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It will no doubt fall at the last hurdle. Another attempt to 'control' the thing they don't understand, ignore any technical advisors, and play to the crowds.

It will no doubt fall at the last hurdle. Another attempt to 'control' the thing they don't understand, ignore any technical advisors, and play to the crowds. Unfortunately there are a vocal group who want little Johnny protected from the big bad internet, and who have no desire to educate him themselves, so want a Gov approved scheme - and these sort of plans fit nicely into that. Hopefully common sense prevails again. Edit: If it does go through, hopefully it will be a UK Gov Tech project, and will go so horribly over budget and time that it will be scrapped after declaring some allowedwords.txt was a success

_jal 6y ago
The scolds and prudes who are honestly concerned with Little Johnny are just stalking horses. This is about what it always is: power, control and money.
- bennyp101 6y ago
  Not sure where the money would come from (other than backhand "take this content off") but yes, it would very well be seen as a move to limit the information - and keep those social media bubbles going
  - _jal 6y ago
    Controlling information is how people become stinking rich. Think about it. Either on a very context-specific moment (think deal-signing) or on a very large scale (think Putin), large fortunes are made via information asymmetries.
CraigJPerry 6y ago
I've been really impressed by GDS, i know it's popular to bash on the gov but in this case, i really think it's mis-placed, they've been really good. Take a peek under the covers and see that their work was adopted in other nations too: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/government-digital-service https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/government-digit... Now if we're talking about a public tender then of course i agree completely. Are Capita still blocking new Army recruits due only to systems issues 12 years later...
- pydry 6y ago
  GDS looks good only when you compare it to the big consultancies who previously won IT contracts through a combination of guanxi and bribery. GDS is best seen through an anti corruption lens.
- tehbeard 6y ago
  GDS isn't really UK gov tech though. This sort of thing would be farmed out to crapita for some backroom bonuses and fall flat as all their projects do.
- bennyp101 6y ago
  Sure, I agree that a lot of what GDS have done is pretty cool - but it would more than likely fall to Capita (and probably somehow shoehorn G4S in there) - and disappear in a hole of money
TeaDude 6y ago
They've been trying do this for like two decades and even in the space future year of 2020 I still don't think they know enough about computers to actually put this in place. "Yeah, just make the big magic thing read our thoughts and only do things we like and not stuff we don't like. Will it still get my emails if I turn it off? Who answers the google box and how are they so fast? Can we put more money into blockchain?"

_jal 6y ago

The scolds and prudes who are honestly concerned with Little Johnny are just stalking horses. This is about what it always is: power, control and money.

bennyp101 6y ago
Not sure where the money would come from (other than backhand "take this content off") but yes, it would very well be seen as a move to limit the information - and keep those social media bubbles going
- _jal 6y ago
  Controlling information is how people become stinking rich. Think about it. Either on a very context-specific moment (think deal-signing) or on a very large scale (think Putin), large fortunes are made via information asymmetries.

CraigJPerry 6y ago

I've been really impressed by GDS, i know it's popular to bash on the gov but in this case, i really think it's mis-placed, they've been really good. Take a peek under the covers and see that their work was adopted in other nations too: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/government-digital-service https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/government-digit... Now if we're talking about a public tender then of course i agree completely. Are Capita still blocking new Army recruits due only to systems issues 12 years later...

pydry 6y ago
GDS looks good only when you compare it to the big consultancies who previously won IT contracts through a combination of guanxi and bribery. GDS is best seen through an anti corruption lens.
tehbeard 6y ago
GDS isn't really UK gov tech though. This sort of thing would be farmed out to crapita for some backroom bonuses and fall flat as all their projects do.
bennyp101 6y ago
Sure, I agree that a lot of what GDS have done is pretty cool - but it would more than likely fall to Capita (and probably somehow shoehorn G4S in there) - and disappear in a hole of money

TeaDude 6y ago

They've been trying do this for like two decades and even in the space future year of 2020 I still don't think they know enough about computers to actually put this in place. "Yeah, just make the big magic thing read our thoughts and only do things we like and not stuff we don't like. Will it still get my emails if I turn it off? Who answers the google box and how are they so fast? Can we put more money into blockchain?"