The Trump administration has dispatched a team of U.S. State Department diplomats to the United Kingdom to investigate mounting concerns over the erosion of free speech rights. A team from the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (DRL) visited Britain in March, meeting with pro-life activists arrested for silently praying outside abortion clinics, as well as UK officials and members of Ofcom, the country’s broadcasting regulator now tasked with enforcing internet censorship under the controversial Online Safety Act.
