JK Rowling could also be arrested for posting "inaccurate information" under the Online Safety Act. The allegation would be incitement of hatred on the grounds of gender. In one way, I hope she does get arrested because it's going to wake up a lot of people around this issue and make a martyr of her.
I do shake my head at all those on the left now who proclaim that we should crack down on dissent while simultaneously declaring that we don't have two tier policing and justice. One day, power will shift and they will be the ones who face the consequences of any crackdown.
Non X-link: https://xcancel.com/BGatesIsaPyscho/status/1822538432008114660
Dissent, critique or scrutiny will not be tolerated by the Ministry of Love.
ETA: For anyone questioning the "alleged" bit of that statement, a prominent model and commentator suggested she was one of the 14 arrested in Newcastle at the weekend.
No. Not welcome on social media sites and apps. I tell uncomfortable truths, people get offended and I get shadowbanned, posts deleted, persistently accused of being a bot or just outright banned. Trolling is one thing, uncomfortable truths is next level tier and people hate it.
Which leads to a number of issues. Particularly as they become walled gardens and shut down privacy based access methods, companies are moving their customer services to X and WhatsApp. And service status information including from Government agencies are increasingly becoming exclusive to X.
Are these the same women who drool over the physique of a six pack possessing male while shaming those with "dad bods" and then state that misandry does not exist because privilege plus power? Rules for thee but not for me.
As for male feminists, Mombot's Law states that they will have misogynistic skeletons in the closet that will eventually come out.
Khalif has also stated that legal action will be made against anyone who questioned Khalif's gender. So not only could Dawkins face a permanent ban from Facebook, he could also face an expensive day in court. And if he's in the UK, Khalif could also demand his arrest for "inaccurate information" now the Online Safety Act is in force.
It's probably why they're pushing the concept long term of a closed Intranet where the UK is isolated from the rest of the world. Not many countries have attempted that. North Korea's Kwangmyong is the well known one but places like Iran, Cuba and Russia have either tested or developing their own internal networks. Not exactly the countries the UK Government want to be associated with but we may be beyond the Rubicon now.
I personally think you are right and they will attempt to create a new state approved X clone in the short term. Which is probably why they are bringing forward the request to enforce the next stage of the Online Safety Act which allows for fines, shut downs and blocking. In the long term they will probably transition residential Internet users to a national Intranet where everything will be curated, licensed and controlled by the state "for your safety". As far as the Government is concerned, user generated content was a mistake that should never have happened.
It's likely Labour will also ban VPN's. They tried to bring in an amendment to the Online Safety Bill but failed. Now they have the numbers to succeed.
It looks like their next tactic is to arrest people based on "inaccurate information" as per the new Online Safety Act 2023. And further to the post I made on the same subject, we know that the person arrested is a prominent critic of the Government, in particular when it came to lockdown, vaccine and mask mandates - Bernie Spofforth, who has appeared on GB News and Talk.
Katie Hopkins, another prolific critic of the Government has been reported to the police under the same law.
They're doing this to send a message with the desire to put fear into the populous. They've had many people in high status complain about "misinformation" and "speculation", right up to this morning with the Mayor of London demanding more powers for the Government to rid society of any speech the Government disagrees with.
https://twitter.com/GOVUK/status/1821502879590494358 (Non-X link)
The same people demanding the banning of X (Twitter) which would quickly follow what Maduro has done in Venezuela.
If Ofcom carries out its threat, this site, Rumble and other sites outside of the UK will have to geoblock the UK, like what Rumble had to do with France.
What is likely to be different in the UK's perspective is the future for VPN's. Labour tried and failed to make VPN's illegal in the Online Safety Act. Labour are now in power and have the numbers to make it finally happen (at least for residential use).
Generally, you need a licence to legally publish media content in the UK.
User generated content online has changed that paradigm and the Government now wishes to revert it because otherwise anyone can become a journalist, photographer or opinion columnist.
I don't think Ofcom or the Government would care. Particularly after their platforming of Russell Brand. If anything, they seem quite intent on declaring the introduction of user generated content a mistake and one to revert promptly. Likely via a national Intranet for the masses regulated, controlled and licensed by the Government. As long as the masses have access to Netflix, live sport, commerce and so forth, they won't protest.
Considering that the UK Parliament is in recess and it's likely that new legislation will come in as a result of this, the heavy handed response now is nothing compared to what is coming from next month. And Starmer has a massive majority to do it with.
Just in time for the tenth anniversary of The Zoe Post which was published on this day. It's as if they kept a reminder in their calendars to mark the anniversary for their own political ends.