyrne](/creator/x/prestonjbyrne) 2025-10-13T00:56Z 68.2K followers, 1539 engagements


"Correct. UK Ofcom was provoked into a) claiming its powers override the U.S. constitution and b) making the diplomatically radioactive claim that it would invoke sovereign immunity while exercising those powers because they told 4chan explain yourself and 4chan said no"  
[X Link](https://x.com/prestonjbyrne/status/1979145041533677974) [@prestonjbyrne](/creator/x/prestonjbyrne) 2025-10-17T11:18Z 68.3K followers, 11.2K engagements


""We didn't arrest the guy for wearing a Star of David necklace we arrested the guy for being Jewish in an area that we designated that Jewish people should not be in" Not a good look for the UK"  
[X Link](https://x.com/prestonjbyrne/status/1979963345059840123) [@prestonjbyrne](/creator/x/prestonjbyrne) 2025-10-19T17:30Z 68.3K followers, 19.3K engagements


"Me waiting for even one UK journalist to ask the UK Tech Secretary a single hard question about how they plan to enforce the Online Safety Act in America"  
[X Link](https://x.com/prestonjbyrne/status/1980051758060577134) [@prestonjbyrne](/creator/x/prestonjbyrne) 2025-10-19T23:21Z 68.3K followers, 2966 engagements


"What 4chan won: 1) Its independence 2) Politically speaking extraordinarily damaging admissions from Ofcom about the First Amendment The case in DDC TBD. But ultimately the outcome is now locked in: we got what we needed to wake up Washington and fix this problem for good"  
[X Link](https://x.com/prestonjbyrne/status/1980362722928914553) [@prestonjbyrne](/creator/x/prestonjbyrne) 2025-10-20T19:57Z 68.3K followers, 5672 engagements


"If Ofcom wants to keep running the extraterritorial play on no-UK-nexus companies I predict they will have very little success. Their next pivot is to go after the big boys - X Meta Google - where millions of Americans speak and that American speech is now in danger"  
[X Link](https://x.com/prestonjbyrne/status/1980644038966669679) [@prestonjbyrne](/creator/x/prestonjbyrne) 2025-10-21T14:35Z 68.3K followers, XXX engagements


"I have just provided Ofcoms enforcement docs vs 4chan where the UK claims the First Amendment is no defense to its censorship to several American free speech organizations. Media will publish today. Theyre not after 4chan. Theyre after you and 4chan is in the way"  
[X Link](https://x.com/prestonjbyrne/status/1978874058654601329) [@prestonjbyrne](/creator/x/prestonjbyrne) 2025-10-16T17:21Z 68.3K followers, 20.3K engagements


"We don't need to sanction Ofcom or UK officials that will do nothing anyway and it'll do nothing to deter Australia or any other sovereign We need a civil cause of action enormous statutory minimum damages and disapplying sovereign immunity. They fine us we fine them back"  
[X Link](https://x.com/prestonjbyrne/status/1979992278715322482) [@prestonjbyrne](/creator/x/prestonjbyrne) 2025-10-19T19:25Z 68.3K followers, 8862 engagements


"My objective is not to tell the UK "no" It's to demonstrate to XXX million American lawyers that nothing happens to your American clients in America after you tell the UK "no" And hopefully to summon Congress"  
[X Link](https://x.com/prestonjbyrne/status/1980106404615631304) [@prestonjbyrne](/creator/x/prestonjbyrne) 2025-10-20T02:58Z 68.3K followers, 41.1K engagements


"Correcting the record Mr. Whiskers my pet hamster specifically said that Ofcom's letter was "bitter and salty and smelled of failure" in his comment to the @LundukeJournal. He added they were however suitable as an emergency supply Accuracy in journalism is important"  
[X Link](https://x.com/prestonjbyrne/status/1980246189737193555) [@prestonjbyrne](/creator/x/prestonjbyrne) 2025-10-20T12:14Z 68.3K followers, 4377 engagements


"I hasten to add the draft law I proposed to New Hampshire should immunize Google from a UK order as long as the content in issue was being hosted on a U.S. server. That should be our national position. Build here host here speak here and America will protect your rights"  
[X Link](https://x.com/prestonjbyrne/status/1980644488818340140) [@prestonjbyrne](/creator/x/prestonjbyrne) 2025-10-21T14:36Z 68.3K followers, 1101 engagements


"On behalf of our clients 4chan and Kiwi Farms the law firms of Byrne & Storm P.C. (@ByrneStorm) and the Coleman Law Firm P.C. (@roncoleman) have today filed a federal lawsuit against the UK Office of Communications a/k/a Ofcom in DC federal court. Preston Byrne of Byrne & Storm P.C. counsel for the plaintiffs said: "American citizens do not surrender our constitutional rights just because Ofcom sends us an e-mail. In the face of these unlawful foreign demands our clients have bravely chosen to assert their constitutional rights." "The UK Online Safety Act is a brazen attempt by a foreign"  
[X Link](https://x.com/prestonjbyrne/status/1960764523843043393) [@prestonjbyrne](/creator/x/prestonjbyrne) 2025-08-27T18:01Z 68.3K followers, 489.5K engagements


