You Can't Censor America (w/ Preston Byrne)

You Can't Censor America (w/ Preston Byrne)

From The Pregame (NYC) by PubKey Media House

December 2, 2025 · 53 min

About this episode

Preston Byrne joins Thomas Pacchia for an unfiltered discussion on censorship and free speech in the digital age.

In preparation for his LIVE AT PUBKEY show downstairs, ⁠Preston Byrne (Managing Partner at Byrne & Storm ) grabs a cold one with host ⁠ Thomas Pacchia in the PubKey NYC Parlor, where they let loose for an UNFILTERED conversation about: Preston's fight against the U.K.’s Online Safety Act, a global censorship weapon aimed at Americans who never set foot in Britain Why Preston stepped in alone to defend Gab, Kiwi Farms, 4chan, and others when every big law firm refused The UK’s thirty-year slide into criminalizing tweets (and why it’s the cautionary tale for every Western democracy) How anonymous and pseudonymous speech became a constitutional battleground in the age of surveillance and digital ID ...and more! ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ Welcome home. PubKey is a bar and cultural venue located in New York City and Washington D.C. (With more locations coming!) We host FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC events for the curious, the rebellious, and the orange-pilled. Visit PubKey: 🗽 PubKey NYC 🗽 85 Washington Place 🗽 New York, NY 10011 🇺🇸 PubKey D.C. 🇺🇸 410 7th St NW 🇺🇸 Washington, DC 20004 🧡 Register for FREE weekly meetups and events: https://luma.com/user/pubkey 🍔 Check out our…

People in this episode

Host: Thomas Pacchia

Guest: Preston Byrne

Topics covered

  • censorship
  • online safety
  • free speech
  • anonymous speech
  • digital identity
  • legal battles

Keywords

  • censorship
  • free speech
  • Online Safety Act
  • anonymous speech
  • digital ID
  • legal defense

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Byrne & Storm, Gab, Kiwi Farms, 4chan, U.K.’s Online Safety Act

Places: Britain, Western democracy, New York City, Washington D.C.

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