US Criticizes UK's Censorship

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US Vice President JD Vance accused the UK of curtailing freedom of expression.

The UK 's Human Rights Act incorporates the European Convention on Human Rights into domestic law, granting citizens a host of protections related to free speech.

Vance 's comments follow criticism by Tesla CEO Elon Musk that the UK is policing people's thoughts and sending them to prison for social media posts.

According to Reporters sans frontières' ( RSF ) most recent press freedom index, European countries dominate the top of the table. In fact, the majority of European countries, including the UK and most EU member states, outrank the US for press freedom. RSF puts the US at 55th place, while the UK comes in at 23rd . Only five of the EU 's 27 members perform worse than the US for press freedom: Bulgaria ( 59 ), Cyprus ( 65 ), Hungary ( 67 ), Malta ( 73 ) and Greece ( 88 )..