YouTube calls out UK censorship
45sShocking moment when even YouTube, known for censorship, sides with users against a government.
โถ Play ClipThe video discusses the UK government's proposed ban on internet access for individuals under 16, requiring ID verification for all users. The creator criticizes the move as a censorship tactic and a privacy risk, noting that even YouTube's spokesperson has spoken out against it.
YouTube's spokesperson criticized the UK's age verification plans, highlighting the severity of the situation.
The UK Prime Minister is moving forward with a ban on internet access for everyone under 16, requiring ID verification for all users.
The creator argues that parents should monitor their children's internet use instead of relying on government bans.
Adults will also need to present ID and location to access the internet, raising privacy concerns.
The creator warns that similar laws could spread to other countries like Australia, Europe, Canada, and the US.
The ban is seen as a tactic to silence opposition and control speech, referencing violence in Europe that the government wants to suppress.
The video concludes that the UK's internet ban is a dangerous escalation that threatens privacy and free speech, and urges citizens to push back against it.
"Title accurately reflects the video's focus on YouTube's criticism of UK censorship."
What did YouTube's spokesperson do regarding the UK's internet ban?
They called out the UK's age verification plans, criticizing the move.
What is the UK Prime Minister's proposal for internet access?
A ban on internet access for everyone under 16, requiring ID verification for all users.
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According to the creator, what is the solution for parents concerned about children's internet use?
Parents can take away phones or set time locks instead of relying on government bans.
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What will adults need to do to access the internet under the proposed law?
Present ID and location information.
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Which countries are mentioned as already having similar internet restrictions?
Australia and China.
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What does the creator claim is the true purpose of the internet ban?
To silence dissent and control speech.
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Who is the owner of X (Twitter) mentioned in the video?
Elon Musk.
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YouTube's unexpected opposition
YouTube, a company that benefits from data collection, publicly opposed the UK's age verification plans, highlighting the severity of the issue.
Parental responsibility vs. government intervention
The creator argues that parents should monitor children's internet use instead of relying on government bans, shifting the blame to parenting.
1:58ID requirements for all users
Adults will also need to provide ID and location, raising significant privacy concerns and affecting everyone.
3:41Global spread of censorship
The creator warns that similar laws could spread to other countries, making this a global issue.
5:29Silencing dissent as a motive
The ban is framed as a tactic to suppress opposition and control speech, referencing real-world events.
6:29[00:00] When you have even YouTube calling you
[00:02] out and siding with the casual viewer of
[00:04] the internet or people that use YouTube,
[00:06] you know that you are doing something
[00:08] very wrong because notoriously YouTube
[00:10] in general has always been kind of uh
[00:13] out of touch and not really with the
[00:15] actual main consumer or people that use
[00:17] YouTube continuously. And the fact that
[00:19] you have the spokesperson Jay Stole for
[00:21] YouTube even making a statement like
[00:23] this, I think really just goes to show
[00:25] how bad the situation currently is when
[00:27] it comes to age verification, digital
[00:29] ID, and overall the uh the safety risk
[00:32] that is involved with it. And the reason
[00:34] why this is even being brought up and
[00:36] why the actual spokesperson of YouTube
[00:38] even did a call out is because the
[00:41] actual prime minister of the UK is
[00:43] moving forward with an effective ban of
[00:45] everyone under 16 will no longer be able
[00:48] to use the internet. Now, at first
[00:50] glance, if you just read the headlines,
[00:51] you don't know anything about this
[00:53] subject matter whatsoever. Obviously,
[00:55] this seems like a good thing. For
[00:57] instance, keeping people under 16 off
[00:59] the internet would seem to be a massive
[01:01] win in a perfect world. But obviously to
[01:04] get to that type of direction, we are
[01:06] not in a perfect world and it's going to
[01:08] be manipulated and used. And I'm I'm not
[01:10] going to repeat things and points that
[01:12] I've talked about over and over again.
