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Posted on 06/10/2026 1:46:28 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
Social media companies have been ordered to have emergency measures in place to stop illegal content going viral, as regulators battle to stop the type of misinformation spiral that circulated after the 2024 summer riots.
Sites such as X, formerly Twitter, and TikTok will have to have a “crisis protocol” in place to intervene when the sharing of dangerous content begins to rise.
Under the measures to be implemented by Ofcom, the UK’s tech regulator, online platforms will also need to reserve a dedicated line of communication channel through which the police can contact them in a crisis.
It follows concerns at the top of government over the speed with which misinformation spreads at pivotal moments. Ofcom’s announcement also follows the outbreak of rioting in Southampton over the police response to the fatal stabbing of Henry Nowak.
The idea of forcing social media platforms to have emergency measures ready to stop illegal viral content was suggested by the Commons science, innovation and technology committee.
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“dangerous content”
Illegal viral content == truth
Musk should tell Starmer to go pound sand.
Can’t have the serfs thinking unapproved thought.
AKA: We don't want the plebes to know how we're abusing them.
Let’s see how the UK feels about being blocked. Just because the want to censor & control the distributtion of content doesn’t mean the companies can or want to comply. Not sure that it is in freedom’s interest to invent algorithms to corral content.
People will treat the UK as a dictatorship if they can't use X over there.
Elon Musk
@elonmusk
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Murderous migrants beheading innocent people in their home town is what’s making people angry, not “social media”!
Unless the true danger is that it cannot be refuted...
The UK Gestapo will start kicking down doors and sending people to “camps”.
Viral illegal content... Hmmm. What, dirty photos of politicians.?
How about No?
What do you want to bet that there are many stone cold facts you could cite that are nonetheless counted as “misinformation “?
They’re really upset with people around the world finding out about that beheading attempt. This’ll be the first type of story squashed.
Can’t have folks doubting government immigration policy and all that.
Elon to them:
“GFY”
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It’s my understanding that they already are doing exactly that, and have been for some time.
Never miss an opportunity to remind Perfidious Albion of the Battle of Cowpens and what Gen Morgan did to Tarleton the Butcher and his men.
It’s called the off switch.
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