Daniel Singh

The story of how the GRANITE Act came to be is actually pretty simple: 1) Foreign censorship was a problem. The House Judiciary Committee was holding hearings on the subject and had been for several years. 2) I sent committee staff everything I could on the topic for six months. 3) Nobody had introduced a bill. 4) Ofcom tries to censor 4chan on August 14th, 2025. 4chan refuses the order, declares war, and sues two weeks later. 5) Ofcom issued its "confirmation decision" to 4chan on October 13th, 2025. 6) Still no bill anywhere to be seen. 7) "Fuck this, I'll do it myself." 8) Take a look at the SPEECH Act and draft v1 of a a state bill, the model "New Hampshire GRANITE Act," name chosen to pander to local politicians, one evening in Portsmouth, NH designed to address the problem I was seeing in practice. 7) I published v1 of the GRANITE Act five days later, on October 18th, 2025. 8) @Arceris_btc picked it up entirely on his own, beefed it up, and wrote the Wyoming GRANITE Act about three weeks after that. 9) @RepDanielSingh introduced it in Wyoming at the end of January, 2026. It passed the Wyoming House of Representatives 46-12 a week and a half later, before stalling out in the Senate during the short budget session. 10) ALEC adopted a shield-only version as a national model policy at the end of July 2026, thanks mainly to the work of Representative Singh. 11) I heard from @RepMichaelRulli and @Rep_Davidson's offices in August, both working on bills. Each office took the initiative independently, without any prior contact with me. 12) Rep. Rulli introduced his bill on August 27th. 13) Rep. Davidson introduced his bill, now named HOMEFRONT, days later. 14) Two weeks later, @BasedMikeLee introduces his version in the Senate. Caught us all by surprise. I hadn't spoken with his office before that, and still haven't. 16) At the end of October, Ofcom capitulates in the 4chan enforcement, admitting to Parliament it can’t recover its fine. It continues threatening other Americans. 16) Where we are now: bill's still in committee, some open internet dudes and I are pitching Dem offices who grok the Internet (GRANITE is an extension of the SPEECH Act, which was a Dem bill). We're pushing hard to get Congress to move off the plate because we don't want any gridlock next Congress to get in the way of this critical civil liberties protection for American speakers. This is important enough that it shouldn't wait.

Very pleased to report that the federal GRANITE Act, H.R. 10174 - a foreign censorship shield bill - has its first cosponsor, one of the most principled civil liberties advocates in Congress: @RepThomasMassie!

Do you want to call your representative and ask them to deal with the foreign censorship problem THIS CONGRESS? Use this handy link and script to call your representatives and tell them to support the GRANITE Act or the HOMEFRONT Act: restorethe1st.com/foreign-ce…

AMERICA STRIKES BACK AGAINST FOREIGN CENSORS. Y'day @RepMichaelRulli introduced the GRANITE Act, the first federal foreign censorship shield bill in American history. Full bill text + my analysis: prestonbyrne.com/rulligranit…

I just tweet a lot. A major driver of GRANITE Act adoption has actually been @RepDanielSingh, who continues to move the ball forward in Wyoming and was largely responsible for getting the GRANITE proposal adopted by ALEC as national model policy.

"The GRANITE Act shows that the United States does not have to accept foreign censorship as a cost of doing business. Instead, policymakers can send a message that foreign laws targeting free speech on American platforms will face repercussions." itif.org/publications/2026/0…

GRANITE is a team effort incl @Arceris_btc, @RepDanielSingh, @cantbesilentcal and @RepKeithAmmon. The good news: anyone, state or federal, can jump on the team! Let’s see introduced bills!

A version of the GRANITE Act, a foreign censorship shield bill devised by myself, @Arceris_btc and @RepDanielSingh , is being considered for adoption as an @ALEC_States model policy. alec.org/model-policy/guaran…

There are two competing visions for free speech in Britain now: a US-style approach, proposed by @ASI, and a more conservative view, proposed by the @Prosperity_Inst. Which vision of the future do you prefer - one, the other, or a combination of them? prestonbyrne.com/2026/07/11/…

"The GRANITE Act shows that the United States does not have to accept foreign censorship as a cost of doing business. In an era of technological competition with China, a free and open Internet is a necessity, and Congress should defend it." - @ITIFdc itif.org/publications/2026/0…

Wyoming's @RepRachelRW, a big supporter of the Wyoming GRANITE Act when that bill was moving through the Wyoming House of Representatives, is running for Wyoming Secretary of State! Head over to her website to support her campaign. williams4wyoming.com