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PM May says internet must now be regulated following terror attack

EmiPrime

Member
The fact her end game is some hilarious UK exclusive internet is just rich. What is she going to do, block off every non-uk site and create cheap knockoff versions of google, youtube and facebook?

Stop talking Britain down. We can trade Internets with the commonwealth.
 

linkboy

Member
I know this is not a popular opinion but I don't care if the government could see my dick pics on Whatsapp if that would help stopping terrorism to some level.

This line of thinking it what lead to the Patriot Act and what the NSA was doing with US citizen's information.

It's going to do jack shit to stop terrorism.

Once you give up a freedom, it's damn near impossible to get it back.
 

Not

Banned
Once you give up a freedom, it's damn near impossible to get it back.

People need to keep this in mind. This stuff usually doesn't go back to normal in times of peace, either. They're exploiting your fear to take away your power.
 
I'm sure older people will think this sounds good but hopefully this will help motivate young people to get out and vote against. Pretty much our only chance.
 

Ryuuga

Banned
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Okay so terrorism existed before the internet right?
 

MUnited83

For you.
I know this is not a popular opinion but I don't care if the government could see my dick pics on Whatsapp if that would help stopping terrorism to some level.

It's not going to stop jackshit. This would only affect law-abiding citizens, terrorists would still be able to plan as much as they'd like.
 
First they take your privacy in the name of fighting terrorism, then they censor opinions they deem unacceptable because of how it could be extremist material, then they make it so that criticism of the government is a criminal offense.

Really, really slippery slope and one I want no part of.
 
The depressing thing here is that no-one will question why porn is being lumped in with terrorism lest they be seen as perverts.

Disgraceful that she's using an attack to advance her own ideology against pornography. She didn't even wait until the bodies were cold.
 

Apathy

Member
The depressing thing here is that no-one will question why porn is being lumped in with terrorism lest they be seen as perverts.

Disgraceful that she's using an attack to advance her own ideology against pornography. She didn't even wait until the bodies were cold.
The irony being the Cons wanting to impose their morals and beliefs on everyone and subjugate them the same way terrorist want to do.
 

Tregard

Soothsayer
Not only is what May wants entirely disgusting, it's completely unfeasible. Not that that will any of this, of course.
 

jelly

Member
The depressing thing here is that no-one will question why porn is being lumped in with terrorism lest they be seen as perverts.

Disgraceful that she's using an attack to advance her own ideology against pornography. She didn't even wait until the bodies were cold.

Ha, that's so true. Genuis.
 

Apdiddy

Member
Good luck with that. If that is tried, those who do/plan terrible acts will communicate offline or use coded language online to hide their intentions/meaning. In my opinion, the only way to stop it is to infiltrate it and hope idiots like Donald Trump don't spill secrets.
 

Zips

Member
Have both attacks been during the run up to the election?

Seems like influencing it would be a goal, hoping to push people in a blind panic towards a particular party.

I would guess that desired party would be the Tories, given the wonderful job they've been doing destroying the UK so far, and the slippery slope they seem all too happy to throw the country down.
 

GraveRobberX

Platinum Trophy: Learned to Shit While Upright Again.
So Pornhub, Xhamster, Youporn are Sleeper Agents?

I know watching there vids and fap fap fap before going to sleep was the agenda, I've been lied to!
 

PillarEN

Member
This line of thinking it what lead to the Patriot Act and what the NSA was doing with US citizen's information.

It's going to do jack shit to stop terrorism.

Once you give up a freedom, it's damn near impossible to get it back.

Yep yep. If you ever find yourself in a state of "I have nothing to hide" then step back for a sec because whatever the law is in terms of privacy, it's a bum deal. You'll regret it.
 

jts

...hate me...
Than give them your dick pics, noone is stopping you
That's a poor parsing of the "if" argument there :p

It's not going to stop jackshit. This would only affect law-abiding citizens, terrorists would still be able to plan as much as they'd like.
I'm quoting this particular post to not make a whole wall of quotes but I tend to disagree with this, to some degree.

Obviously unencrypted Whatsapp, iMessage and whatnot will not stop the big terrorism, but those tools are plenty good enablers for casual terrorism. It's a game of numbers ultimately.
 

jelly

Member
So Pornhub, Xhamster, Youporn are Sleeper Agents?

I know watching there vids and fap fap fap before going to sleep was the agenda, I've been lied to!

Big brother propaganda videos on those sites. Family matters a lot these days, seriously, what happened to normal porn.
 

Calabi

Member
The depressing thing here is that no-one will question why porn is being lumped in with terrorism lest they be seen as perverts.

Disgraceful that she's using an attack to advance her own ideology against pornography. She didn't even wait until the bodies were cold.

My sister literally said "There must be something to it then" as in the government must have found some connection with porn and terrorism. No questions, no critical thought, I suspect this is how the majority think.
 
That's a poor parsing of the "if" argument there :p


I'm quoting this particular post to not make a whole wall of quotes but I tend to disagree with this, to some degree.

Obviously unencrypted Whatsapp, iMessage and whatnot will not stop the big terrorism, but those tools are plenty good enablers for casual terrorism. It's a game of numbers ultimately.
The U.K. government can't even handle people directly reporting imminent threats. What makes you think they have the capacity to filter through every piece of communication and just spying on everyone?

They need people on the ground, building relationships, and being very targeted. Something May has greatly destroyed. This is nothing more than a quest for more unchecked power.
 

PillarEN

Member
My sister literally said "There must be something to it then" as in the government must have found some connection with porn and terrorism. No questions, no critical thought, I suspect this is how the majority think.

Aye. This is so funny if it was a comedy and not real life.
 

Future

Member
The base that votes people like this in probably don't even use the internet really. If my parents are anything to go by, they use it merely to stream content once in awhile, ask Alexa some random shit, and enjoy the shit that make their iPhones work

They don't really use it for any real social capacity, or any kind of storage or computer backup, and would not understand the implications of taking privacy away. A person like this votes in favor of regulation, because why not?

And these people are the most likely to vote because young people don't bother.
 
This is what's going to happen when you get many screaming 'something has to be done'. Like the London attack thread was sprinkled with people demanding more be done than say 'we cannot let this break us'. Well, don't be shocked when a bunch of disconnected old people decide to target something that didn't exist in their 'better days'.
 

jelly

Member
Young people are too busy laughing at memes to bother voting against something like this. Old people will vote for it without thinking because they don't understand it to begin with.
 
The depressing thing here is that no-one will question why porn is being lumped in with terrorism lest they be seen as perverts.

Disgraceful that she's using an attack to advance her own ideology against pornography. She didn't even wait until the bodies were cold.

Nor did she wait until the campaigning break was over.

I'm still convinced she wins the election, but I'm still hopeful that she returns with either less seats, the same seats, or only a minuscule increase, making the whole thing pointless.
 
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