The Capitalist

Online Safety Row: Wikipedia Vs. the Government


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Wikipedia’s bruising encounter with the UK’s Online Safety Act has exposed why rules aimed at Big Tech are already having unintended consequences. Now, Silicon Valley heavyweight Marc Andreessen is taking his objections straight to Downing Street, joining a global chorus of free-speech advocates warning the law is muzzling expression online.


Also on the show: the tangled web of Britain’s tax code. With frozen thresholds, stealth tax rises and shrinking reliefs, is it any wonder high earners are looking to Dubai and Riyadh?


Henry Hill of Conservative Home and Maxwell Marlow from the Adam Smith Institute join CapX’s Marc Sidwell for a tour through three flashpoints in Britain’s policy landscape.

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