"This is exactly what happened to all of the conservative social platforms under the Dems - they hosted speech the Dems disliked so the Dems sent them nuisance subpoenas and dragged them before congressional investigations. It's not a good idea just because the right does it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/prestonjbyrne/status/1976389782868721937) [@prestonjbyrne](/creator/x/prestonjbyrne) 2025-10-09T20:50Z 68.3K followers, 4325 engagements


"If AI companies are liable for AI LLM outputs AI will be useless unless hemmed in by complex negotiated contractual mechanics. If you do this BigCorp will have access to amazing AI and you will have access to shitty dumb AI. Not a good outcome. for you"  
[X Link](https://x.com/prestonjbyrne/status/1976615556129436067) [@prestonjbyrne](/creator/x/prestonjbyrne) 2025-10-10T11:47Z 68.3K followers, 3731 engagements


"This is exactly the idea: New Hampshire can create statutory immunities for tech companies from global censorship bullshit and freedom-loving tech companies will relocate to New Hampshire"  
[X Link](https://x.com/prestonjbyrne/status/1977540349523296267) [@prestonjbyrne](/creator/x/prestonjbyrne) 2025-10-13T01:02Z 68.3K followers, 5996 engagements


"Right now every government in the world thinks it can bully US citizens with their foreign censorship laws with total impunity. See: Ofcom's letters. And maybe they can. Congress can make it so that they can't"  
[X Link](https://x.com/prestonjbyrne/status/1977847799363363222) [@prestonjbyrne](/creator/x/prestonjbyrne) 2025-10-13T21:23Z 68.3K followers, 3377 engagements


"Attached is my proposal for the GRANITE Act in New Hampshire. I've also sent this to federal legislators' staff who shall remain nameless. It's XXX words long. If we enact it or something like it foreign censorship attempts will end overnight. This is how we fight back"  
[X Link](https://x.com/prestonjbyrne/status/1977849203846971429) [@prestonjbyrne](/creator/x/prestonjbyrne) 2025-10-13T21:29Z 68.3K followers, 16.4K engagements


"My hamster email to Ofcom has now been provided to at least one major media outlet and I have specifically requested that it be quoted in their story When a European shows up with a censorship order the first thing I want Americans to think of is "hamster bedding""  
[X Link](https://x.com/prestonjbyrne/status/1978243085948608709) [@prestonjbyrne](/creator/x/prestonjbyrne) 2025-10-14T23:34Z 68.3K followers, XXX engagements


"If you think I can't meme this into existence just ask some crypto OGs what the word "marmot" means to them Give me a rodent mascot and I cannot be stopped"  
[X Link](https://x.com/prestonjbyrne/status/1978244007470784777) [@prestonjbyrne](/creator/x/prestonjbyrne) 2025-10-14T23:38Z 68.3K followers, 1222 engagements


"What the UK is trying to do to our nation is outrageous. Starmer told Trump he wasnt censoring Americans. He lied to Trumps face. The docs Mike will publish tmw prove it. The UK wants to kill our free speech. If this doesnt get Congress off its ass Im not sure what will"  
[X Link](https://x.com/prestonjbyrne/status/1978321679068619002) [@prestonjbyrne](/creator/x/prestonjbyrne) 2025-10-15T04:46Z 68.3K followers, 6189 engagements


"And yeah when I joke about putting a document in a shredder for my hamster I joke. Im not sure a letter as censorial and poisonous as the one Ofcom sent to 4chan on Monday is worthy to serve as bedding for a hamster"  
[X Link](https://x.com/prestonjbyrne/status/1978322228124016684) [@prestonjbyrne](/creator/x/prestonjbyrne) 2025-10-15T04:49Z 68.3K followers, 1984 engagements


"My message to Congress: the UK is not going after 4chan. Theyre going after every single American citizen and company that holds an opinion the UKs regime wants suppressed. 4chan is just in the way"  
[X Link](https://x.com/prestonjbyrne/status/1978324693816893798) [@prestonjbyrne](/creator/x/prestonjbyrne) 2025-10-15T04:58Z 68.3K followers, 2297 engagements


"The sovereign immunity thing just kills me. Ofcom: "you have no rights under US law. UK law is all that matters. However we will run and hide behind the protections of US law if you challenge us." Tells you which legal system is the relevant one in this discussion"  
[X Link](https://x.com/prestonjbyrne/status/1978344722251845703) [@prestonjbyrne](/creator/x/prestonjbyrne) 2025-10-15T06:18Z 68.3K followers, 1267 engagements


"For avoidance of doubt when I mean you'll hear more from Mike tomorrow it means a 1.25hr interview a written article and all of Ofcom's enforcement docs vs 4chan in full. Politico also has them and they'll be going to press after Mike/Public does"  
[X Link](https://x.com/prestonjbyrne/status/1978345186557096111) [@prestonjbyrne](/creator/x/prestonjbyrne) 2025-10-15T06:20Z 68.3K followers, 1257 engagements


