U.S. Policy Options for Responding to Foreign Online Speech Regulations

Governments around the world are expanding their regulation of online content, raising questions about how foreign speech rules affect Americans and U.S.-based platforms.

Laws such as the European Union's Digital Services Act and the United Kingdom's Online Safety Act have prompted debate over how the United States should respond when foreign governments seek to regulate speech that would be protected under the First Amendment.

One proposal is the Guaranteeing Rights Against Novel International Tyranny and Extortion (GRANITE) Act, recently passed by the Wyoming House, which would create new leg