> The move would allow ministers to ban social media for youngsters if it was backed by a three-month consultation due to start next month. This will mean that, instead of having to wait to draft new legislation, Sir Keir would be able to act swiftly on the issue.
The plan is to being in amendment to the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill that when consultation is done and then looked over, the options they go for will be done with secondary legislation.
In other words, internet censorship is fast-tracked because the government doesn’t see solid support for Stasi-like policies.
VPNs tend to be pretty conscious about security, so this is likely to cause a lot of VPNs to just geoblock the UK – not really a good thing. Also not sure how exactly this is to be enforced in the first place besides that given when I renew my VPN, I’ll be on my VPN to do so.
Does the government have a working definition of ‘social media’ yet or is this to apply to every single website that has user-to-user communication?
This entire government has been one long series of banning things
Labour have a massive majority. Chances are very high that labour “rebels” have nothing at all to do with this.
Labour why are you physically incapable of shooting yourself in the foot
Can you start working on the things that need more urgent solutions like the fact that half the country is under water rather than attempting to simultaneously blow the kneecaps off our youth’s digital literacy and impose the most draconian laws possible under the false guise of “its for da children and if you disagree you must be nonces!!!!!!!111”
Thanks
i’ve never seen a government move so fast on anything as i feel labour have with internet censorship and a restriction of internet freedoms
“we need to protect our kids from the dangers out there so they cant be groomed and exploited….. so long as it doesn’t inconvenience my ability to endlessly scroll, literally 1984”
Its a ban for all those that do not want to hand over ID to unknown party,s. The Government are fine with fraud if it protects the kiddies.
Normally I could be someone who would be persuaded to vote labour, but not anymore. Starmer and Labour can pound sand (As can any other party that backs this stuff)
They remember they’re also trying to push voting age to 16 right? This is a monumentally stupid move politically.
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> The move would allow ministers to ban social media for youngsters if it was backed by a three-month consultation due to start next month. This will mean that, instead of having to wait to draft new legislation, Sir Keir would be able to act swiftly on the issue.
The plan is to being in amendment to the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill that when consultation is done and then looked over, the options they go for will be done with secondary legislation.
In other words, internet censorship is fast-tracked because the government doesn’t see solid support for Stasi-like policies.
VPNs tend to be pretty conscious about security, so this is likely to cause a lot of VPNs to just geoblock the UK – not really a good thing. Also not sure how exactly this is to be enforced in the first place besides that given when I renew my VPN, I’ll be on my VPN to do so.
Does the government have a working definition of ‘social media’ yet or is this to apply to every single website that has user-to-user communication?
This entire government has been one long series of banning things
Labour have a massive majority. Chances are very high that labour “rebels” have nothing at all to do with this.
Labour why are you physically incapable of shooting yourself in the foot
Can you start working on the things that need more urgent solutions like the fact that half the country is under water rather than attempting to simultaneously blow the kneecaps off our youth’s digital literacy and impose the most draconian laws possible under the false guise of “its for da children and if you disagree you must be nonces!!!!!!!111”
Thanks
i’ve never seen a government move so fast on anything as i feel labour have with internet censorship and a restriction of internet freedoms
“we need to protect our kids from the dangers out there so they cant be groomed and exploited….. so long as it doesn’t inconvenience my ability to endlessly scroll, literally 1984”
Its a ban for all those that do not want to hand over ID to unknown party,s. The Government are fine with fraud if it protects the kiddies.
Normally I could be someone who would be persuaded to vote labour, but not anymore. Starmer and Labour can pound sand (As can any other party that backs this stuff)
They remember they’re also trying to push voting age to 16 right? This is a monumentally stupid move politically.