"Mr. Whiskers is a huge fan of Ofcom and the Online Safety Act. But not for the reasons you might think"  
[X Link](https://x.com/prestonjbyrne/status/1978562896398356660) [@prestonjbyrne](/creator/x/prestonjbyrne) 2025-10-15T20:45Z 68.3K followers, 12.5K engagements


"The Australian media is probing to see whether America will give their censorship laws a warmer reception than the UK's Protip: we won't"  
[X Link](https://x.com/prestonjbyrne/status/1978654385019252833) [@prestonjbyrne](/creator/x/prestonjbyrne) 2025-10-16T02:49Z 68.3K followers, 16.5K engagements


"The Labour government likely has a much shorter lifespan than 4chan's case in D.C. let alone the First Amendment Free speech is going to win"  
[X Link](https://x.com/prestonjbyrne/status/1978826473025806479) [@prestonjbyrne](/creator/x/prestonjbyrne) 2025-10-16T14:12Z 68.3K followers, 3634 engagements


""Why New Hampshire" "Because New Hampshire is turbo based and run by libertarians.""  
[X Link](https://x.com/prestonjbyrne/status/1978895648771481615) [@prestonjbyrne](/creator/x/prestonjbyrne) 2025-10-16T18:47Z 68.3K followers, 2015 engagements


"They're coming after all Americans 4chan is just in the way"  
[X Link](https://x.com/prestonjbyrne/status/1979017404052074715) [@prestonjbyrne](/creator/x/prestonjbyrne) 2025-10-17T02:51Z 68.2K followers, 10.3K engagements


"If Harris were in I am XXX% certain Ofcom would be far more aggressive and wed be looking at least a dozen of these investigations. Im also sure theyd use treaty procedure like the Germans did under Biden and the service would be waved through"  
[X Link](https://x.com/prestonjbyrne/status/1979274480422687069) [@prestonjbyrne](/creator/x/prestonjbyrne) 2025-10-17T19:53Z 68.3K followers, 2969 engagements


"Also New Zealand Australia Brussels - my hamster didnt like the last letter from London that went into the shredder. Maybe you could get some nice paper made in Provence or something or some cards from Smythson He likes that"  
[X Link](https://x.com/prestonjbyrne/status/1979350569748959751) [@prestonjbyrne](/creator/x/prestonjbyrne) 2025-10-18T00:55Z 68.3K followers, 1874 engagements


"Why would an American ban on foreign censorship work I hear you ask Because those foreigners need our banks and if we yank immunity + create a tort those foreign countries arent judgment proof Censorship of Americans would end immediately"  
[X Link](https://x.com/prestonjbyrne/status/1979404849021149444) [@prestonjbyrne](/creator/x/prestonjbyrne) 2025-10-18T04:31Z 68.3K followers, 1471 engagements


"Europeans trying to censor Americans XX million or XX% of global turnover is ridiculous. They are inviting a punitive response and we should give it to them"  
[X Link](https://x.com/prestonjbyrne/status/1979544446485270692) [@prestonjbyrne](/creator/x/prestonjbyrne) 2025-10-18T13:45Z 68.3K followers, 2033 engagements


"For clarification it's a mock public execution because before they get to 4chan they're gonna have to get through the American First Amendment bar And that ain't gonna happen"  
[X Link](https://x.com/prestonjbyrne/status/1979548710049603975) [@prestonjbyrne](/creator/x/prestonjbyrne) 2025-10-18T14:02Z 68.3K followers, 3217 engagements


"I get the distinct feeling that Ofcom is not used to being told "no" because of the insane level of power they wield in the UK. Welcome to America"  
[X Link](https://x.com/prestonjbyrne/status/1979549035389460862) [@prestonjbyrne](/creator/x/prestonjbyrne) 2025-10-18T14:04Z 68.2K followers, 1205 engagements


"Too late. Whatever happens with 4chan America must now respond Ofcom showed what UK law says and what UK censors (and by extension other international censors) think about the First Amendment Theyll try this again. Its time for Congress to defend our digital frontier"  
[X Link](https://x.com/prestonjbyrne/status/1979559016511443136) [@prestonjbyrne](/creator/x/prestonjbyrne) 2025-10-18T14:43Z 68.3K followers, 1915 engagements


"The Mets CTIRU is also a censor and they have also communicated threats of criminal penalties to Americans for hosting lawful speech although they were not as aggressive as Ofcom historically"  
[X Link](https://x.com/prestonjbyrne/status/1979559849542529499) [@prestonjbyrne](/creator/x/prestonjbyrne) 2025-10-18T14:47Z 68.3K followers, 2851 engagements


"sweeping new powers Not in America they aint"  
[X Link](https://x.com/prestonjbyrne/status/1979650636154368068) [@prestonjbyrne](/creator/x/prestonjbyrne) 2025-10-18T20:47Z 68.3K followers, 3900 engagements


"The UK has already taken an inch away from the First Amendment - loads of US sites complied with the OSA under duress. 4chan is the only company who didnt give up its inch and the UK went nuclear. We need to hold our inch and take the inch back that the UK took elsewhere"  
[X Link](https://x.com/prestonjbyrne/status/1979785559615967386) [@prestonjbyrne](/creator/x/prestonjbyrne) 2025-10-19T05:43Z 68.3K followers, 28.2K engagements


