Freedom of speech under attack by the radical left Labour

[TroglocratsRdumb]

MSN

Tech companies will be forced to ban fake news from their platforms under plans being considered by the Government in the wake of the riots.

Sir Keir Starmer suggested on Friday that the Government would review social media laws as part of efforts to prevent further disorder.

The Telegraph understands that ministers are looking at introducing a duty on social media companies to restrict “legal but harmful” content.

It could mean that firms are required to remove or suppress posts spreading fake news about asylum seekers or other topics such as self-harm, even if they do not meet the threshold for illegality.

However, critics have said the proposals expose “the sinister and authoritarian side” of Sir Keir’s Labour Party, driving “a coach and horses” through the principle of free speech.

The plans come after a row between Elon Musk who owns X, formerly known as Twitter, and the Prime Minister over his handling of the riots.

comment:
Censorship is tyranny and one of the first steps towards one party totalitarianism.
After censorship comes arrests, and that is already happening.
It didn't take very long for the radical left Labour to start abusing power.

 

[shockedcanadian]

MSN

Tech companies will be forced to ban fake news from their platforms under plans being considered by the Government in the wake of the riots.

Sir Keir Starmer suggested on Friday that the Government would review social media laws as part of efforts to prevent further disorder.

The Telegraph understands that ministers are looking at introducing a duty on social media companies to restrict “legal but harmful” content.

It could mean that firms are required to remove or suppress posts spreading fake news about asylum seekers or other topics such as self-harm, even if they do not meet the threshold for illegality.

However, critics have said the proposals expose “the sinister and authoritarian side” of Sir Keir’s Labour Party, driving “a coach and horses” through the principle of free speech.

The plans come after a row between Elon Musk who owns X, formerly known as Twitter, and the Prime Minister over his handling of the riots.

comment:
Censorship is tyranny and one of the first steps towards one party totalitarianism.
After censorship comes arrests, and that is already happening.
It didn't take very long for the radical left Labour to start abusing power.

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They get the government they voted for.

Musk just has to threaten to pull out of the UK and the fascists will feel the heat from the voters, especially the young voters and businesses who like to expand their options on Twitter.

Musk is not the government. He isn't the police. He isn't the publisher. It is up the Brits if they want to charge a local citizen. Fascist freaks.

 

[jotathought]

If the government is already arresting and locking up its subjects for "offensive" language on social media, how do they have free speech?