Downing Street has said it fully supports a ban on X if Ofcom decides to do so. Letting the two-tier watchdog do the dirty work…
Starmer’s spokesman said a at the Lobby briefing of journalists this morning:
“Ofcom has a back stop power to apply to the courts to block services in the UK where they refuse to uphold our law. If Ofcom deems that to be necessary, they will have our full support.”
The PM’s spokesman added that the UK is committed to free speech in response to US Republican congresswoman Anna Paulina Luna warning she would “sanction not only Starmer, but Britain as a whole” if he bans X. There’s no chance of him banning ChatGPT, he’d have to shut down half of Whitehall…