"The UK said it thinks the OSA overrides the First Amendment and they put it in writing. Congress Big Tech bosses - with the Ofcom Files politically the pro bono lawyers have given you everything you need to justify action. Now we need you to act"  
[X Link](https://x.com/prestonjbyrne/status/1979789005765091339) [@prestonjbyrne](/creator/x/prestonjbyrne) 2025-10-19T05:57Z 68.3K followers, 2709 engagements


"Im sure a lot of lawyers in London think Im overreacting. This is why in London people get arrested for edgy tweets - because the inches add up We wont give Ofcom an inch. Not even one"  
[X Link](https://x.com/prestonjbyrne/status/1979790800323227752) [@prestonjbyrne](/creator/x/prestonjbyrne) 2025-10-19T06:04Z 68.3K followers, 2761 engagements


"My hope if the procedural stuff in NH works out is that we can have a bill in New Hampshire in January. TBD. I dare Congress to do better"  
[X Link](https://x.com/prestonjbyrne/status/1980339930321891395) [@prestonjbyrne](/creator/x/prestonjbyrne) 2025-10-20T18:26Z 68.3K followers, 1723 engagements


"Put a different way 4chan is not the reason Congress should enact a law: it is a case study start-to-finish illustrating exactly what is going to happen to every Internet company in the USA if Congress *doesn't* act. 4chan didn't deserve it. No other American does either"  
[X Link](https://x.com/prestonjbyrne/status/1980357242739458188) [@prestonjbyrne](/creator/x/prestonjbyrne) 2025-10-20T19:35Z 68.3K followers, 1536 engagements


"For journalists the Ofcom v 4chan fight is already over. 4chan won. Ofcom will go through their imaginary process. They'll claim victory. They'll never enforce. The real story now is whether America has the political will to prevent this from happening to anyone else"  
[X Link](https://x.com/prestonjbyrne/status/1980360877330280565) [@prestonjbyrne](/creator/x/prestonjbyrne) 2025-10-20T19:50Z 68.3K followers, 1847 engagements


"4chan's constitutional rights remain completely unaffected by this foreign e-mail. 4chan will obey UK censorship laws when pigs fly. In the meantime there's litigation pending in DC. Ofcom hasn't yet answered. We'll see Ofcom in court"  
[X Link](https://x.com/prestonjbyrne/status/1977684881607118849) [@prestonjbyrne](/creator/x/prestonjbyrne) 2025-10-13T10:36Z 68.3K followers, 102.2K engagements


"The icing on the cake in Ofcom's letter to 4chan today The UK basically said that the First Amendment can't stop them. If they really think that they're welcome to go on offense waive sovereign immunity file in a U.S. court and try to enforce the Online Safety Act here"  
[X Link](https://x.com/prestonjbyrne/status/1977838986384052733) [@prestonjbyrne](/creator/x/prestonjbyrne) 2025-10-13T20:48Z 68.3K followers, 34K engagements


"Also. If you're American and they come for you and you can't afford a lawyer I will take your case myself for free. No American will go unrepresented against these people"  
[X Link](https://x.com/prestonjbyrne/status/1977854084636950555) [@prestonjbyrne](/creator/x/prestonjbyrne) 2025-10-13T21:48Z 68.3K followers, 3998 engagements


"Btw if you think the $X million penalty in the GRANITE Act is extreme keep in mind Ofcom threatened 4chan with $XX million fines for not obeying their censorship rules. Fight fire with fire. Make censorship expensive"  
[X Link](https://x.com/prestonjbyrne/status/1977917879275131116) [@prestonjbyrne](/creator/x/prestonjbyrne) 2025-10-14T02:02Z 68.3K followers, 1832 engagements


"BREAKING: exclusive to @shellenberger we tell the story of the UK's efforts to censor 4chan. "Starmer Breaks Promise To Trump In Bid To Censor Website That Fueled His Rise""  
[X Link](https://x.com/prestonjbyrne/status/1978886582292599294) [@prestonjbyrne](/creator/x/prestonjbyrne) 2025-10-16T18:11Z 68.3K followers, 7447 engagements


"As media so far hasn't published the Ofcom correspondence to 4chan in an easily accessible manner I disclose the correspondence publicly here:"  
[X Link](https://x.com/prestonjbyrne/status/1978968228530397573) [@prestonjbyrne](/creator/x/prestonjbyrne) 2025-10-16T23:36Z 68.3K followers, 19.2K engagements


"I will be publishing the full text of the GRANITE Act the draft law that would penalize foreign censors by allowing US targets of that censorship to sue them and seize their U.S. based assets shortly. Link will be the next post in this thread"  
[X Link](https://x.com/prestonjbyrne/status/1979575022370086970) [@prestonjbyrne](/creator/x/prestonjbyrne) 2025-10-18T15:47Z 68.3K followers, 28.7K engagements


