Posted on 08/07/2024 8:05:29 AM PDT by Angelino97
Mimicking a policy that the west once condemned Communist China for pursuing, authoritarians are now calling for X to be shut down completely in the UK to stop civil unrest.
After the country was rocked by a series of riots over the past week in response to a 17-year-old son of Rwandan immigrants killing three little girls in Southport, the media and the political class blamed the anger on “misinformation” shared on X.
In reality, the UK has been a boiling pot of resentment and rage over mass migration for years, with huge numbers continuing to arrive, putting massive strain on the country and making some parts of major towns and cities unrecognizable, despite nobody having ever voted for it.
However, the disorder is being exploited to grease the skids for mass censorship.
Cambridge professor Sander van der Linden said the government could “geo-restrict access to a platform if the situation got so bad” and Twitter could also be “banned from the app store for violating policies.”
Jessica Simor QC also called for the UK government to “pass a short bill closing down Twitter in the UK.”
Entrepreneur Ana Vilhete also called for Twitter to be temporarily banned in the UK to “limit the spread of inflammatory information.”
Journalist Paul Mason, a Marxist who once worked for the BBC, demanded the government use the Online Safety Bill (which passed under the excuse of protecting children from harmful content) to “pull the plug” on X.
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The natives don’t have read about the problems invaders cause.
They pay much higher rents every month as a result of invasion.
Yeah.
I’m sure Elon will get right on that request.
And they have to escort their wives and daughters whenever they want to leave the house.
Old-time liberal: I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.
Modern “liberal”: I disapprove of what you say, so I will do everything I can to silence you.
Not sure what their official position is on VPNs.
With Starlink, I’m not sure that’s possible.
Heck, the UK send out armed cops to hunt down those evil master criminals who watch broadcast TV illegally. They’ll find a way to stop those evil VPNs. After all, “ if you aren’t doing anything wrong you won’t mind us having a look around.”
Or, in the UKs case, they will probably require all computers have BIOS burned hardware key loggers and site trackers to access the internet.
The tyrants don’t like the videos of Africans and Muslim running riot in the streets while the cops do nothing.
This “west” being mentioned no longer exists — so there is no contradiction. Commie trash are now in charge, like the CCP in China. So, of course this is their policy.
But TikTok is 0K
“Crazed Authoritarions?”
Or in other words, mainstream leftist elites in the UK
Thank God we live in US and still have freedom of speech. People getting arrested in UK and Canada for posting on facebook.
“...authoritarians are now calling for X to be shut down completely in the UK to stop civil unrest.”
I’m sure no one in the UK has the ability to change their VPNs to get access. /s
Anything going over the airwaves can be jammed.
Perhaps, but what, along with it? At what cost?
Not according to the ADL and JFNA.
As of August 17, 2023, X, formerly known as Twitter, is banned in the following countries:
China, Iran, Myanmar, North Korea, Russia, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.
As we now have an extremist hard left government in the UK that tolerates no dissent this is a distinct possibility.
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