B. @RandomGadgie

📱A social media ban for children means ID checks for all of us to post online Free speech online is vital for democracy to thrive & it's under attack. We've launched a speedy tool for you to tell your MP to reject plans to create digital checkpoints⤵️ bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/campaigns/save…

This is a reminder that supermarkets made £230,000,000,000 last year, making £12,000,000,000 for shareholders

Daily Mail @DailyMail

2 days ago

Major British retailers axe 18,000 jobs as Labour's tax and minimum wage hikes bite trib.al/GoNfSKH

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It's not about identification it is about behavioural control and social scoring. Resist and boycott all providers that mandate it.

Silkie Carlo @silkiecarlo

3 days ago

🚨 NEWS: UK Government set to force tech companies to restrict phones “for the children”. It’s likely to mean: 🔴 ID requirement for all devices (or child-locked phone without one) 🔴 government spyware in your pocket (aka client side scanning) 😱 thetimes.com/article/0ab679…

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people over 16 saying this won’t affect them it WILL it’s a way for them to get our id and is a mass form of censorship the real intention here is not to protect children and it never was

Politics UK @PolitlcsUK

2 days ago

🚨 BREAKING: Keir Starmer will announce a social media ban for under-16s in the UK in the next two weeks

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I will not be giving Twitter or any socials my ID so if I disappear then this is why 🤝

Politics UK @PolitlcsUK

2 days ago

🚨 BREAKING: Keir Starmer will announce a social media ban for under-16s in the UK in the next two weeks

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@B_Rabbit843 It's also the moral justification for piracy given the conditions are unlikely to change if the business model continues to make money this way.

In all seriousness, this is why you can’t have the death penalty.

Sky News @SkyNews

2 days ago

BREAKING: Paul Quinn sentenced to 24 years for raping a young mother in Salford in 2003. Andrew Malkinson was wrongly convicted and served 17 years in prison for the same crime. trib.al/HpfcuQc

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Is the UK on the verge of banning VPNs?   On May 26, the consultation intended to help the British government make decisions on age verification for websites, digital services, and social media platforms came to an end. Some form of restrictions regarding at least age limits for social media already appear inevitable; government officials have confirmed as much. The only question is what kind of restrictions will be imposed.   For example, the age verification restrictions could end up including VPN services. National restrictions for websites and social media can be bypassed using tools such as VPNs, virtual phone numbers, eSIM cards, Tor and dedicated services. It is therefore unsurprising that politicians have begun looking toward VPN services, which are the most common and accessible method of changing one’s geographic location.   In early 2026, the House of Lords sent an amendment(regarding the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill) to the House of Commons, proposing an 18-year age limit for using VPN services. The House of Commons rejected the House of Lords amendment four separate times. However, the House of Commons instead introduced its own proposal, which was passed and has now become law. This agreement grants the government the power to introduce restrictions through secondary legislation, with only limited parliamentary scrutiny.   Unfortunately, the risk that the UK government will crack down on VPN services is real – effectively joining countries such as China and Russia in opposing VPN services. Officials have already hinted that they may consider introducing age restrictions for VPN usage under the slogan “No platform gets a free pass”.   If VPN services were to implement identity verification, this would mean collecting data that could be abused through either malice or incompetence. It would, for example, make such services risky for whistleblowers and activists, make it harder for journalists to work with sensitive information, and create a chilling effect on online debate (VPNs can help people post anonymously on social media). In a society like the UK, where 30 people are arrested every day for writing something online that authorities classify as “grossly offensive”, VPN services are an important tool for free speech.   If VPN providers were to impose an age limit on their service, this would also mean that underage users would effectively lose their right to online privacy. Ironically, one consequence would be that social media companies mapping people’s lives through third-party trackers on websites could continue monitoring young people’s online behavior via their IP addresses without any interference. In other words, politicians would remove one of the protections children have against the very companies they claim to want to protect children from.

The UK government avoids mentioning how this will be enforced: image scanning for all messages sent on phones, ID verification to use messaging, etc. Not only are they ruining the UK, but they are also inspiring other malicious governments to enact mass surveillance laws like this

Pirat_Nation 🔴 @Pirat_Nation

2 days ago

The UK government is reportedly considering plans to force tech companies to stop children from viewing, sending, receiving or sharing nude images on phones and other devices. Most people agree children should be protected online. The concern is how these rules would work in

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@No1_Mk1_NVG @Domjb03 How the hell did you get a mortgage with no credit history?

@frankiemellow0 Yeah, "Bumming a fag" has a whole different ring in the States

@dr_besty @DuncanStott The overwhelming majority are struggling. You clearly live in a very privileged little bubble. And there's far better ways to spend this money that benefit both the economy and the people. As I've already explained.

@CamiKarzy @PiaFiona @KorgTheBronan @13_Coronas Another person called you out saying you're just looking for an argument for arguments sake. Then you blocked them. I'm beginning to think they were right.

@CamiKarzy @PiaFiona @KorgTheBronan @13_Coronas Like you realise we can see your profile pic, your bio and your previous tweets yeah? It's clear you have an implicit bias. The only reason you "don't know who to believe" is because you already made up your mind before tweeting. You don't want to believe them.

@dr_besty @DuncanStott Skills and vocational training to address labour shortages and to generate more workers for more spending... I can go on but you get the point yeah? I find your Ted talk to be much less convincing than my own ;)

@dr_besty @DuncanStott There's plenty of cheaper ways to generate economic growth that actually benefit folk. Infrastructure maintenance, fewer delays and cost for businesses, mot efficient travel for workers. Planning reform for faster approval of new businesses, factories, port expansions etc

@CamiKarzy @PiaFiona @KorgTheBronan @13_Coronas What we know: it was a member of staff, they forced open the door op was holding closed with their off-hand, they told them men aren't allowed in, when they saw that shes a woman they said "oh" and left. What more do you need to decide if you believe them? And why?

@CamiKarzy @PiaFiona @KorgTheBronan @13_Coronas That's not why you're asking though. You specifically said you're asking because you "don't know who to believe". Disingenuous shite. As I said if you don't believe them now you never will. Now, why did you think a member of staff was standing in line?