"After dropping the Ofcom docs last week you can feel that the Online Safety Act's extraterritorial ambitions are pretty badly wounded. The only question now as US politicians trade groups and others digest the several hundred pages of info is who will make the first move"  
[X Link](https://x.com/prestonjbyrne/status/1980336612786778561) [@prestonjbyrne](/creator/x/prestonjbyrne) 2025-10-20T18:13Z 68.3K followers, 16.1K engagements


"I add the UK is not the real story here. It's just the first country that dared to do what dozens of others want to do to Americans and they will - but only if we allow it. We should pass a law that tells every foreign country that they have to stay in their lane"  
[X Link](https://x.com/prestonjbyrne/status/1980356010524246116) [@prestonjbyrne](/creator/x/prestonjbyrne) 2025-10-20T19:30Z 68.3K followers, 1498 engagements


"I add. The game here was not about winning one case. The game was is and will continue to be about ending foreign governments' ability to censor American citizens. The victory condition is the complete destruction of foreign censorship law's power in America"  
[X Link](https://x.com/prestonjbyrne/status/1980399561098293394) [@prestonjbyrne](/creator/x/prestonjbyrne) 2025-10-20T22:23Z 68.3K followers, 1460 engagements


"We do not need the UK's permission to take back America's digital frontier. Nor do we need to wait for the UK to change its domestic law. We can do it ourselves and when we do there's nothing the UK or any other country can do to stop us"  
[X Link](https://x.com/prestonjbyrne/status/1980636592407826615) [@prestonjbyrne](/creator/x/prestonjbyrne) 2025-10-21T14:05Z 68.3K followers, 1995 engagements


"Similarly any other country that wants to try to break into the U.S. should expect the same unfriendly reception from American attorneys as the UK got"  
[X Link](https://x.com/prestonjbyrne/status/1980647568062419348) [@prestonjbyrne](/creator/x/prestonjbyrne) 2025-10-21T14:49Z 68.3K followers, XXX engagements


"Me waiting for even one UK journalist to ask the government how they managed to spend something like XXX million creating an online censorship law that doesn't work"  
[X Link](https://x.com/prestonjbyrne/status/1980681656710082783) [@prestonjbyrne](/creator/x/prestonjbyrne) 2025-10-21T17:04Z 68.3K followers, 3357 engagements


"I have an interview tomorrow with a large UK Sunday paper about the Ofcom v 4chan affair. For transparency this was my written comment on the topic"  
[X Link](https://x.com/prestonjbyrne/status/1980691813532070098) [@prestonjbyrne](/creator/x/prestonjbyrne) 2025-10-21T17:45Z 68.3K followers, 5123 engagements


"To be very clear the material part of the fight between Ofcom and 4chan is over and from where I sit Ofcom lost. Enforcement credibility shattered they created terrible U.S. political optics and there is early movement in Congress and in state legislatures"  
[X Link](https://x.com/prestonjbyrne/status/1980707418636984383) [@prestonjbyrne](/creator/x/prestonjbyrne) 2025-10-21T18:47Z 68.3K followers, 1032 engagements


"The mistake the other side made here was trying to bruteforce this law down the throats of tiny American companies. If they just talked to Google they wouldve been fine. Too late now. The mission is: free everyone from this including Google"  
[X Link](https://x.com/prestonjbyrne/status/1980708282659664141) [@prestonjbyrne](/creator/x/prestonjbyrne) 2025-10-21T18:50Z 68.3K followers, 1076 engagements

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"Proposed damages for trying to censor an American == treble actual or $X million whichever is greater"
X Link @prestonjbyrne 2025-10-13T00:56Z 68.2K followers, 1539 engagements

"Correct. UK Ofcom was provoked into a) claiming its powers override the U.S. constitution and b) making the diplomatically radioactive claim that it would invoke sovereign immunity while exercising those powers because they told 4chan explain yourself and 4chan said no"
X Link @prestonjbyrne 2025-10-17T11:18Z 68.3K followers, 11.2K engagements

""We didn't arrest the guy for wearing a Star of David necklace we arrested the guy for being Jewish in an area that we designated that Jewish people should not be in" Not a good look for the UK"
X Link @prestonjbyrne 2025-10-19T17:30Z 68.3K followers, 19.3K engagements

"Me waiting for even one UK journalist to ask the UK Tech Secretary a single hard question about how they plan to enforce the Online Safety Act in America"
X Link @prestonjbyrne 2025-10-19T23:21Z 68.3K followers, 2966 engagements

"What 4chan won: 1) Its independence 2) Politically speaking extraordinarily damaging admissions from Ofcom about the First Amendment The case in DDC TBD. But ultimately the outcome is now locked in: we got what we needed to wake up Washington and fix this problem for good"
X Link @prestonjbyrne 2025-10-20T19:57Z 68.3K followers, 5672 engagements

"If Ofcom wants to keep running the extraterritorial play on no-UK-nexus companies I predict they will have very little success. Their next pivot is to go after the big boys - X Meta Google - where millions of Americans speak and that American speech is now in danger"
X Link @prestonjbyrne 2025-10-21T14:35Z 68.3K followers, XXX engagements

