Trump Takes Aim At UK Media Proposals
The filing warns the proposal could amount to viewpoint-based censorship and impose disproportionate compliance costs on American companies.
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Britain wants to rank the news. The US says no
The United States has asked Britain to abandon a plan to make social platforms promote trusted news. Its central argument is not about Britain at all. The submission sits on the US Embassy website in London, dated 2 September. It answers a consultation on the government’s media Green Paper, which opened on 23 June. That […] This story continues at The Next Web
US Warns UK Against Forcing Platforms to Promote Preferred News
By Cindy Harper | Reclaim The Net | September 8, 2026 The US government has urged its British counterpart to give up on plans to make social media and video sharing platforms give more prominence to news from mainstream media outlets. The US government’s objection is that this would amount to “mandating that platforms algorithmically […]
The Trump administration is critical of Britain's plans to intervene on how platforms like YouTube recommend user content. The London government is looking at ways in which BBC, ITV and other dedicated media institutions can benefit from greater visibility in algorithmic flows, writes The Guardian. The United States Embassy in London has reported that [...] Source
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