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The UK government is like North Korea - thatcyplex34 - Aug 21, 2025
The online safety act in the UK, which essentially censors platforms like Wikipedia in the name of "protecting kids," reminds me of North Korea. I believe that if they censor Wikipedia, they will suppress the valuable information it contains and prevent unwanted content from being posted. This situation feels as though the UK is regressing to a time similar to 1945 or resembling the censorship seen in North Korea.
RE: The UK government is like North Korea - Juoku - Aug 21, 2025
Well, that's the problem, people will always try to justify censorship and other controlling behaviors with "logic", stating its to protect the kids or some other bullshit...
Seriously, how about you let the parents worry about that? if I have a problem with Wikipedia, I will block it for my kids, if they don't know how to, there are private companies who do that for you, let people make their own damn decisions instead of forcing them down people's throats.
RE: The UK government is like North Korea - W1NK1LL3RX - Aug 21, 2025
(Aug 21, 2025 01:07 PM)thatcyplex34 Wrote: The online safety act in the UK, which essentially censors platforms like Wikipedia in the name of "protecting kids," reminds me of North Korea. I believe that if they censor Wikipedia, they will suppress the valuable information it contains and prevent unwanted content from being posted. This situation feels as though the UK is regressing to a time similar to 1945 or resembling the censorship seen in North Korea.
Yeah, it definitely feels like a dangerous slope. Once a government starts justifying censorship “for safety,” it rarely stops at the first target. Wikipedia is one of the last places where knowledge is openly shared and cross-checked, so restricting it doesn’t just “protect kids”, it weakens society’s ability to think critically and access unbiased information. It does feel more like control than protection, and history has shown where that road leads.
RE: The UK government is like North Korea - thatcyplex34 - Aug 24, 2025
(Aug 21, 2025 01:49 PM)Juoku Wrote: Well, that's the problem, people will always try to justify censorship and other controlling behaviors with "logic", stating its to protect the kids or some other bullshit...
Seriously, how about you let the parents worry about that? if I have a problem with Wikipedia, I will block it for my kids, if they don't know how to, there are private companies who do that for you, let people make their own damn decisions instead of forcing them down people's throats.
There’s literally built-in parental control on some new routers that parents can switch on, but the parents are just being lazy
RE: The UK government is like North Korea - Omniscient - Aug 24, 2025
The UK is out of control and I do not understand why the citizens aren't storming Parliament.
RE: The UK government is like North Korea - Rsynced - Aug 24, 2025
They should burn all physical encyclopedia books, this was effective in the past obviously.
RE: The UK government is like North Korea - Jamika - Aug 24, 2025
I like this actually, unless u prefer ur kids to watch porn and so on
RE: The UK government is like North Korea - ONEEYEED - Aug 24, 2025
(Aug 21, 2025 01:07 PM)thatcyplex34 Wrote: The online safety act in the UK, which essentially censors platforms like Wikipedia in the name of "protecting kids," reminds me of North Korea. I believe that if they censor Wikipedia, they will suppress the valuable information it contains and prevent unwanted content from being posted. This situation feels as though the UK is regressing to a time similar to 1945 or resembling the censorship seen in North Korea.
Even I Facebook they arrest you for some random comment
RE: The UK government is like North Korea - TheAvatar - Aug 24, 2025
I miss when the internet was a free playground. Well, more of the wild west. Before the masses got online and ruined it.
RE: The UK government is like North Korea - Rsynced - Aug 25, 2025
(Aug 24, 2025 10:40 AM)Jamika Wrote: I like this actually, unless u prefer ur kids to watch porn and so on
Wait what? Wikipedia has pron?
(Aug 24, 2025 08:04 PM)TheAvatar Wrote: I miss when the internet was a free playground. Well, more of the wild west. Before the masses got online and ruined it.
It still is... Just don't go on the masses websites. IMHO the internet is better than ever before! 56k AOL used to suck bro!
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RE: The UK government is like North Korea - Jamika - Aug 25, 2025
(Aug 25, 2025 12:31 AM)Rsynced Wrote: Wait what? Wikipedia has pron?
It still is... Just don't go on the masses websites. IMHO the internet is better than ever before! 56k AOL used to suck bro!
HMU on #teenchat ROTFL
I was trolling man 😂😂😂
RE: The UK government is like North Korea - Rsynced - Aug 25, 2025
(Aug 25, 2025 12:44 AM)Jamika Wrote: I was trolling man 😂😂😂
Oh ok... rotfl
RE: The UK government is like North Korea - Learninghacks - Aug 25, 2025
All west is like that bro sooner or later all west gonna follow Uk
RE: The UK government is like North Korea - Phantom_NiNja - Aug 25, 2025
(Aug 21, 2025 01:07 PM)thatcyplex34 Wrote: The online safety act in the UK, which essentially censors platforms like Wikipedia in the name of "protecting kids," reminds me of North Korea. I believe that if they censor Wikipedia, they will suppress the valuable information it contains and prevent unwanted content from being posted. This situation feels as though the UK is regressing to a time similar to 1945 or resembling the censorship seen in North Korea.
I think it's because they want to control what the public sees about their government. They're going broke. There's garbage collection companies at a halt because the workers wants more money and the companies are in the red. Right now the UK has a lot of trash in the streets.
However, they're green lighting immigrants from 3rd world countries to come into the Uk and work those jobs for cheap.
For this to work they need to control the internet to not alert their own people on what's going on. They're trying to replace British people
with foreign workers. This is happening in Canada and the U.S.A too to a degree but not as bad as the UK.
RE: The UK government is like North Korea - thatcyplex34 - Aug 27, 2025
(Aug 24, 2025 10:40 AM)Jamika Wrote: I like this actually, unless u prefer ur kids to watch porn and so on
Most new routers come with parental controls, so I believe parents should activate these features on all devices, including iPhones and Android devices. It’s important for parents to set a PIN that only they know, not the child. Additionally, they should establish restrictions for websites that the kids cannot visit, as well as those they can access.