[01:14] But the point is is the laws finally
[01:16] reached the point to where it's coming
[01:17] into effect and that the prime minister
[01:18] is now straight up saying that there is
[01:21] going to be a full sweeping ban of the
[01:23] internet for people. And to be able to
[01:25] access the internet, you will now need
[01:28] to just straight up give over your ID or
[01:30] government identification to some
[01:32] degree, face scanning and all that. And
[01:33] we've already seen implementations to
[01:35] reach this point. But now it's
[01:37] full-blown. It is reaching China level
[01:41] censorship and firewall status when you
[01:43] have something like this go on. And I
[01:45] just I want to play this brief little
[01:47] thing that really just goes to show the
[01:48] narrative that the prime minister of the
[01:50] UK is really trying to paint here when
[01:52] it comes to just the reason why they
[01:54] need to restrict your rights and just uh
[01:56] rip away, you know, your privacy.
[01:58] >> Absolutely clear.
[02:00] Thousands of parents say their children
[02:03] are addicted to social media. It can
[02:06] leave them trapped in a cycle of endless
[02:09] scrolling that displaces play, sleep,
[02:12] and time with the family.
[02:15] I'm going to just pop a a hole in what
[02:18] he just said there. If parents are
[02:19] noticing this and they're having a
[02:21] problem with it, there is a solution, a
[02:23] very easy solution. You can easily take
[02:25] their phone away. You could put time
[02:27] locks on them and everything. You're the
[02:28] parent. You're able to do that. But
[02:30] obviously that is too hard nowadays for
[02:32] parents. Parents rather have their child
[02:34] be babysat by the internet, by tablets,
[02:36] by phones, by gaming consoles instead of
[02:38] actually doing their job and being a
[02:40] parent and monitoring them. And so
[02:42] basically the solution now is that
[02:44] instead of parents being the parent,
[02:46] they want big daddy government to do
[02:48] their job for them. And that's basically
[02:50] what the prime minister of the UK is
[02:52] saying. Is that basically parents that
[02:54] are just outright lazy and just I'm
[02:55] going to be blunt, bad parents. They um
[02:58] they are dragging everybody else down
[03:00] and having your rights restricted and
[03:02] taken from you because you have parents
[03:04] not wanting to do their job. And so this
[03:06] whole concept of think of the kids, it
[03:08] really comes down to just very poor
[03:10] parenting and lazy parents and everybody
[03:12] else is getting punished for it. It's
[03:14] absolutely horrendous. And basically
[03:17] trying to say that, oh, we need to allow
[03:18] the government to step in and to do this
[03:20] instead parents doing it, I think is
[03:22] just incredibly wrong. And I mean, this
[03:24] entire narrative and argument is
[03:25] something I've been talking about a lot,
[03:27] but we have finally reached the
[03:28] threshold now to where the UK is fully
[03:31] implementing just a straightup ban. And
[03:34] to be able to overcome this ban, by the
[03:37] way, you're going to have to ID
[03:39] yourself. Like for instance, if you're
[03:41] an adult,
[03:42] ult and all that, you're going to have
[03:43] to present an ID. You're going to have
[03:44] to present your location, where you're
[03:46] at, and everything just to be able to
[03:48] access the internet. And so, this means
[03:50] that just because people under 16 are
[03:52] banned doesn't mean anyone above that is
[03:54] not going to be affected by this. You
[03:56] will have to show ID. And as we've all
[03:59] seen, I've been talking about this topic
[04:01] consistently, your data is not safe. It
[04:04] will be stolen. There's data breaches,
[04:07] dark web, all sorts of stuff. We've
[04:09] already seen it happen a few times now
[04:10] to just government sites in general when
[04:12] it comes to your data being lost when
[04:13] they're forcing face scanning or digital
[04:15] ID. So, um, everything about this is
[04:18] just outright bad. And, um, there's a
[04:21] lot of big social media heads that are
[04:23] now talking about this. I mean, you even
[04:24] have Elon Musk kind of talking about
