General News Thread

[Trav Le Bleu]

2 minutes ago, kenny said:

It isn't social media dumping tablets in front of an 18 month old that is literally fascinated by everything and has no need for it.

 

So whilst you have a point, the rot starts much earlier and is being done at home IMO.

I'm thinking more really of removing inappropriate materials from their sites.

[Fightforever]

Honestly as long as VPNs exist the only way you’re getting anything resembling a social media ban for u18s is if companies enforce a worldwide ban on anonymous accounts and require IDs for sign up from everyone on the planet. Which won't happen. Anything else is easily circumventable even China can't manage such a ban on western platforms properly and they don't care for Liberalism at all.

Edited 43 minutes ago by Fightforever

[Amin]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8r2l352z2do

 

Evidence that Russia is behind a number of online Far-right and Islamist groups that are stoking division in the UK and elsewhere. The article also details how Tommy Robinson is consciously using these Russian groups to further his agenda.  

[Fightforever]

1 minute ago, Amin said:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8r2l352z2do

 

Evidence that Russia is behind a number of online Far-right and Islamist groups that are stoking division in the UK and elsewhere. The article also details how Tommy Robinson is consciously using these Russian groups to further his agenda.  

Of course they are regardless of how organic the right wing overton window shift of late really is, it's of great benefit to them to have the UK and European strategic interests diverge, a nightmare scenario for both the USA and Russia is a Europe that is competent militarily and united as European GDP and population numbers could easily produce an autonomous Europe that doesn't need to take orders on matters like Greenland or Iran and one which could defend Ukraine without needing to be subject to the whims of whoever happens to be in the oval office. So the directive from these actors is simple keep them infighting.