Russia just banned Rumble. So it's fitting that the UK follows the lead of a country they are supposed to be setting an example against in recent years.
So the UK kills it's own tech industry overnight along with making it's normie public pissed off they can't use social media properly.
Combine that with the fact the UK is 'Terf Island' so full of attention seeking feminists who's life revolves around getting clicks and views everyday and this is SURE to be an election winner...
Just to appease the vocal minority while I don't wish tragedy on anyone, what they advocate for in terms of a national Intranet (whether they'll get that far remains to be seen but Ofcom is already complaining about being overwhelmed because they deem the Internet to be unmanageable), a nanny state and abolition of anonymity and privacy (the Government sees the Internet as a public place).
The problem we have is that "online safety" and all the power and control it hands to the state has a consensus across the Uniparty so regardless of Labour or Tory getting it, this is being implemented regardless.
And it'll lose them MORE power. The only ones that don't see that is the establishment in the UK going 'lalala can't hear you!' with a blindfold on.
I was looking at the recent elections they had, there was extremely LOW turnout and the only reason Labour 'won' seats was because the other side were too blackpilled to vote. If they start messing with the bread and circuses NOW when everything from police to politicians aren't respected and publicly derided, they won't be able to even pretend they are a functioning mid tier country anymore.
I'm guessing if the UK becomes insular, the BBC would continue to enjoy it's dominance in the UK's media market from competitors such as Netflix, Disney and Amazon. Maybe that's why they're so keen to platform these insidious ideas under the veneer of "online safety" without balance or neutrality?
ETA: Ofcom just told social media firms accessible in the UK to mass censor, be banned and massively fined or block access to the UK and the UK will cultivate it's own ecosystem (a.k.a. national Intranet). Wow. They're going all in.
ETA 2: Ofcom will require all websites accessible in the UK to implement age and ID verification if not "safe for kids" or close or block access to the UK. VPN providers welcome this news while they can still legally trade in the UK.
There are two tests Ofcom is requiring websites to take. First, can children access your website? Well, they know what web browsers and phones are, so yes. Second, what mitigations are you implementing to prevent children seeing anything not "safe for kids"?
From what I understand, websites, apps and Internet services will be required to implement:
ID and age verification for any content that is not "safe for kids". Not just pornography, anything not "safe for kids". Any websites accessible in the UK will have to comply. I suspect many websites will just tell the UK to go away.
Video facial recognition verification which will be ongoing and live to ensure that a device is not handed over to someone else after the initial verification.
IP/geo-location to determine if someone is using a VPN or isn't currently in the UK. And if so, block them. Gambling websites do this and streaming websites detect VPN's to enforce geographical deals for copyrighted work.
Algorithms and moderation that has to err on the side of caution. This will likely just kill off any discussion forum and comment sections while social media platforms will just blanket geoblock posts or delete them to be safe rather than sorry.
The Ofcom consultation for all of this came out today. Do feel free to comment:
And we haven't reached the prospect of VPN's being banned yet. Or the potential for FOSS to be banned either on the same grounds of circumventing safety measures. I haven't seen anything that demands operating systems to remove wrongthink apps but it would not surprise me if Ofcom or the Government demands this.
But what they ultimately advocate for and the campaigners want simply isn't possible with the Internet as is. They'd have to shut it down and implement a national Intranet. And frankly, I think they would be determined to do that if they have the chance.
I don't think people realise what's coming. The prices alone I saw when I glanced the consultation document on the proposals Ofcom wants would just take anyone but the big firms offline and would likely result in websites sited outside of the UK to geoblock in order to not pay. And that's before all the bureaucratic red tape and regulation that would make it impractical and unviable. And that's before the concept of whoever is left will just ban by default in fear of fines that would kill them.
It really will be the death of the Internet in the UK by a thousand cuts.
And then they demand the Government take over the role of parent. Some of the regulations being discussed today will make it impossible for many websites to be available in the UK. Which might be their intention, to make it so impractical and unviable to operate that they quit (as we've seen with pornographic websites in some US states after age verification came in) and the Government can either think "good riddance" or replace them.
Wheeling out dead kids (unrelated to internet safety) to scare technophiles.
And the UK already has less free speech than Russia.
And these STASI bootlickers honestly think they are “the good guys”
Russia just banned Rumble. So it's fitting that the UK follows the lead of a country they are supposed to be setting an example against in recent years.
