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.
Archive: https://archive.ph/dSPMV
Worth noting that the Online Safety Act's real teeth in terms of fines, shut downs and blocking is being moved forward toward the end of this year but is effectively being applied with immediate effect.
User generated content is what they see as the big threat. In the past, it was very difficult for an individual to get their voice heard outside of carefully controlled, licensed and regulated media. Right up until bulletin boards, the Internet and in particular, social media and user generated content gained traction.
Now they want it gone and everything to go back to how things were.
Non-X link: https://nitter.poast.org/disclosetv/status/1821591088530125161
She's the first person to be arrested for posting the incorrect name of the Southport suspect. This arrest will set a very dangerous precedent.
With immediate effect, posting anything that is not by an authoritative, licensed source - and therefore is not considered true by the state - is a violation of false communications legislation.
"Mr Musk, it seems to me, should stick to batteries, cars, and rockets because he's very good at it and leave to the UK authorities the job of dealing with the protection of the safety and security of our communities," Sir Thomas said.
The utter self-aggrandising smugness and superiority being displayed here by the former chief inspector of constabulary regarding Musk's analysis of what he saw and heard with his eyes and his ears demonstrates how much they want full control of the narrative, whether people self-censor or the state intervenes.
As I posted earlier, those in charge legitimately believe that two-tier policing is a far right conspiracy theory and dog whistle.
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.