Global Censorship Tracker — what changed in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland https://censorship.my/country/united-kingdom-of-great-britain-and-northern-ireland/ Every addition, removal and revision to the tracked restrictions in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, straight from the dataset's history. en Sat, 15 Aug 2026 18:51:44 +0100 Rename X formerly Twitter platform to X https://censorship.my/changes#319f7eabe2 319f7eabe2f0ee4f0e67122184d51ad15a310005 Sat, 15 Aug 2026 18:51:44 +0100 <p>1 renamed.</p><p><b>Renamed</b></p><ul><li>X — United Kingdom (age) — was X (formerly Twitter)</li></ul> Replace the Wikipedia and dead citations on four rows https://censorship.my/changes#ca88d75270 ca88d752709b173de7f37c2254c928a708857848 Tue, 04 Aug 2026 16:20:27 +0100 <p>1 changed.</p><p><b>Revised</b></p><ul><li>CGTN — United Kingdom (partial): notes, source</li></ul> Replace 'United Kingdom' with 'United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland' https://censorship.my/changes#43d6258210 43d625821006f7501f259e66a43a0361156723d9 Mon, 27 Jul 2026 16:38:47 +0100 <p>1 renamed.</p><p><b>Renamed</b></p><ul><li>Age verification — United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (Online Safety Act age assurance): notes</li></ul> Add missing source links for CGTN entries (Eritrea, Germany, UK, USA) https://censorship.my/changes#d99dbfacb2 d99dbfacb29ade34be2837dab5af70f815454a63 Mon, 27 Jul 2026 16:31:06 +0100 <p>1 changed.</p><p><b>Revised</b></p><ul><li>CGTN — United Kingdom (partial): source</li></ul> Audit every source for relevance and rot, not just for a 200 https://censorship.my/changes#1d850ded20 1d850ded20a7f2536d7f9e79f3948d8a790fcc81 Wed, 22 Jul 2026 19:23:00 +0100 <p>1 changed.</p><p><b>Revised</b></p><ul><li>CGTN — United Kingdom (partial): source</li></ul> Replace references of UK and UAE with United Kingdom and United Arab Emirates https://censorship.my/changes#f740e57cf9 f740e57cf9a6bbf85a2f0e809a7f79837a87b9f0 Tue, 21 Jul 2026 23:40:04 +0100 <p>2 changed, 7 renamed.</p><p><b>Revised</b></p><ul><li>Age verification — United Kingdom (Online Safety Act age assurance): notes</li><li>Substack — United Kingdom (age): notes</li></ul><p><b>Renamed</b></p><ul><li>CGTN — United Kingdom (partial): notes</li><li>Discord — United Kingdom (age): notes</li><li>Reddit — United Kingdom (age): notes</li><li>Russia Today — United Kingdom (complete) — was UK</li><li>Spotify — United Kingdom (age): notes</li><li>Tumblr — United Kingdom (age) — was UK</li><li>X (formerly Twitter) — United Kingdom (age): notes</li></ul> Replace Wikipedia sources in censorship_data.csv with verified independent sources for non-exempt countries https://censorship.my/changes#520d6009bb 520d6009bb8f9e754a1bdcdb6cdef07e03fc07f8 Tue, 21 Jul 2026 23:25:58 +0100 <p>1 changed.</p><p><b>Revised</b></p><ul><li>Tumblr — UK (age): source</li></ul> Add Al Jazeera and CGTN censorship data and logo assets https://censorship.my/changes#e02e0c691e e02e0c691ec00e079014b59994e3148eda14d54f Tue, 21 Jul 2026 16:49:02 +0100 <p>1 added.</p><p><b>Added</b></p><ul><li>CGTN — UK (partial)</li></ul> Replace 27 fabricated and generic sources with verified ones https://censorship.my/changes#28ff50c189 28ff50c1893c412d5b976e0cda7c4c150921a635 Mon, 20 Jul 2026 18:37:02 +0100 <p>1 changed.</p><p><b>Revised</b></p><ul><li>Substack — United Kingdom (age): source</li></ul> Map microstates, and separate RT website bans from broadcast bans https://censorship.my/changes#4ae3087473 4ae30874737714921830149c6948a36c21c5bb62 Mon, 20 Jul 2026 18:10:17 +0100 <p>1 changed.