#697: The Legal Fight Against UK Online Censorship with Preston Byrne
TFTC: A Bitcoin Podcast
Marty Bent
4.8 • 804 Ratings
🗓️ 22 December 2025
⏱️ 87 minutes
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Marty sits down with Preston Byrne to discuss his legal battle defending 4chan and other American companies against UK and EU censorship laws, the proposed GRANITE Act, and why protecting First Amendment rights online is an existential fight for internet freedom.
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| 0:00.0 | You've had a dynamic where money has become freer than free. |
| 0:10.0 | If you talk about a Fed just gone nuts, all the central banks going nuts. |
| 0:16.0 | So it's all acting like safe haven. |
| 0:18.0 | I believe that in a world where central bankers are tripping over themselves to devalue their currency, |
| 0:24.4 | Bitcoin wins. |
| 0:25.3 | In the world of fiat currencies, Bitcoin is the victor. |
| 0:29.2 | I mean, that's part of the bold case for Bitcoin. |
| 0:31.8 | If you're not paying attention, you probably should be. |
| 0:36.5 | Preston Byrne, it's been too long. Welcome back. |
| 0:38.3 | Hey, great to be here. |
| 0:39.3 | Great to see you. |
| 0:41.3 | It's great to see you too. |
| 0:42.3 | I mean, we've got a lot to talk about. |
| 0:45.3 | What the hell is going on in Europe and the UK with speech? |
| 0:50.3 | Yeah, they need to be put back in their box. |
| 0:54.8 | And it's, they need to get back, back in their box, back in their kennel. |
| 0:59.6 | And we're, yeah, we're, we can, we can talk about that at length. |
| 1:02.9 | Yeah. |
| 1:03.5 | Yeah, I guess I think maybe the best jumping off point is, uh, 4chan in offcom. |
| 1:11.8 | You're very intimately connected with that. |
| 1:17.1 | You're representing 4chan. |
| 1:18.7 | For those in the audience who may be unaware of what's happening, why don't we just start |
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