Theresa May "We will regulate the internet"

[Nokterian]

Hello China!

No wait..well UK after that lovely bill went law for mass surveillance a la 1984..now even more V for Vendetta than i ever thought.

Theresa May is planning to introduce huge regulations on the way the internet works, allowing the government to decide what is said online.

Particular focus has been drawn to the end of the manifesto, which makes clear that the Tories want to introduce huge changes to the way the internet works.

"Some people say that it is not for government to regulate when it comes to technology and the internet," it states. "We disagree."

Because fuck you for privacy, fuck you for freedom of information right?

Jesus Christ people this is an dictatorship in a western world.

Block if me old.

https://www.independent.co.uk/life-...ternet-conservatives-government-a7744176.html

 

[George Oscar Bluth II]

Fuck off, May.

 

[SpaceWolf]

Fuck off, May.

 

[Broken Joystick]

Fuck off, May.

 

[Yoda]

Limited government my ass.

 

[DonShula]

This Brexit thing just keeps unloading all sorts of baggage.

What are the chances of this actually happening? I honestly would like to know.

 

[Easy_D]

I hope porn saves your country. Surely there will be riots once your government decides all porn is immoral and bad for you.

 

[UnluckyKate]

Britain becoming more and more like V for Vendetta

 

[Kyoufu]

Fuck off, May.

 

[Regginator]

Fuck, it's May already, could've swear it was just Febru--- I mean,

Fuck off, May.

 

[The Jackdog]

"Some people say that it is not for government to regulate when it comes to technology and the internet," it states. "We disagree."

..........................why?

 

[Krakatoa]

I believe these restrictions will push people to use alternative methods for accessing the internet, or produce a spin of like the dark web. Hell people may even start dialing up again

 

[CadetMahoney]

No opposition party or EU to stop it. Fuck dat shit.

 

[Trokil]

Jesus Christ people this is an dictatorship in a western world.

Left wants the same thing as her. Freedom of speech is neither desired by the left nor by the right anymore. They just use different reasons, why they want to regulate speech or content.

 

[Browny]

She's doing her best to lose. And I think she may manage to do it.

Some might suggest it's better to be in opposition at this moment in time...

 

[Killer Queen]

Fuck
Right
Off

 

[Savitar]

Fuck off May.

 

[Ghost]

But the UK on it's own isn't going to be able to make Facebook do anything, if only the UK were part of some massive trading that could use it's collective bargaining power to push these multinationals around...

 

[KoopaTheCasual]

Left wants the same thing as her. Freedom of speech is neither desired by the left nor by the right anymore. They just use different reasons, why they want to regulate speech or content.

What the fuck is this bullshit?

"Both sides" eh?

 

[Einhander]

Don't worry, Brits, the US won't be far off behind you. Our net neutrality is on the verge of being killed. We can suffer together.

 

[Altazor]

Strength Through Unity
Unity Through Faith

 

[jelly]

No EU to protect us from this shit either.

 

[The Jackdog]

Left wants the same thing as her. Freedom of speech is neither desired by the left nor by the right anymore. They just use different reasons, why they want to regulate speech or content.

please, show me the left wanting to regulate free speech

 

[Ahasverus]

Left wants the same thing as her. Freedom of speech is neither desired by the left nor by the right anymore. They just use different reasons, why they want to regulate speech or content.

Both sides! Except there's zero evidence of this happening, but I can't be one of the bad ones so obviously nobody, or everybody is!

 

[Santiako]

F
U
C
K

O
F
F

 

[Octavianus]

..........................why?

Because lol.

 

[hydrophilic attack]

Fuck off, May.

 

[lem0n]

Fuck off, May.

Fuck off, May.

Fuck off, May.

Fuck off, May.

Fuck off, May.

Fuck off May.

lulz

 

[diaspora]

What the fuck is this bullshit?

"Both sides" eh?

