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[Clubber Lang]

I dare say there will likely be a lot of photographs of Keir Starmer submitted.

'I create fake IDs of your MP so you can get round Online Safety Act'

Metro speaks about the dangers of the Online Safety Act with Tim Knight, the creator of the Use-Their-ID website, which created fake MPs' IDs.

metro.co.uk

 

[Samson]

'I create fake IDs of your MP so you can get round Online Safety Act'

Metro speaks about the dangers of the Online Safety Act with Tim Knight, the creator of the Use-Their-ID website, which created fake MPs' IDs.

metro.co.uk

That is a particularly funny solution.

 

[Clubber Lang]

Propaganda will be force fed -

YouTube could be forced to promote British public service TV content

UK Media regulator Ofcom warns networks such as BBC and Channel 4 are ‘endangered’ as viewers move online

www.irishtimes.com

Digital platforms such as YouTube could be forced to make programmes from UK public service television channels “prominent” to protect “endangered” networks such as BBC and Channel 4, according to the British media watchdog.

 

[Samson]

Propaganda will be force fed -

YouTube could be forced to promote British public service TV content

UK Media regulator Ofcom warns networks such as BBC and Channel 4 are ‘endangered’ as viewers move online

www.irishtimes.com

I do not get this. They put barriers up to get at their stuff on their own web site, so they give there stuff to a megacorp so they get the clicks? Why not make it easier to get the stuff from them?

 

[Clubber Lang]

A license fee (tax) is paid to watch one of them as it is, they are not allowed to show commercial ads on thier channels because of it and Youtube is not going to want pay out of thier pockets...so then what? License fee added/extended to YT? Or something worse, online streaming license/fee/tax etc...

They (Brit politicians) keep on going on about algorithms, they clearly want control of them and have you directed to what they want you to watch/see whilst censoring everything else and making other stuff a flaming hoop to jump through with possible negative consequences.