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I am a software engineer in the UK. One of the reasons I want to move from the UK is because so many of our populace has attitudes such as yours. The online saf
by EpicQuest_246 2y ago
I am a software engineer in the UK. One of the reasons I want to move from the UK is because so many of our populace has attitudes such as yours. The online safety act won't solve the problems you think it will and will create a whole new host of issues.
What is amusing is that you even admit that you solved the problem of online scammers with your grandparents through education (I've seen the videos you mentioned as well). This is how people stay "safe" is to be educated on the dangers, not for overbearing regulation.
> To anyone who thinks that regulating social media is some sort of prelude to a totalitarian state, I suggest you watch Britons at a traffic-light-controlled pedestrian crossing.
The last time I checked 7 people a day were being prosecuted for speech related offences (I guarantee it is more now). I've seen videos of the police arresting disabled pensioners over spicy tweets, journalists have their homes raided in the UK regularly if they criticise UK foreign policy over Israel (doesn't get reported on btw). We are already in a form of a soft totalitarianism. You just haven't noticed because you haven't been looking.
- jimnotgym 2y ago> (doesn't get reported on btw). I wonder how it is that you know about it then?
- EpicQuest_246 2y agoI found out about it via social media which is essentially modern "word of mouth".
- jimnotgym 2y agoOK, so you are just spreading rumours then?
- EpicQuest_246 2y agoI clearly didn't mean that (and I think you know that btw). I said "found out about it via social media". I then did my own research to find the original post by the person that had their home raided. I have been duped before by social media and I like to find the actual source (if possible). So I am not "spreading rumours".
- jimnotgym 2y agoSo the original post was independently verifyable when you found it?
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- EpicQuest_246 2y agoWhat other hoops to satisfy you do you want me to jump through?
- pc86 2y agoThey are very clearly commenting in bad faith.
- swiss_steve 2y agoI suspect he means it doesn't get reported in the main stream media. Independent media channels have reported this.
- jimnotgym 2y agoCool, do you have a link to any of them?
- UberFly 2y agoMaybe it's this: https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20241018-uk-police-raid-home-of-journalist-exposing-israeli-crimes-and-weaponisation-of-anti-semitism/ https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20241018-uk-police-raid-ho...
- EpicQuest_246 2y agoYes it was that. Thank you. I couldn't remember the name as it was an unusual name.
- jimnotgym 2y agoGreat. It is very troubling that police raided this journalists house. That is rather less sensational than the 'daily' raids you mentioned though, isn't it?
- EpicQuest_246 2y agoI never said "daily raids" on journalists. This is the second time you have put words into my mouth and pretended I said something I did not.
- defrost 2y agoTo recap, as I understand it your claim is that: > The last time I checked 7 people a day were being prosecuted for speech related offences (I guarantee it is more now). So the claim is that the UK is prosecuting a minimum of some 2,555 speech offenses a year (or as few as 1,820 if it's 7 a day each day of a five day working week in a year with 52 working weeks).