So the UK kills it's own tech industry overnight along with making it's normie public pissed off they can't use social media properly.
Combine that with the fact the UK is 'Terf Island' so full of attention seeking feminists who's life revolves around getting clicks and views everyday and this is SURE to be an election winner...
Just to appease the vocal minority while I don't wish tragedy on anyone, what they advocate for in terms of a national Intranet (whether they'll get that far remains to be seen but Ofcom is already complaining about being overwhelmed because they deem the Internet to be unmanageable), a nanny state and abolition of anonymity and privacy (the Government sees the Internet as a public place).
The problem we have is that "online safety" and all the power and control it hands to the state has a consensus across the Uniparty so regardless of Labour or Tory getting it, this is being implemented regardless.
And it'll lose them MORE power. The only ones that don't see that is the establishment in the UK going 'lalala can't hear you!' with a blindfold on.
I was looking at the recent elections they had, there was extremely LOW turnout and the only reason Labour 'won' seats was because the other side were too blackpilled to vote. If they start messing with the bread and circuses NOW when everything from police to politicians aren't respected and publicly derided, they won't be able to even pretend they are a functioning mid tier country anymore.
It seems they can do anything as long as UK blokes are still able to watch football.
What's the one thing in recent memory that got tens of thousands of white men to hit the streets? The announcement of the super league.
You know what really costs lives? Bad parenting.
Which is why campaigners want to hand over their responsibilities to the state.
I'm guessing if the UK becomes insular, the BBC would continue to enjoy it's dominance in the UK's media market from competitors such as Netflix, Disney and Amazon. Maybe that's why they're so keen to platform these insidious ideas under the veneer of "online safety" without balance or neutrality?
ETA: Ofcom just told social media firms accessible in the UK to mass censor, be banned and massively fined or block access to the UK and the UK will cultivate it's own ecosystem (a.k.a. national Intranet). Wow. They're going all in.
ETA 2: Ofcom will require all websites accessible in the UK to implement age and ID verification if not "safe for kids" or close or block access to the UK. VPN providers welcome this news while they can still legally trade in the UK.
There are two tests Ofcom is requiring websites to take. First, can children access your website? Well, they know what web browsers and phones are, so yes. Second, what mitigations are you implementing to prevent children seeing anything not "safe for kids"?
From what I understand, websites, apps and Internet services will be required to implement:
ID and age verification for any content that is not "safe for kids". Not just pornography, anything not "safe for kids". Any websites accessible in the UK will have to comply. I suspect many websites will just tell the UK to go away.
Video facial recognition verification which will be ongoing and live to ensure that a device is not handed over to someone else after the initial verification.
IP/geo-location to determine if someone is using a VPN or isn't currently in the UK. And if so, block them. Gambling websites do this and streaming websites detect VPN's to enforce geographical deals for copyrighted work.
Algorithms and moderation that has to err on the side of caution. This will likely just kill off any discussion forum and comment sections while social media platforms will just blanket geoblock posts or delete them to be safe rather than sorry.
The Ofcom consultation for all of this came out today. Do feel free to comment:
https://www.ofcom.org.uk/consultations-and-statements/category-1/protecting-children-from-harms-online
And we haven't reached the prospect of VPN's being banned yet. Or the potential for FOSS to be banned either on the same grounds of circumventing safety measures. I haven't seen anything that demands operating systems to remove wrongthink apps but it would not surprise me if Ofcom or the Government demands this.
But what they ultimately advocate for and the campaigners want simply isn't possible with the Internet as is. They'd have to shut it down and implement a national Intranet. And frankly, I think they would be determined to do that if they have the chance.
I don't think people realise what's coming. The prices alone I saw when I glanced the consultation document on the proposals Ofcom wants would just take anyone but the big firms offline and would likely result in websites sited outside of the UK to geoblock in order to not pay. And that's before all the bureaucratic red tape and regulation that would make it impractical and unviable. And that's before the concept of whoever is left will just ban by default in fear of fines that would kill them.
It really will be the death of the Internet in the UK by a thousand cuts.
I've noticed that everything is now being pushed as 'Ethical'
And then they demand the Government take over the role of parent. Some of the regulations being discussed today will make it impossible for many websites to be available in the UK. Which might be their intention, to make it so impractical and unviable to operate that they quit (as we've seen with pornographic websites in some US states after age verification came in) and the Government can either think "good riddance" or replace them.