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BREAKING: Ofcom told to ban X - as Starmer's battle with Musk escalates
iNews ^ | Jan 9 | iNews

Posted on 01/09/2026 1:49:50 PM PST by RandFan

The Government has urged online watchdog Ofcom to use its powers to block access to X, formerly Twitter, in a dramatic escalation in tensions with the tech billionaire Elon Musk.

Technology Secretary Liz Kendall issued a statement telling the regulator that it had the “full support” of ministers to use its powers to block UK users from gaining access to the social media site.

(Excerpt) Read more at inews.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: 5thcolumnonfr; banbbc; bandailymail; banguardian; bantelegraph; castrofan; elonmusk; expelukspies; fakefreepers; madurofan; ofcom; randpaulisatraitor; starmer; whyishestillhere; x; zot

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So they're banning X in the UK or looking to this weekend...

Pathetic..

1 posted on 01/09/2026 1:49:50 PM PST by RandFan
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To: RandFan

Good time to invest in British VPNs.


2 posted on 01/09/2026 1:53:45 PM PST by circlecity
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To: RandFan

BBC and China are broadcasting programs in multiple languages via shortwave targeting all continents


3 posted on 01/09/2026 1:54:28 PM PST by tsowellfan
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4 posted on 01/09/2026 1:54:56 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is opinion or satire. Or both.)
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Starmer vs Musk?
Not even close.
Musk wins with one hand ties behind his back
5 posted on 01/09/2026 1:56:13 PM PST by SmokingJoe
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To: circlecity

ProtonMail has one as part of the deal if I recall


6 posted on 01/09/2026 1:56:22 PM PST by RandFan
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OK. We’ll have to retaliate of course.


7 posted on 01/09/2026 1:56:23 PM PST by FLT-bird
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So the Iranian people are overthrowing the IRGC (utilizing Musk’s Starlink because the IRGC shut down their internet and phone lines), but the Government of a free nation is shutting down Musk’s internet free speech platform.

Freedom vs. tyranny in progress.


8 posted on 01/09/2026 1:59:47 PM PST by The Westerner
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The collapse of the rump British empire is quickening


9 posted on 01/09/2026 2:01:13 PM PST by PGR88
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I heard that Starmer is conflicted. He doesn’t know whether to grow a Hitler mustache or a Stalin mustache.


10 posted on 01/09/2026 2:01:24 PM PST by Leaning Right (It's morning in America. Again.)
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“Eh, Mate, would you call the Government Property Agency and ask them when Starlink will be back on line?”


11 posted on 01/09/2026 2:01:57 PM PST by Jeff Chandler (The issue is never the issue. The issue is always the revolution.)
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Can Musk just buy England already and deport Starmer?


12 posted on 01/09/2026 2:03:54 PM PST by Kudsman (47 is making things right again. )
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Musk could just buy the UK and then fire Starmer.


13 posted on 01/09/2026 2:04:40 PM PST by ComputerGuy (FAFO is known as the Trump Doctrine)
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that’s not just pathetic, that would be revolutionary…and not in a good way.


14 posted on 01/09/2026 2:04:47 PM PST by CondoleezzaProtege ( 🩰🌹)
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Good time to invest in British VPNs.

Hell, ban all British imports to the US. Whatever will we do without blood sausage and Jaguars and Land Rovers that can't go thirty miles without breaking down?

15 posted on 01/09/2026 2:05:12 PM PST by Sirius Lee ("Never argue with a fool, onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.)
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“Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God”


16 posted on 01/09/2026 2:05:45 PM PST by jroehl (And how we burned in the camps later - Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn - The Gulag Archipelago)
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Who will this hurt the most? The obnoxious Brit posters who constantly ridicule US Patriots. LOL!


17 posted on 01/09/2026 2:06:02 PM PST by Shady (#EnoughIsEnough, and we have HAD ENOUGH!)
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I heard that Starmer is conflicted. He doesn’t know whether to grow a Hitler mustache or a Stalin mustache.

Well, that's because he doesn't have the testosterone or the cojones to grow a Maggie Thatcher one!

18 posted on 01/09/2026 2:13:13 PM PST by BlueLancer (Orchides Forum Trahite - Cordes Et Mentes Veniant)
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So we have a Muslim country trying to shut down the internet so it’s people cannot access it. Oh I also heard something is happening in Iran too.


19 posted on 01/09/2026 2:17:53 PM PST by mitchjackson1972 (End usury - It's OK to be white - https://ussliberty.org/)
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20 posted on 01/09/2026 2:27:53 PM PST by Frank Drebin (And don't ever let me catch you guys in America!)
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