It's very widely discussed as having one of the most active regulators in the world, you can see some articles about the UK's current push for heavy regulatory burden for websites here:

https://www.techdirt.com/2024/12/20/death-of-a-forum-how-the... https://www.techdirt.com/2026/07/13/the-uks-new-under-16-soc...

It costs hundreds of thousands of dollars to comply with the UK's current regulatory regime. Great for large players and horrible for small websites or ones struggling with profitability.