1984
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The UK Government is running a public consultation called “Watch this space: a new strategic direction for UK media.” The proposals include mandatory changes to how content is discovered on YouTube. In further attacks against independent voices, after last week ‘debanking’ The Canary news platform, the British Government is now considering forcing YouTube to down-rank…
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Edward Torsney takes a critical look at how modern democracies risk sliding into information control through censorship, debanking, propaganda, and the narrowing of acceptable opinion – from the RT Germany ruling to wider concerns about authoritarian creep, thought control, and the enduring warning of George Orwell’s 1984.
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A proposed UK national security law could impose terrorism-level penalties on those accused of quoting foreign groups or states designated as a “threat”, raising serious concerns for journalists, free speech advocates, and humanitarian organisations. Critics warn that vague wording around “support,” “foreign interference,” and information-gathering could criminalise public-interest reporting and chill democratic scrutiny
