This is just a other step in towards total control of our computing. We are seeing deplatforming, banning, blocking, etc, across large parts of the internet and this will only continue to grow. Britain is now proposing broad powers to regulate the internet to force removal of content they see not fit (not sure why this isn’t larger news on HN, maybe I missed it).
It's probably not larger news because the reporting on this issue here in the UK is quite frankly shocking, especially coming from the BBC.
They have been presenting it as a simple choice between letting big corporations kill our kids for profit and a safe internet where companies take responsibility.
There is very little debate beyond that. No criticism. No questioning of causality. No journalism. No science. It's pure propaganda.
Not even even the breathtaking logic of banning "harmful but not illegal content" is raising eyebrows.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/07/business/britain-internet...