Do Uber drivers know they are protesting for the benefit of their own executioner?

I would not be surprised if Uber Corp have been feeding subtle links and info about Wayve to drivers in an attempt to stifle the competition so they can push their own later on.

The solution to problems with the internet is not a fucking surveillance state.

That ship, has sailed.

Set aside the complete obliteration of any online privacy, and the fact that these bans are completely ineffective (piracy streaming websites are already illegal in basically every western country. Still watched a movie on one yesterday), the internet is also a valuable and important resource for many things, including studying and finding support encouragement, nformation and safe spaces on issues particularly for children and teens growing up queer.

Nothing I disagree with there but I never said it would take it away from children. I suggest it would ringfence to acceptable sites so children can now find out about Homosexuality and Gender fluidity without being linked to a video on how to shoot up fentanyl with a knitting needle and a Maccie D’s straw (other straws are available and other restaurants).

You’re throwing out the baby entire god damn family with the bathwater.

I feel that ship has sailed. The government hasn’t listened yet, only to extremely old and sanctimonious other politicians.

All these bans do is push teens and children into LESS safe spaces on the deep web that don’t care about enforcing UK regulations, and banning those sites is literally just playing an infinite game of whack a mole.

That’s why it would be ringfenced.

Banning children and teens from everyday life activities has never worked and never been a solution, just how “abstinence only” doesn’t work to prevent teen pregnancy. The solution is to teach children early and comprehensively how to engage with these systems safely and responsibly, how to recognise warning signs of unsafe situations or fake information, and how to react appropriately to those.

100% completely agree with not banning teens and working with them, but the Internet is an actively and pervasively hostile place towards children. They are being groomed (not always sexually), and most social media is just predatory grooming. If they’re not being told what to think, they’re being told what to buy. It’s pretty disgusting.

Parents have their place in all of this too. Perhaps if more of them actually engaged with their children we wouldn’t be in this sorry state of affairs, but then the way things are now, Parents don’t even have the time because they’re working just to pay bills.

The big Kaiju of the internet likes it this way (FAANG), they have the control. How do you stop that? It doesn’t seem legislation against them is working.

We are currently now at the state where ID is required for certain access. It’s absolutely shitty, it’s terrible and shameful, but it seems the government and the zealots have built a brick wall around this issue about as much as talking honestly about the Israel / Palestine situation. They have shut down almost all dialogue with ordinary citizens - most likely because it serves more of a purpose of shutting out foreign actors and helps to combat terrorism.

It’s not an excuse, it’s just the way it is…and it’s all one big mess where you’re damned no matter what you do.

I cannot disagree with that.

Amen Sister/Brother

Well said on both comments.

I think there’s far too many religious zealots within government and too many religious groups advocating for such things to be banned.

I feel that we’re not far from banning homosexuality by proxy - as some people might find their acts offensive.

This one of the the dumbest fucking ideas I’ve ever heard.

Whilst your opinion is subjectively valid, following it up with such extreme’s doesn’t help make the case.

Very few books have been banned out of existence, for starters and secondly, aren’t under 18’s typically ID’d if they pick up an adult magazine, or even a packet of ciggies. Even in a pub now they have that ‘Challenge 25’ - which is ridiculously outlandish. This wouldn’t be much different.

I do believe the damage that social media and algorithms have done to society is astounding. I would effectively call what they do, including advertising, ‘Grooming’.

Read @Th4tGuyII@fedia.io’s comment - that would be the most sensible solution for everyone involved but noone wishes to take accountability.

I grew up in a conservative community and only got a broader world view from monitored internet access. I probably would have been more suicidal without it.

And I don’t think that would change if a system was implemented. That’s not to say the future and future governments might not change things for the worst.

Major child traffickers are adults AND the elites who were doing before the internet. Porn will always exist and pubescent kids will always seek it out. Annorexia is more the direct result of Hollywood beauty standards and predatory marketers targeting insecure girls, also existed before the internet.

While all true, the Internet as it stands puts this directly and en masse into childrens hands without a fuss and worse, grooms children via algorithms down dark paths.

