Theresa May to urge G7 to tackle extremist content online - Polidicks

[QUOTE] Theresa May is urging the world's leading industrial nations to come together to pressure tech companies to remove “harmful” extremist content from the web. Days after the Manchester bomb attack, the Prime Minister will chair a session on counter-terrorism when G7 leaders gather in Taormina in Sicily, Italy, on Friday. A senior Government official said she would be coming forward with a series of proposals for members to strengthen their hand by adopting a common approach to dealing with the industry. ... She will argue that as Islamic State loses ground in its heartlands in Iraq and Syria, the threat from extremism is “evolving rather than disappearing”, with the fight moving from “the battlefield to the internet”.[/QUOTE] [url]http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/theresa-may-g7-speech-urge-extremist-content-online-tackled-a7756431.html[/url] I usually like to leave the op unbiased but damn. She just couldn't wait to start using the attack to push her censorship policies again. Maybe she'll have another bash at banning encryption while she's at it.

I mean she isn't wrong. You can see it on twitter and facebook and other social media how much extremism goes unchecked. I understand it's practically impossible to catch it all but we can definitely do a better job and ease the amount of content that ends up indoctrinating kids, and others in western countries.

[QUOTE=The Rifleman;52276129]I mean she isn't wrong. You can see it on twitter and facebook and other social media how much extremism goes unchecked. I understand it's practically impossible to catch it all but we can definitely do a better job and ease the amount of content that ends up indoctrinating kids, and others in western countries.[/QUOTE] Pretty sure Facebook and Twitter already do their best to remove it. Where's the line between extremism and someone simply having a controversial opinion? Who's going to keep these "industry guidelines" on what constitutes extremism content in check?

[QUOTE=Morgen;52276138]Pretty sure Facebook and Twitter already do their best to remove it. Where's the line between extremism and someone simply having a controversial opinion? Who's going to keep these "industry guidelines" on what constitutes extremism content in check?[/QUOTE] I think those are the very questions that require a discussion about, and having the world's leader like the G7 working on getting a viable answer to them. I think that's what she's trying to get at. There isn't a black and white answer.

[QUOTE=The Rifleman;52276149]I think those are the very questions that require a discussion about, and having the world's leader like the G7 working on getting a viable answer to them. I think that's what she's trying to get at. There isn't a black and white answer.[/QUOTE] I'm not sure world leaders are the best to answer those questions. Most of them aren't particularly well versed in how the internet works. An advisory board of people from actual tech companies would be a better way to figure that out. But after reading their manifesto I don't think the Tories are to be trusted on this matter at all. [QUOTE]Theresa May is planning to introduce huge regulations on the way the internet works, allowing the government to decide what is said online. Particular focus has been drawn to the end of the manifesto, which makes clear that the Tories want to introduce huge changes to the way the internet works. "Some people say that it is not for government to regulate when it comes to technology and the internet," it states. "We disagree." Senior Tories confirmed to BuzzFeed News that the phrasing indicates that the government intends to introduce huge restrictions on what people can post, share and publish online. The plans will allow Britain to become "the global leader in the regulation of the use of personal data and the internet", the manifesto claims.[/QUOTE] [url]https://www.google.co.uk/amp/www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/theresa-may-internet-conservatives-government-a7744176.html%3Famp[/url] This is just a thin veil to push these regulations through in the name of fighting extremism.

No may. Its just an excuse to get more control online like you always wanted, don't fucking lie.

"the global leader in the regulation of the use of personal data and the internet" Doesn't sound like a title anyone should actually want tbh. Besides, it's not like this will be used to remove extremism that doesn't fit their agenda anyway, look at shit like Stormfront (US based, I know, you get the comparison though), or other big name website shit that isn't even restricted to throw-away twitter accounts and obscure forums, this is big name shit that is just left unchecked. But nah, little Alfie McBrit might see a penis entering a vag on the internet or whatever other scapegoat bullshit they're going to pedal this as protecting people/children from. It's just more politicians trying to restrict the flow of information that's counter to their narrative. Imagine if suddenly all anti-brexit, or even pro-brexit news was considered "extremist content" based on whoever was in government? That'd be quite the slippery slope, but that's what you're opening your self up to here really.

May seems pretty good at stating the obvious. "we want to fight online extremism". Okay? Who doesn't want to do that? The question is how. Which Mays apparent answer is by regulating the internet.

Please England, your conservatives already have a hard-on for striping your internet of any freedom, don't let them anywhere near the rest of ours.