GOVERNMENT DECLARES BRITISH POPULATION AT RISK OF SUICIDE DUE TO RECENT GOVERNMENT POLICY, DECLARES CENSORSHIP REGIME TO COMPENSATE

Not joking, here’s the latest massive from DSIT — “let’s misrepresent mental health issues in order to pursue censorship & control of the internet”

The government has today (8 September) announced urgent action to toughen the Online Safety Act by putting stricter legal requirements on tech companies to hunt down and remove material that encourages or assists serious self-harm, before it can destroy lives and tear families apart.


Gosh, what else could they suppress by…

compelling platforms to use cutting-edge technology to actively seek out and eliminate this content before it can reach users

…do you think?

Online safety laws to strengthen to protect people of all ages from devastating self-harm content – GOV.UK

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/online-safety-laws-to-strengthen-to-protect-people-of-all-ages-from-devastating-self-harm-content

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UK Government announcement of additional Online Safety Act regulations, not yet published www.gov.uk/government/n…Note the direction of travel: OSA requirements that currently oblige platforms to proactively "protect" children from content will be extended to protect adults.

Owen Boswarva (@owenboswarva.bsky.social) 2025-09-08T11:40:38.990Z
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2 responses to “GOVERNMENT DECLARES BRITISH POPULATION AT RISK OF SUICIDE DUE TO RECENT GOVERNMENT POLICY, DECLARES CENSORSHIP REGIME TO COMPENSATE”

  1. @alecm

    compelling platforms to use cutting-edge technology to actively seek out and eliminate this content before it can reach users

    Yikes.

    1. Gosh, if instituted what else could it be repurposed to suppress?

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