Labour is in favour of internet surveillance and regulation as are the tories. This is one area at least there is a decent level of overlap iirc.

 

[How About No]

So we in the US want to strip regulations to fuck over consumers, while the UK wants to add regulations to fuck over consumers

fuck off

lulz

hivemind=/=common sentiment

 

[Tabby]

Fuck off, May.

 

[JonnyDBrit]

...so they expect the UK to be able to dictate how the entire internet works, or...?

Like, there's a practical mess of issues and international implications in this notion, along with the bullheaded understanding of how online speech should be handled.

 

[Daffy Duck]

...so they expect the UK to be able to dictate how the entire internet works, or...?

Like, there's a practical mess of issues and international implications in this notion, along with the bullheaded understanding of how online speech should be handled.

Well if they can't regulate it they'll just cut the cable.

 

[TestOfTide]

Don't get wrong, I think that conservatives like May are the last people I want regulating the internet.


But I do think that the western world needs to have laws to crack down on fake news, trolls, bots, and other aspects of the internet that go unchecked due to a lack of regulations.

 

[Steeped in a Sea of Games]

Left wants the same thing as her. Freedom of speech is neither desired by the left nor by the right anymore. They just use different reasons, why they want to regulate speech or content.

I'm sorry that you can't bully minorities here on Neogaf. Perhaps you should fuck off to somewhere else, which is currently completely possible right now in the free and open internet.

 

[Tregard]

Sweet tapdancing christ, just fuck off, May

 

[KoopaTheCasual]

Labour is in favour of internet surveillance and regulation as are the tories. This is one area at least there is a decent level of overlap iirc.

So this is specifically in reference to the Labour Party, because the phrasing of "The Left" is a huge net to cast (as it has more global implications), and wholly disingenuous.

 

[Mammoth Jones]

Some of you guys wanted government to regulate speech. To keep people from saying disgusting and mean things. So accept everything that comes with it....

 

[J4g3r]

 

[Abstruse Moose]

Regulations should be for anything that poses a threat to the public. The internet is not one of those. Censorship for the sake of censorship is just a bad path to walk down.

 

[jelly]

This is for all the old folk who see headlines in the paper about bad internet things so May is doing the right thing. It will work.

 

[jm89]

Not surprised at all, this is only the start for this witch.

 

[andythinkpad]

China has a wealth of experience to teach.

I think UK can use a few advanced wumao control center to help the unemployment.

 

[jack_package_200]

Ya'll better vote labor

 

[ssolitare]

Brexit and Trump voters love being policed, goddamn.

 

[Easy_D]

Some of you guys wanted government to regulate speech. To keep people from saying disgusting and mean things. So accept everything that comes with it....

That's a nice slippery slope you got there

 

[diaspora]

So this is specifically in reference to the Labour Party, because the phrasing of "The Left" is a huge net to cast (as it has more global implications), and wholly disingenuous.

This thread is about the UK government and PM. Incidentally, the same holds true of the left in Australia not necessarily being much (if any) more friendly to internet privacy and freedom than conservatives.

 

[Trokil]

What the fuck is this bullshit?

"Both sides" eh?

Please, places with strong support of post modernist ideologies like for example neogaf are very much in favor of regulating free speech or content on the internet and are just as much in the boat of censorship as the right is.

They just use different arguments why they are for regulation, but in the end they want both pretty much the same thing. That is why this left and right bubbles / echo chambers were built up in the first place, to not be confronted with speech or ideas or content you don't like or approve.

 

[HotHamBoy]

Don't get wrong, I think that conservatives like May are the last people I want regulating the internet.


But I do think that the western world needs to have laws to crack down on fake news, trolls, bots, and other aspects of the internet that go unchecked due to a lack of regulations.

When half of that fake news is coming from leaders like Trump and half of the real news is being called fake, do you really want government to decide what is true and what is not?

 

[Lord Fagan]

You can't tell the wizard how the magic works. The wizard tells you how the magic works...