"I have just provided Ofcoms enforcement docs vs 4chan where the UK claims the First Amendment is no defense to its censorship to several American free speech organizations. Media will publish today. Theyre not after 4chan. Theyre after you and 4chan is in the way"
X Link @prestonjbyrne 2025-10-16T17:21Z 68.3K followers, 20.3K engagements

"We don't need to sanction Ofcom or UK officials that will do nothing anyway and it'll do nothing to deter Australia or any other sovereign We need a civil cause of action enormous statutory minimum damages and disapplying sovereign immunity. They fine us we fine them back"
X Link @prestonjbyrne 2025-10-19T19:25Z 68.3K followers, 8862 engagements

"My objective is not to tell the UK "no" It's to demonstrate to XXX million American lawyers that nothing happens to your American clients in America after you tell the UK "no" And hopefully to summon Congress"
X Link @prestonjbyrne 2025-10-20T02:58Z 68.3K followers, 41.1K engagements

"Correcting the record Mr. Whiskers my pet hamster specifically said that Ofcom's letter was "bitter and salty and smelled of failure" in his comment to the @LundukeJournal. He added they were however suitable as an emergency supply Accuracy in journalism is important"
X Link @prestonjbyrne 2025-10-20T12:14Z 68.3K followers, 4377 engagements

"I hasten to add the draft law I proposed to New Hampshire should immunize Google from a UK order as long as the content in issue was being hosted on a U.S. server. That should be our national position. Build here host here speak here and America will protect your rights"
X Link @prestonjbyrne 2025-10-21T14:36Z 68.3K followers, 1101 engagements

"On behalf of our clients 4chan and Kiwi Farms the law firms of Byrne & Storm P.C. (@ByrneStorm) and the Coleman Law Firm P.C. (@roncoleman) have today filed a federal lawsuit against the UK Office of Communications a/k/a Ofcom in DC federal court. Preston Byrne of Byrne & Storm P.C. counsel for the plaintiffs said: "American citizens do not surrender our constitutional rights just because Ofcom sends us an e-mail. In the face of these unlawful foreign demands our clients have bravely chosen to assert their constitutional rights." "The UK Online Safety Act is a brazen attempt by a foreign"
X Link @prestonjbyrne 2025-08-27T18:01Z 68.3K followers, 489.5K engagements

"This is exactly what happened to all of the conservative social platforms under the Dems - they hosted speech the Dems disliked so the Dems sent them nuisance subpoenas and dragged them before congressional investigations. It's not a good idea just because the right does it"
X Link @prestonjbyrne 2025-10-09T20:50Z 68.3K followers, 4325 engagements

"If AI companies are liable for AI LLM outputs AI will be useless unless hemmed in by complex negotiated contractual mechanics. If you do this BigCorp will have access to amazing AI and you will have access to shitty dumb AI. Not a good outcome. for you"
X Link @prestonjbyrne 2025-10-10T11:47Z 68.3K followers, 3731 engagements

"This is exactly the idea: New Hampshire can create statutory immunities for tech companies from global censorship bullshit and freedom-loving tech companies will relocate to New Hampshire"
X Link @prestonjbyrne 2025-10-13T01:02Z 68.3K followers, 5996 engagements

"Right now every government in the world thinks it can bully US citizens with their foreign censorship laws with total impunity. See: Ofcom's letters. And maybe they can. Congress can make it so that they can't"
X Link @prestonjbyrne 2025-10-13T21:23Z 68.3K followers, 3377 engagements

"Attached is my proposal for the GRANITE Act in New Hampshire. I've also sent this to federal legislators' staff who shall remain nameless. It's XXX words long. If we enact it or something like it foreign censorship attempts will end overnight. This is how we fight back"
X Link @prestonjbyrne 2025-10-13T21:29Z 68.3K followers, 16.4K engagements

"My hamster email to Ofcom has now been provided to at least one major media outlet and I have specifically requested that it be quoted in their story When a European shows up with a censorship order the first thing I want Americans to think of is "hamster bedding""
X Link @prestonjbyrne 2025-10-14T23:34Z 68.3K followers, XXX engagements

"If you think I can't meme this into existence just ask some crypto OGs what the word "marmot" means to them Give me a rodent mascot and I cannot be stopped"
X Link @prestonjbyrne 2025-10-14T23:38Z 68.3K followers, 1222 engagements

"What the UK is trying to do to our nation is outrageous. Starmer told Trump he wasnt censoring Americans. He lied to Trumps face. The docs Mike will publish tmw prove it. The UK wants to kill our free speech. If this doesnt get Congress off its ass Im not sure what will"
X Link @prestonjbyrne 2025-10-15T04:46Z 68.3K followers, 6189 engagements

"And yeah when I joke about putting a document in a shredder for my hamster I joke. Im not sure a letter as censorial and poisonous as the one Ofcom sent to 4chan on Monday is worthy to serve as bedding for a hamster"
X Link @prestonjbyrne 2025-10-15T04:49Z 68.3K followers, 1984 engagements

"My message to Congress: the UK is not going after 4chan. Theyre going after every single American citizen and company that holds an opinion the UKs regime wants suppressed. 4chan is just in the way"
X Link @prestonjbyrne 2025-10-15T04:58Z 68.3K followers, 2297 engagements