I think Th4tGuyII’s comment in here is the most pragmatic response and something the government should have started out doing.

If there weren’t so many puritanical zealouts out there, especially in positions of power, I think we’d probably be in a better position now.

This is exactly the right answer.

Some parents can’t and won’t be arsed to take any responsibility for their kids at all, whether that’s parenting or teaching - it’s always the fault of the state. When the state acts, it’s an attack on the freedom of speech. It’s a hell of a situation and I don’t envy the governments choices in this matter.

Parental controls as standard on, on a router would absolutely be the easiest, cheapest and most effective way but puritans somehow managed to keep this alive.

Unfortunately, here is where we are and I wish that there was something we could do about it. Every single solution can and will be circumvented so it all seems like a colossal waste of money at this point.

At least if they implemented a child filter, I would hope they ban ads on a large scale and put social media behind the wall completely. It would do the world a massive favour.

‘…they’ve told their local government leaders where they are in collaboration with the Green party to reject and denounce this policy’

I don’t think it’s ‘all’ as in everyone.

Judging by the comments here its blatantly obvious that the police were clutching at straws here.

There’s absolutely no reason to bring up the knife at all. It’s such a moot point to make. In this age where police don’t even show up if you call them, you’re making a point about a knife being under the bed?

Cannabis cultivation kit? …seriously. Not even Cannabis plants…a kit.

BBC should have just left the story as being about the fake notes.

Ban under 18s from using the Internet, only allow portalling through a Government filter / blocker. It allows certain sites deemed informative and educational but no ads for children. Complaints can be made by the public about certain sites and a board can decide if they should be limited from children’s view.

If you wish access to the full internet, you get a government passcode when you turn 18 which can be used to allow you to leave the Government filter and back to normal internets. All of this is controlled by the Government, no 3rd party companies allowed access to your data.

Boom! Internets now back to normal. It solves your problem of Paedo’s, kids looking at porn, suicide, annorexia etc etc…

Just watch as Google, Facebook, X all would be absolutely up in arms claiming it’s banning ‘free speech’ when in fact they’re just watching their ad revenue tank thanks to nearly all of it being about suckering in children.

Judging by the news, it’ll be 4 eyes soon enough.

'Our undercover reporter has spent months in Reforms operations to discover if there was any source of Racism within the party.

“It was difficult but all the time I spent with the party, not once did I see a whiff of Racism, just jovial comradery and a sense of the British Spirit”, said undercover reporter, Mr N.Rafage.’

• Geebeebies News.

The NHS needs a uniform system to function smoothly and effectively.

Whilst I agree that Palantir is definitely 100% not the answer, we need to come up with an effective UK or EU (GDPR compliant) alternative that isn’t going to rob and export out data to US health firms.

If we were processing, we could he doing the reaearch and the UK government taking a cut of cures and treatments discovered - thus keeping it cheap for the NHS.

I don’t get why we can’t seem to do it. Palantr just seem to be the worst decision for the future.

Hit the nail on the head!

If he was an influencer doing this for karma, I would probably agree, but apparently this man had a mental illness, or some sort of breakdown - I’m not sure which.

Out of all things he could have done while having mental problems, this probably wouldn’t even be in the top #100 of serious answers so this isn’t something that anyone really could have planned for.

I think the family are currently suffering enough to be dealing with attributed blame currently.

For a start, the church could sell off some the many many many plots of land they lay claim to.

AI is wholly inaccurate and should never be trusted.

That being said, our whole country is based on copy and paste. Most companies expect cookie cutter people to fill openings left by other cookie cut people so why should I expect anything less from the home office using ChatGPT to the Companies helping make Asylum claims.

Individuality is being digitally ingested and mass produced.

Fair enough, I was gonna go with Donnie Tango but decided to stick to more used phrases so everyone is on the same page.

The US will absolutely panic once this starts to spread.

They will have no control, and no eyes on what Europe does with its money.

Power to the EU.

No doubt they are lobbying hard to bring this to the attention of Jabba the Trump.

Now UK has to step up and join