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Posted on 06/25/2026 7:23:05 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
Plans to hand established broadcasters and media companies greater prominence on digital platforms such as YouTube and TikTok have been unveiled, as ministers warned online misinformation risked becoming “existential for our democracy”.
In proposals that set up a new clash with global tech companies, content from the likes of the BBC, ITV and Channel 4 would have to be awarded more promotion by their algorithms – with special rules considered for times of social unrest or crisis.
It comes after a concerted campaign by the UK’s public service broadcasters (PSBs), who have also been arguing their content needs to be safeguarded to protect the “shared social fabric of the UK”.
They have long harboured concerns that their content is being drowned out by less reliable content, or demoted by the sheer weight of English-language material generated in the US.
Ian Murray, the media minister, said he hoped the big tech companies would work with the government to put new prominence rules into place. However, he said legislation could be used if required. “The ball is in their court,” he said.
Murray said the shift towards online platforms was “existential for media, but also existential for our democracy”, pointing to the amount of misinformation detected during last week’s Makerfield byelection.
A government consultation on the issue, published on Tuesday, signals that greater prominence for news coverage could be extended to local and national newspapers, labelling them as “trustworthy providers”.
It sets up the delicate task of defining which outlets count as trustworthy providers – a definition that is likely to be fought over fiercely by news outlets, broadcasters and content creators.
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The government controlling information is a hallmark of democracy dontchaknow?
UK government the biggest producer of misinformation in the UK
How predictable. The moronic ‘establishment’ acting to prop of the moronic establishment.
Translated: "our democracy"™ depends on information from only government approved sources.
They’re going to build the The Great Firewall of Britain.
The BBC, the print enemedia are circling the bowl.
The UK’s Deep State thinks it can make people start consuming them again...
Had enough yet, UK?
The next move is to ban X in the UK.
This reminds me of an old joke about the Soviet Union:
For a long time there was only one TV channel available for Soviet viewers. It was Channel 1, and ran nothing but crude communist propaganda.
Then the Politburo decided to add a second channel - just to brag to the West that Soviet citizens had choices.
Channel 2 had nothing but a picture of a stern man in a KGB uniform. Underneath was the caption:
“Turn back to Channel 1.”
All tyrannies rule through fraud and force, but once the fraud is exposed they must rely exclusively on force. -- George Orwell
So sort of like a new ministry. Like a ministry of truth,
Which is why Deep States worldwide have to steal elections.
Note, for example, all the changes made to UK election law since the Brexit vote and President Trump’s first election.
Not a coinkydink.
People should start referring to the BBC as the BBS.
BBC Chair Blocks Release Of Board Discussions Over Disastrous Donald Trump Edit
Note the use of the singular.
...because everyone is abandoning traditional “news”.
Good luck getting X to change their algos.
Broadcast and media companies already have websites of their own. Full of their stuff.
Oh, maybe nobody goes there? What can we do? What can we do?
I know, get on YouTube and TikTok and get our stuff to pop up without even being requested. Yes, those useers need to see real news from us, not those videos from peon’s cameras and dash cams and ‘home grown reporters’, that haven’t been vetted.
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