"The sovereign immunity thing just kills me. Ofcom: "you have no rights under US law. UK law is all that matters. However we will run and hide behind the protections of US law if you challenge us." Tells you which legal system is the relevant one in this discussion"
X Link @prestonjbyrne 2025-10-15T06:18Z 68.3K followers, 1267 engagements

"For avoidance of doubt when I mean you'll hear more from Mike tomorrow it means a 1.25hr interview a written article and all of Ofcom's enforcement docs vs 4chan in full. Politico also has them and they'll be going to press after Mike/Public does"
X Link @prestonjbyrne 2025-10-15T06:20Z 68.3K followers, 1257 engagements

"Mr. Whiskers is a huge fan of Ofcom and the Online Safety Act. But not for the reasons you might think"
X Link @prestonjbyrne 2025-10-15T20:45Z 68.3K followers, 12.5K engagements

"The Australian media is probing to see whether America will give their censorship laws a warmer reception than the UK's Protip: we won't"
X Link @prestonjbyrne 2025-10-16T02:49Z 68.3K followers, 16.5K engagements

"The Labour government likely has a much shorter lifespan than 4chan's case in D.C. let alone the First Amendment Free speech is going to win"
X Link @prestonjbyrne 2025-10-16T14:12Z 68.3K followers, 3634 engagements

""Why New Hampshire" "Because New Hampshire is turbo based and run by libertarians.""
X Link @prestonjbyrne 2025-10-16T18:47Z 68.3K followers, 2015 engagements

"They're coming after all Americans 4chan is just in the way"
X Link @prestonjbyrne 2025-10-17T02:51Z 68.2K followers, 10.3K engagements

"If Harris were in I am XXX% certain Ofcom would be far more aggressive and wed be looking at least a dozen of these investigations. Im also sure theyd use treaty procedure like the Germans did under Biden and the service would be waved through"
X Link @prestonjbyrne 2025-10-17T19:53Z 68.3K followers, 2969 engagements

"Also New Zealand Australia Brussels - my hamster didnt like the last letter from London that went into the shredder. Maybe you could get some nice paper made in Provence or something or some cards from Smythson He likes that"
X Link @prestonjbyrne 2025-10-18T00:55Z 68.3K followers, 1874 engagements

"Why would an American ban on foreign censorship work I hear you ask Because those foreigners need our banks and if we yank immunity + create a tort those foreign countries arent judgment proof Censorship of Americans would end immediately"
X Link @prestonjbyrne 2025-10-18T04:31Z 68.3K followers, 1471 engagements

"Europeans trying to censor Americans XX million or XX% of global turnover is ridiculous. They are inviting a punitive response and we should give it to them"
X Link @prestonjbyrne 2025-10-18T13:45Z 68.3K followers, 2033 engagements

"For clarification it's a mock public execution because before they get to 4chan they're gonna have to get through the American First Amendment bar And that ain't gonna happen"
X Link @prestonjbyrne 2025-10-18T14:02Z 68.3K followers, 3217 engagements

"I get the distinct feeling that Ofcom is not used to being told "no" because of the insane level of power they wield in the UK. Welcome to America"
X Link @prestonjbyrne 2025-10-18T14:04Z 68.2K followers, 1205 engagements

"Too late. Whatever happens with 4chan America must now respond Ofcom showed what UK law says and what UK censors (and by extension other international censors) think about the First Amendment Theyll try this again. Its time for Congress to defend our digital frontier"
X Link @prestonjbyrne 2025-10-18T14:43Z 68.3K followers, 1915 engagements

"The Mets CTIRU is also a censor and they have also communicated threats of criminal penalties to Americans for hosting lawful speech although they were not as aggressive as Ofcom historically"
X Link @prestonjbyrne 2025-10-18T14:47Z 68.3K followers, 2851 engagements

"sweeping new powers Not in America they aint"
X Link @prestonjbyrne 2025-10-18T20:47Z 68.3K followers, 3900 engagements

"The UK has already taken an inch away from the First Amendment - loads of US sites complied with the OSA under duress. 4chan is the only company who didnt give up its inch and the UK went nuclear. We need to hold our inch and take the inch back that the UK took elsewhere"
X Link @prestonjbyrne 2025-10-19T05:43Z 68.3K followers, 28.2K engagements

"The UK said it thinks the OSA overrides the First Amendment and they put it in writing. Congress Big Tech bosses - with the Ofcom Files politically the pro bono lawyers have given you everything you need to justify action. Now we need you to act"
X Link @prestonjbyrne 2025-10-19T05:57Z 68.3K followers, 2709 engagements

"Im sure a lot of lawyers in London think Im overreacting. This is why in London people get arrested for edgy tweets - because the inches add up We wont give Ofcom an inch. Not even one"
X Link @prestonjbyrne 2025-10-19T06:04Z 68.3K followers, 2761 engagements

"My hope if the procedural stuff in NH works out is that we can have a bill in New Hampshire in January. TBD. I dare Congress to do better"
X Link @prestonjbyrne 2025-10-20T18:26Z 68.3K followers, 1723 engagements

