The UK now gets to act like the world police and if you criticise them or dissent, you go to jail. Both Labour and the Tories have made no secret of being critical of the need for privacy and encryption for citizens online and in real life. You'd think banks where security and confidentiality between customer and organisation is critical would kick a fuss over this, but no - they're silent. They like webcams, CCTV and smart speakers because it allows them access to places they thought were locked out to them - your private home. Their last obstacle is to unlock what you are thinking at any time. Until then, they make assumptions about what you are thinking and proceed to consider that as truth.
And we haven't even got to the requirements for age and ID verification that is going to be mandated this year that will have an effect on every website hosted outside the UK and is accessible or anyone worldwide who uses a VPN. In effect, the Government has signalled that it wants to make vices effectively illegal and it wants encryption gone.
The UK seems intent on speedrunning becoming a pariah state. If anything, they look at North Korea's Kwangmyong (national Intranet) with envy but knowing they can't emulate that because it would collapse their economy in an instant, intend to extend their desires beyond their borders onto the world. If a state like Iran did something like this, there would be serious repercussions. But they know not to and keep their censorship within their borders.
I see shit libs posting the gayest stuff and I never once thought wouldn't it be nice to ban them or censor them or jail them.
The only kinda orwellian shit I've considered is arresting people for disrespectful destruction of the American flag, or flying a foreign flag higher than a US flag on US territory.
Imagine the insecurity of wanting to do what the UK does. It's like a crazy girlfriend who goes through your phone and email and apps. Except that's your government.
Wonderful isn't it? /s
The UK now gets to act like the world police and if you criticise them or dissent, you go to jail. Both Labour and the Tories have made no secret of being critical of the need for privacy and encryption for citizens online and in real life. You'd think banks where security and confidentiality between customer and organisation is critical would kick a fuss over this, but no - they're silent. They like webcams, CCTV and smart speakers because it allows them access to places they thought were locked out to them - your private home. Their last obstacle is to unlock what you are thinking at any time. Until then, they make assumptions about what you are thinking and proceed to consider that as truth.
And we haven't even got to the requirements for age and ID verification that is going to be mandated this year that will have an effect on every website hosted outside the UK and is accessible or anyone worldwide who uses a VPN. In effect, the Government has signalled that it wants to make vices effectively illegal and it wants encryption gone.
The UK seems intent on speedrunning becoming a pariah state. If anything, they look at North Korea's Kwangmyong (national Intranet) with envy but knowing they can't emulate that because it would collapse their economy in an instant, intend to extend their desires beyond their borders onto the world. If a state like Iran did something like this, there would be serious repercussions. But they know not to and keep their censorship within their borders.
I always believed we should maintain a freedom index from which we derive our tariffs. UK would score very low.
Good idea. Basically use our tariffs to enforce our freedoms worldwide. Oh, you want to censor people? 10% tariffs for you.
"The UK now gets to act like the world police"
proposes world policing
also fails to realize he's not part of the cool kids (pedophile) club that decides who puts what tariffs on what
come on, man. you gotta do better than your leftie counterparts.
Naw No point being "better" than them. Only beating them. If using their tricks works then whatever. I'm over taking the high road.
1984 was correct about the UK lol.
Optimistic if anything
I really can't understand why.
I see shit libs posting the gayest stuff and I never once thought wouldn't it be nice to ban them or censor them or jail them.
The only kinda orwellian shit I've considered is arresting people for disrespectful destruction of the American flag, or flying a foreign flag higher than a US flag on US territory.
Imagine the insecurity of wanting to do what the UK does. It's like a crazy girlfriend who goes through your phone and email and apps. Except that's your government.
Faggotry like grown men urinating on each other at SF Pride should be censored.