UK Proposes Even More Stupid Ideas for Directly Regulating the Internet
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#2UK invented the Ministry of Silly Walks, so why not the Ministry of Silly Internet Regulation?
Re: UK Proposes Even More Stupid Ideas for Directly Regulating the Internet
#3UK invented the Ministry of Silly Walks, so why not the Ministry of Silly Internet Regulation?
Indeed, John Cleese might do a good job of making fun of our government in this instance. He was quite on point with his poke at NFTs, I wouldn't put it past him understanding the nuance in these issues.
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#4Was it the same UK government that put Turing into jail?
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#5When someone's life is spinning wildly out of control, they tend to grab onto whatever they can within reach, fixate on and micromanage it, in an attempt to feel a sense of control. Apparently nation states can feel and act the same too.
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#6This is the same country that considered their advances in computing during World War 2 to be so important that they hid them and left the USA to capitalise on the innovation.
We'll leave our poor UK cousins to carry out their "techxit".
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#7Was it the same UK government that put Turing into jail?
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#8Was it the same UK government that put Turing into jail?
Technically he was never in jail - he was given the choice between imprisonment (homosexuality was a criminal offense back then) or chemical castration. He plead guilty to "gross indecency" and was ostracized by the scientific community until his death.
The British government issued a formal apology and overturned his conviction around a decade ago.
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#9UK invented the Ministry of Silly Walks, so why not the Ministry of Silly Internet Regulation?
Indeed, John Cleese might do a good job of making fun of our government in this instance. He was quite on point with his poke at NFTs, I wouldn't put it past him understanding the nuance in these issues.
Cleese recently said he is leaving the UK.
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#10And then we have UK's child Canada trying to their spin on the internet with bill C-18. Apple doesn't fall far from the tree.