"Put a different way 4chan is not the reason Congress should enact a law: it is a case study start-to-finish illustrating exactly what is going to happen to every Internet company in the USA if Congress doesn't act. 4chan didn't deserve it. No other American does either"
X Link @prestonjbyrne 2025-10-20T19:35Z 68.3K followers, 1536 engagements

"For journalists the Ofcom v 4chan fight is already over. 4chan won. Ofcom will go through their imaginary process. They'll claim victory. They'll never enforce. The real story now is whether America has the political will to prevent this from happening to anyone else"
X Link @prestonjbyrne 2025-10-20T19:50Z 68.3K followers, 1847 engagements

"4chan's constitutional rights remain completely unaffected by this foreign e-mail. 4chan will obey UK censorship laws when pigs fly. In the meantime there's litigation pending in DC. Ofcom hasn't yet answered. We'll see Ofcom in court"
X Link @prestonjbyrne 2025-10-13T10:36Z 68.3K followers, 102.2K engagements

"The icing on the cake in Ofcom's letter to 4chan today The UK basically said that the First Amendment can't stop them. If they really think that they're welcome to go on offense waive sovereign immunity file in a U.S. court and try to enforce the Online Safety Act here"
X Link @prestonjbyrne 2025-10-13T20:48Z 68.3K followers, 34K engagements

"Also. If you're American and they come for you and you can't afford a lawyer I will take your case myself for free. No American will go unrepresented against these people"
X Link @prestonjbyrne 2025-10-13T21:48Z 68.3K followers, 3998 engagements

"Btw if you think the $X million penalty in the GRANITE Act is extreme keep in mind Ofcom threatened 4chan with $XX million fines for not obeying their censorship rules. Fight fire with fire. Make censorship expensive"
X Link @prestonjbyrne 2025-10-14T02:02Z 68.3K followers, 1832 engagements

"BREAKING: exclusive to @shellenberger we tell the story of the UK's efforts to censor 4chan. "Starmer Breaks Promise To Trump In Bid To Censor Website That Fueled His Rise""
X Link @prestonjbyrne 2025-10-16T18:11Z 68.3K followers, 7447 engagements

"As media so far hasn't published the Ofcom correspondence to 4chan in an easily accessible manner I disclose the correspondence publicly here:"
X Link @prestonjbyrne 2025-10-16T23:36Z 68.3K followers, 19.2K engagements

"I will be publishing the full text of the GRANITE Act the draft law that would penalize foreign censors by allowing US targets of that censorship to sue them and seize their U.S. based assets shortly. Link will be the next post in this thread"
X Link @prestonjbyrne 2025-10-18T15:47Z 68.3K followers, 28.7K engagements

"After dropping the Ofcom docs last week you can feel that the Online Safety Act's extraterritorial ambitions are pretty badly wounded. The only question now as US politicians trade groups and others digest the several hundred pages of info is who will make the first move"
X Link @prestonjbyrne 2025-10-20T18:13Z 68.3K followers, 16.1K engagements

"I add the UK is not the real story here. It's just the first country that dared to do what dozens of others want to do to Americans and they will - but only if we allow it. We should pass a law that tells every foreign country that they have to stay in their lane"
X Link @prestonjbyrne 2025-10-20T19:30Z 68.3K followers, 1498 engagements

"I add. The game here was not about winning one case. The game was is and will continue to be about ending foreign governments' ability to censor American citizens. The victory condition is the complete destruction of foreign censorship law's power in America"
X Link @prestonjbyrne 2025-10-20T22:23Z 68.3K followers, 1460 engagements

"We do not need the UK's permission to take back America's digital frontier. Nor do we need to wait for the UK to change its domestic law. We can do it ourselves and when we do there's nothing the UK or any other country can do to stop us"
X Link @prestonjbyrne 2025-10-21T14:05Z 68.3K followers, 1995 engagements

"Similarly any other country that wants to try to break into the U.S. should expect the same unfriendly reception from American attorneys as the UK got"
X Link @prestonjbyrne 2025-10-21T14:49Z 68.3K followers, XXX engagements

"Me waiting for even one UK journalist to ask the government how they managed to spend something like XXX million creating an online censorship law that doesn't work"
X Link @prestonjbyrne 2025-10-21T17:04Z 68.3K followers, 3357 engagements

"I have an interview tomorrow with a large UK Sunday paper about the Ofcom v 4chan affair. For transparency this was my written comment on the topic"
X Link @prestonjbyrne 2025-10-21T17:45Z 68.3K followers, 5123 engagements

"To be very clear the material part of the fight between Ofcom and 4chan is over and from where I sit Ofcom lost. Enforcement credibility shattered they created terrible U.S. political optics and there is early movement in Congress and in state legislatures"
X Link @prestonjbyrne 2025-10-21T18:47Z 68.3K followers, 1032 engagements

"The mistake the other side made here was trying to bruteforce this law down the throats of tiny American companies. If they just talked to Google they wouldve been fine. Too late now. The mission is: free everyone from this including Google"
X Link @prestonjbyrne 2025-10-21T18:50Z 68.3K followers, 1076 engagements

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