๐น๐ท Jun 15, 1821: Hundreds of Christians are killed by Turks in the Constantinople Massacre of 1821. Anti-Christian pogrom saw mass executions (including hangings and beheadings), burning of churches, looting of Christian properties.
London ๐ฌ๐ง (2026)
100s mosques, group of Muslims prayed next to Ministry of Defence.
Deliberately choosing to pray in this way in public is a political act. It is a social statement and, yes, it is an act of intimidation, domination.
>@NJ_Timothy#politicslive#G7
๐ฌ๐งLatest Labours Authoritarian proposal, digital ID, so many issues wrong with it, in no particular order.
๐ด It wont work. Kids will just use VPNs to get round it
๐ด Its digital ID by the back door. It forces every ADULT who wants to use social media to de-anonymise, be identifiable, traceable and surveillance able, even for lawful activities.
๐ด Age verification systems are (i) inaccurate and (ii) insecure. Its a privacy nightmare. Discords took 5 days to leak peoples data for example:
๐ด Will just drive access underground.
๐ด The entire philosophy - this is a PARENTING decision not a nanny state decision. Parents can decide what their kids can access, how much and when On-device parental controls ALREADY exist and they're far more effective than this
๐ด Censorship. 16 year olds can vote. Any social media that typically leans against the government is banned. They cant see alternative viewpoints. They cant get information needed to make an informed voting decision. They're only fed what the government wants via its approved media outlets (bbc etc). Vote rigging at its core.
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๐ฑ๐น Two brothers, seated for a family photo in the Kovno ghetto in Lithuania. Shortly after this photo, the two boys were deported and did not survive the Holocaust (1944)