The Trump administration has expressed “great concern” over free speech in the UK after revelations that a secretive Whitehall unit flagged social media posts about immigration and policing to tech platforms.
The US State Department is closely monitoring the issue, which stems from Britain’s Online Safety Act and actions by the National Security and Online Information Team (NSOIT), formerly the Counter Disinformation Unit.
A spokesman for the US State Department said Washington was monitoring the issue “closely and with great concern”.
Emails show UK officials targeted posts during events like the Southport unrest, prompting criticism from American allies and platforms like Elon Musk’s X, which warned the Act poses a serious threat to freedom of expression.
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