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Re:The UK’s tortured attempt to remake the internet by DoItToMe81 on Friday May 05, 2023 @02:42AM (#35825983)
The enforcement of this would inherently involve tying internet IDs to real IDs, which is incredibly bad for UK internetters. They arrest children for posting rap lyrics and adults for saying things as simple as "get off of my football team" or "you look ugly".

They were detaining thousands annually by 2016, for speech deemed innocuous enough in any other country, and the number has only grown.

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Re:The UK’s tortured attempt to remake the internet by 1827163 on Friday May 05, 2023 @06:04AM (#35827207)
Yes, that's why I want to leave the UK, I am absolutely shocked what happened to this country. It never used to be this bad in the 1990s.

And I am unnerved by expressing some of my opinions here on this forum, fully knowing that intelligence agencies such as GCHQ are likely monitoring my controversial posts. Well controversy is required for society to progress, and the chilling effect on other people is hindering the development of society itself.

However I am not going to let the chill have any effect on me here. And I am thus going to continue to speak my mind. Because I don't think I'll be in the UK for much longer, being able to get an EU passport relatively easily. The faster I get out of this sinking ship of a country, the better.

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