President Donald Trump and other Republicans have railed for years against foreign regulation of US tech companies, including online safety laws. But they’ve lobbied against such measures in the US, and they’ve generally opposed foreign laws that might disproportionately impact US firms. But the OSA came up recently in the context of Trump’s own online platform, Truth Social, which could plausibly be subject to the law. Starmer said the UK was not trying to censor people online, simply protect kids from harmful content, but Trump made a subtle threat in a lighthearted tone. But the US hasn’t landed on a clear vision for internet safety regulation, creating a mismatch between its laws and those abroad.