Trying to mass censor user generated content in real time and not causing censorship of speech from outside the UK isn't going to work. The only way they could stop anything they dislike is to abolish social media and implement a new internal national network that is wholly controlled by the state for residential use. We've seen the UK police website being blocked to those outside the UK. In the future, it could be physically blocked (making VPN's useless) and only available within a UK Intranet. Which I think they will do in the long term.
An update to a previous post I made also mentioned in the link, the first arrest for "inaccurate information" was made to a prominent critic of the UK Government, someone who was critical of vaccine mandates, lockdowns and face masks - Bernie Spofforth. From what I understand, she is just the first of many who face arrest as these plans will now make social and communication networks legally mandated to report what the state deems to be dissent, lies and harm to law enforcement.
This law introduced by the Conservatives will bite them in the backside as it will be used against those creating electoral communications that are critical of the ruling Labour Party. It's going to be very difficult for anything critical of Labour to be published as anyone who does faces arrest.
Labour will also likely make VPN use outside of business and Government illegal. They attempted to push an amendment to the Online Safety Bill to this end but it failed. Now they have a large majority and a new opportunity to ban them for good.
Another thing that came about in the last couple of days, the renamed Counter Disinformation Unit who targeted those critical of Government during Covid-19, the National Security Online Information Team, are now targeting those critical of Government who are on the right wing.
TL;DR - the UK now has a literal Ministry of Truth.
Curious is the large majority refers to MPs or to its citizens. Because I feel we are being sold a lie on how popular censorship is with citizens and how many people back this labour government.
I don’t trust mainstream anything anymore and we know their tactics with polls and lying about a “majority of people” feel this way when they only polled 80% of people they knew they’d get the correct answer from. Cherry picking stats etc.
I am not saying I’m right but I think it’s a very good possibility that the support is not quite majority.
It is an undermade point that the people who run for office are far more enthusiastic about government than average citizens.
Fair enough, that is a good point. Unsettling of course. Shame we can’t have the average Joe run for office and be able to make it without needing billions of pounds/dollars. Or the cut throat nature of it all. I think more average people would volunteer if it was truly a public servant job again.