</p><p><b>Revised</b></p><ul><li>Russia Today — UK (complete): notes, source</li></ul> Add Russia Today to censorship tracker https://censorship.my/changes#6e4a878e0d 6e4a878e0de24cb127b3014053c9533d0f2b79c6 Mon, 20 Jul 2026 13:02:54 +0100 <p>1 added.</p><p><b>Added</b></p><ul><li>Russia Today — UK (complete)</li></ul> Remove UK from legislative efforts (shelved) https://censorship.my/changes#cee68e1bb3 cee68e1bb3de1d631a1fbc1019ab3695e0bf3240 Mon, 20 Jul 2026 01:03:43 +0100 <p>1 removed.</p><p><b>Removed</b></p><ul><li>VPNs — United Kingdom (bill: House of Lords amendment to restrict VPN provision to under-18s)</li></ul> Remove remaining Roblox age-verification country rows (Australia, Netherlands, New Zealand, UK) https://censorship.my/changes#2b7d855bd4 2b7d855bd4939cb899617cb40d8aa5f298f8d08b Sun, 19 Jul 2026 18:50:36 +0100 <p>1 removed.</p><p><b>Removed</b></p><ul><li>Roblox — United Kingdom (age)</li></ul> Update Tumblr ban status: remove Indonesia, add China, North Korea, Turkmenistan, and other countries https://censorship.my/changes#10694c63d4 10694c63d4894d599c376599437b86227b230045 Sun, 19 Jul 2026 17:42:19 +0100 <p>1 added.</p><p><b>Added</b></p><ul><li>Tumblr — UK (age)</li></ul> Update source link for Substack UK age verification https://censorship.my/changes#7bbc6289f0 7bbc6289f034beb5e7af2860423129833537d743 Sun, 19 Jul 2026 17:30:43 +0100 <p>1 changed.</p><p><b>Revised</b></p><ul><li>Substack — United Kingdom (age): source</li></ul> Update censorship_data.csv with Roblox data https://censorship.my/changes#b9b9142c93 b9b9142c93ce97a49cd4249f54706cf35cf28da1 Fri, 17 Jul 2026 20:34:22 +0100 <p>1 added.</p><p><b>Added</b></p><ul><li>Roblox — United Kingdom (age)</li></ul> Add Substack censorship data https://censorship.my/changes#bd72cee7a4 bd72cee7a46548688d577b1a45b4c4ba1877a806 Fri, 17 Jul 2026 20:31:28 +0100 <p>1 added.</p><p><b>Added</b></p><ul><li>Substack — United Kingdom (age)</li></ul> Specify exact UK OSA implementation date https://censorship.my/changes#39d52c0b01 39d52c0b0189dab5439eeacc2885a340e4f9999a Mon, 13 Jul 2026 15:07:04 +0100 <p>1 changed.</p><p><b>Revised</b></p><ul><li>Age verification — United Kingdom (Online Safety Act age assurance): notes</li></ul> Remove Pornhub and expand Bluesky country coverage https://censorship.my/changes#c989c44cfd c989c44cfd8ed7ab3b9422d239012a32bd532e63 Mon, 13 Jul 2026 14:43:03 +0100 <p>1 removed.</p><p><b>Removed</b></p><ul><li>Pornhub — UK (age)</li></ul> Add full US state-by-state age verification coverage https://censorship.my/changes#bf8ff6b68a bf8ff6b68ace369cad09bf8eb6eb133d46aacea8 Mon, 13 Jul 2026 13:08:47 +0100 <p>1 added, 1 changed.</p><p><b>Added</b></p><ul><li>Pornhub — UK (age)</li></ul><p><b>Revised</b></p><ul><li>Age verification — United Kingdom (Online Safety Act age assurance): notes</li></ul> Add VPN Tracker with ban table and legislative efforts https://censorship.my/changes#1cbec51763 1cbec51763c92856b5dc3940885f95895f2ad67c Sat, 11 Jul 2026 13:39:11 +0100 <p>1 added.</p><p><b>Added</b></p><ul><li>VPNs — United Kingdom (bill: House of Lords amendment to restrict VPN provision to under-18s)</li></ul> Add Age Verification Tracker page with timeline and legislative efforts https://censorship.my/changes#f5c8bfe2c0 f5c8bfe2c0422eb152163dbd3afeb6ad45e8f493 Sat, 11 Jul 2026 13:21:12 +0100 <p>1 added.</p><p><b>Added</b></p><ul><li>Age verification — United Kingdom (Online Safety Act age assurance)</li></ul> Move all ban data into censorship_data.csv https://censorship.my/changes#95df396aab 95df396aab9e73610f9b3b2f8ca411bcda0c062b Sat, 11 Jul 2026 12:44:00 +0100 <p>4 added.</p><p><b>Added</b></p><ul><li>Discord — UK (age)</li><li>Reddit — UK (age)</li><li>Spotify — UK (age)</li><li>X (formerly Twitter) — UK (age)</li></ul>