The UK government has successfully weaponised the
'child safety' narrative to execute one of the most significant power grabs in the history of the British internet.
By stripping away a massive slice of online privacy for every adult, politicians are laying the final bricks of a Digital Panopticon that few are willing to acknowledge.
Back in my August 2023 CityAM article, I warned that the Online Safety Bill was a digital double edged sword. Sold as a shield for the vulnerable, but destined to cut through encryption and open innovation.
Today, that prediction is playing out exactly as foreseen. Lawmakers are pushing social media restrictions for under 16s as the ultimate 'Trojan Horse' for mandatory Digital ID and state surveillance.
The fundamental flaw is that Whitehall believes it can dictate the shape of the internet at a glacial pace through endless committees. At the same time, the cutting edge of technology is racing at lightspeed toward decentralised networks like Nostr and federated platforms which are immune to these government mandates.
Centralised platforms will eventually buckle. The open, user controlled web will route around these rules, as it always has.
Our digital freedoms are being eroded in the shadows of safety rhetoric. The only viable answer is to build decentralised alternatives faster than they can regulate the old ones.
Britain is on the verge of losing its digital sovereignty forever unless we wake up to the trap.
And yes ... this is another Bitcoin advert.
It's time to separate money from the state and make government smaller.
https://x.com/bigbrotherwatch/status/2049083992058519872
'child safety' narrative to execute one of the most significant power grabs in the history of the British internet.
By stripping away a massive slice of online privacy for every adult, politicians are laying the final bricks of a Digital Panopticon that few are willing to acknowledge.
Back in my August 2023 CityAM article, I warned that the Online Safety Bill was a digital double edged sword. Sold as a shield for the vulnerable, but destined to cut through encryption and open innovation.
Today, that prediction is playing out exactly as foreseen. Lawmakers are pushing social media restrictions for under 16s as the ultimate 'Trojan Horse' for mandatory Digital ID and state surveillance.
The fundamental flaw is that Whitehall believes it can dictate the shape of the internet at a glacial pace through endless committees. At the same time, the cutting edge of technology is racing at lightspeed toward decentralised networks like Nostr and federated platforms which are immune to these government mandates.
Centralised platforms will eventually buckle. The open, user controlled web will route around these rules, as it always has.
Our digital freedoms are being eroded in the shadows of safety rhetoric. The only viable answer is to build decentralised alternatives faster than they can regulate the old ones.
Britain is on the verge of losing its digital sovereignty forever unless we wake up to the trap.
And yes ... this is another Bitcoin advert.
It's time to separate money from the state and make government smaller.
https://x.com/bigbrotherwatch/status/2049083992058519872
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