UK Govenment Situation

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Thanks Denys. Your opinion seems grounded in reality to me - please post more of them.

Denys, I am English and I have been living in Dnipro for 28 years (and unlike you I am still here). You realise that these attempts by politicians and governments to restrict viewing are utterly futile. Everyonen uses VPNs so what is the problem?

Great Britain has lost control of its own country.

Many thanks for all your work and information, Denys. I live in the UK. In our country, we have a long and valued tradition of public service broadcasting. Okay, it isn't perfect, but it is poles apart from Russian national TV, because we are lucky enough to live in a democracy. Although there is undoubtedly some lack of objectivity on occasion, we do have to pay a license fee to watch TV, and hopefully the British people would not tolerate anything too obviously biased. When broadcasters are deemed to have overstepped the mark, there are watchdogs and regulatory processes to review what they have done. We have seen a steady erosion of public broadcasting services. Some key sporting events can only be viewed by people with a subscription to Sky and other platforms. My (limited) understanding of the Parliamentary Bill is that it is a reform of the UK’s Public Service Media system to ensure it delivers for the public and gives BBC, ITV, Channel 4, 5 and others more flexibility to attract audiences online. As more and more TV is viewed online, there is a risk that some older folk will get left behind during the transition to online services as early as 2034. Even though older (68), I am fortunate enough to be able to use digital services, but we have an ageing population in the UK. Many people are not comfortable with on-demand and subscription TV. I personally think that there is a need for major sporting events like the Olympics and public events to be added to the Listed Events Regime. This protects the rights of viewers, but as far as I can see, it doesn't undermine our rights. I wasn't sure where the reference came from in relation to Youtube creators being discriminated against - I am not sure that this is what the Bill is trying to achieve? The Brits generally don't like being told what to do, so I am sure there would quite rightly be a public outcry if the government tried to tell us what to watch. I agree 100% that Reform are potentially very dangerous. The rise in their popularity is a reflection of an international swing to right-wing politics. In my opinion, ensuring that we have strong, professional and relatively unbiased public broadcasting is a way to provide a reality check on toxic and extremist groups. Thank you for alerting me to this, I will read more about it.

Most governments are very worried about getting out only the government propaganda out and filtering any opposition out

Commentators like Denys possese free speech and their opinion is welcome to be read.

It doesn't matter what frothing racist drivel farage spouts, he's backed by billionaire $ with a vested interest in unhinging the public.

I live in UK and not seen nor heard of this whitelist. I suspect it’s misinformation. There is a proposal to restrict under 16 social media use but that has not become law yet. (And may never become law).

If true, you might be a victim of a wider real problem. This would not be you as an individual

Denys as a UK citizen I don't know what you are talking about, google this to check our legislation uk legislation on website content

Awesome Rant!

If it helps, I'm not sure if you've seen, but those reform elected have videos proving they have no idea what theyre doing or what the job entails, which have gone viral. So there is pushback. But I do agree. Unfortunately the regulations were supposed to stop the likes of Andrew Tate etc targeting children but it may be ridiculous and will be used in other ways undoubtedly. Farage is also being investigated for accepting Russian money and promoting Russian interests, but those videos get a bit hushed so I find that interesting. Unfortunately he is indeed Magat-lite. The elections were also small. But yes, we are all frustrated, especially labor backstabbing starmer, they will do the same to new guy who doesn't know f all and doesn't realise. However something important is that to vote a new leader WITHIN labor, just to be heard/considered they have to have the backing of 81 people in the party, which is ridiculous and efforts are being made to get rid of that, though I don't know how fruitful they'll be.

I have a more nuanced view on onine restructions: 1) In Germany, there are restrictions on what you can publlsh: nazi symbols and speech (e.g. holocaust denial) is forbidden and will be fined. That existed long befor the internet or social media. Despite this being a slippery slope, I agree with that. 2) Introducing restictions on ruSSian nazi bots and nazis only when there is a threat that they win elections via manipulation of emotions online bears a risk of backfiring. Later abuse by nazis is less of an issue if you have clear moral guidelines: nazis will do what they want anyway. But it could also help limit the success of nazis. I don't know. I guess it depends on the rules (constitutional, ..), communication and implementation (independent checks of rules by societal groups (ehtical commitees, ..) and judges, ...).

Thanks 😊

Denys, is it a good idea to do outdoor videos? You might be geolocated - and I don't mean by the UK.

Ah But! You showed a picture of Nigel Farage, rhymes with Garage, or else rhymes with Garbage! So already I don’t show much credibility to what is said! I hope your walk through the beautiful early morning flat fields of Switzerland, with the Alps in the background, will clear your mind of all this tirade about UK Gov! Instead, think of this! ENGLAND WON! It didn’t start until 2 am here so a large percentage of the population can’t cope with this complicated stuff about Posting on Platforms, but it may not come to very much after the initial bluster! Wait til you get the real facts before you get stressed about restrictions. Enjoy your stroll, go slower, look at the flowers listen to the cows, smell the hay! And pause for breath!

People need to be aware that not only is the world order changing, but how we expect governments to act is changing. Trump has shown them what they can get away with. Governments are supposed to represent the people not control what the people can see and think. They have a right to ensure that lies and misleading information is called out and highlighted as fake but restricting access to information is that is informative is a dangerous direction to take.

This is You Tube misinformation

Thank you, Denys. Victory to Ukraine.

Farage is a total nut job.

They are so incredibly stupid.