This is a dark day for Britain. The state is reaching even further into the lives of ordinary people, taking decisions that should belong to parents and families. It is not the government's job to raise children. It is the role of mothers and fathers. This wasn't in Labour's manifesto. Nobody voted for this. How many more freedoms will be handed from parents to politicians?

YouTube and Twitch being on this list is crazy. Genuinely insane. This is public policymaking being done by the middle aged and elderly, who haven’t a shred of insight into youth culture, or the lives that young people actually lead

We live in a paranoid culture ... about Russia and China, about social media, about the consequences of free speech ... this is what happens when you let dim-witted authoritarians capture the reins of power. They kill your culture out of fear.

Keir Starmer has said under-16s will be banned from social media as soon as Spring 2027. Children at a school near Preston gave their reaction to the announcement on #BBCBreakfast bbc.co.uk/news/live/c77yx1jp…

So we just let Internet curfews for 17-year-olds happen, like we're North Korea or China, and no one bats an eyelid because "social media bad"? This is sinister, controlling, dangerous stuff.

🚨UK social media ban for under-18s is tightening access to platforms and content. Teachers warn this blocks GCSE students from YouTube tutorials and key online revision resources. Govt fix: AI tutors available 24/7, no restrictions, for personalised GCSE support. Critics call it perfect for state indoctrination via curated content. Available to schools by 2027. [gov.uk/government/news/45000…]

13 years ago this month, the Guardian broke the Snowden story...the biggest mass surveillance exposé in history. Today it calls your concern about ID-linked browsing, spyware in your photos and messages, and broken encryption, "fake outrage" while Starmer's government demands backdoors into your iCloud and calls for people to be arrested for tweets. The watchdog became the lapdog.

So let me get this straight: Leftists want 16 year olds to vote. They want 12 year olds to be able to consent to sex changes. But they don’t want those same teenagers to read conservative opinions on social media, only Blue Sky? Their agenda is pretty obvious.

Key details re social media ban Same model as Australia: ban user-to-user social platforms that use algorithms So includes platforms like Snapchat, TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, Facebook and X but not messaging services like WhatsApp and Signal

UK PM Keir Starmer says the UK will ban social media for under-16s and restrict gaming and livestreaming platforms, aiming for regulation by the end of 2026 (Reuters) (Visit Techmeme dot com for the link and full context!)

One MP says of the potential ban on social media for under 18s past 8.30pm: "Are we giving votes to 16 year olds but banning them from watching the election results on YouTube?"

Insane. YouTube is crammed with vital educational resources. That are free. This implementation disproportionately impacts disadvantaged kids. Heaven forbid parents take responsibility for their kids social media use. Grim.

Regulating AI for young people needs huge care. If government overcorrects, we risk holding back British kids entering a global workforce that will demand fluency in these tools.

“Leaked documents show how NATO has sought to infiltrate film and TV for decades, with UK intel operatives taking the lead.” Covert NATO initiative turns film into anti-Russia battleground thegrayzone.com/2026/05/09/c… via @TheGrayzoneNews

82% of people in England want our water in public ownership All the experts are clear that privatisation of water has failed So why is the government holding on to it? Maybe this is why @CatHobbs

Britain's opposition leader Kemi Badenoch thanked- "Brave Royal Marines" For landing unppposed on a completely unarmed civillian ship, with a civillian crew. The only thing they had to stop for, was to re-film some parts. Theatre.

"Shadow fleet" is a term made up by failed TV writers to sound scary. It is not real and has no meaning.

🇨🇳🇪🇺 China responded clearly to the EU. “We are not a small country that you can discipline from Brussels.”

The Dover Strait is exactly that in international law. A strait. The British Navy has just - absolutely illegally - pirated a Russian oil tanker engaged in free passage through the strait. Total hypocrisy. And "shadow fleet" has no legal meaning, it is purely propaganda.

There are serious and legitimate questions about the authenticity of the footage released by the MOD of the interdiction of the Russian Shadow Fleet vessel this morning. How is the cameraman ahead of the Marines clearing the stairwell to be able to film them coming towards him. How has the cameraman gone past the open doors of rooms that haven’t yet been cleared? How much of this has been staged for the cameras? I don’t doubt that a Russian tanker was seized and that the operation carried significant risk. I do question the PR and the desperate need for a win by the Government at the Royal Marines’ expense.