[04:26] this situation, calling this out and how
[04:28] bad it is, which makes sense because
[04:30] obviously he is the owner of X Twitter
[04:33] and um you know, he has one of the
[04:34] biggest platforms in the world. So, uh
[04:36] makes sense he would call this one out
[04:38] and since technically the UK has been
[04:40] very adamant about censoring Twitter, I
[04:42] think um makes sense why he would do
[04:44] that. But anyways, the point is is when
[04:46] you have someone like YouTube as well
[04:48] calling this out that you know, let's
[04:50] just let's keep it real guys. YouTube
[04:52] would love to have your data, more of
[04:54] your data. They would love to know
[04:55] everything about you, your ID and all
[04:57] that. But the fact that you have a
[04:59] spokesperson, the main spokesperson of
[05:01] YouTube calling this out, I think
[05:03] showcases the danger here. And that even
[05:05] YouTube and Google doesn't want to put
[05:08] up a um a front or a facade and act like
[05:11] this is okay. They are willing to push
[05:12] back on it, which that I'm very happy
[05:15] and surprised. Like, for once, we have a
[05:17] massive YouTube win. Good on them. I I
[05:20] honestly I got to give them where credit
[05:22] is due. Good win on their part because
[05:24] so many companies will instantly bow
[05:25] down to this and not speak up and say
[05:27] how bad this actually is. But um getting
[05:29] into a few other additional points that
[05:31] I want to comment on. I do want to
[05:33] mention one big thing. This is not going
[05:36] to stop at the UK. We already have this
[05:39] being implemented I believe in Australia
[05:40] or it's already implemented. China
[05:42] obviously has it. UK has it. And this is
[05:45] probably once this passes, this is
[05:47] probably going to hit Europe and
[05:48] eventually Canada and then, you know,
[05:50] eventually probably the United States,
[05:51] Brazil, and different places around the
[05:53] world. It's going to start hitting. It
[05:55] doesn't stop at one point when a law is
[05:57] passed like this that's just so massive.
[05:59] And if there isn't a radical amount of
[06:00] push back, it will sweep around the
[06:03] world. We've already seen this when it
[06:04] comes to censorship with different
[06:06] Japanese sites and games and everything
[06:08] in between. So, this is just the a
[06:11] symptom that it's going to get worse if
[06:12] there isn't significant push back,
[06:14] especially within the UK. And I hope a
[06:17] lot of people really outcry how bad this
[06:19] is because all this is is to harvest
[06:21] your IDs, harvest where you're at, and
[06:23] censor you at any point in turn because
[06:24] this is just straight up a silencing
[06:26] tactic. That that's exactly what it is.
[06:29] I mean, let's let's be honest. I I it's
[06:31] very important to the subject matter. I
[06:33] don't like diving into this part too
[06:35] much, but it is important. politics like
[06:38] we've all seen it. If you watch, let's
[06:40] say for instance, Asmin Gold or anyone,
[06:42] you know, that's very popular on
[06:43] YouTube, you definitely have seen the uh
[06:46] the actual violence that's taking place
[06:48] in Europe and UK. And it's very clear
[06:51] that the UK, the GR government doesn't
[06:53] want you to talk about that. They are
[06:54] trying to silence descent. They're
[06:55] trying to silence basically people being
[06:57] against what their viewpoint is for what
[06:59] the governments are heading, you know,
[07:00] the their actual country. And they don't
[07:02] like people being against them. And the
[07:04] whole point here is to basically silence
[07:06] you and silence your opinions. that's
[07:08] what they're wanting. For instance, you
[07:10] know, if they're able to completely ban
[07:11] social media for certain individuals,
[07:13] and then also know what you're saying
[07:14] and track you, they can instantly arrest
[07:16] you, give you fines, and it's already
[07:17] happening. So, it's a very scary future.
[07:19] Like, we really are living in like a
[07:21] 1984 Shimaneta type reality that is just
[07:26] getting bad, man. It's really getting
[07:28] bad. Like, when you have YouTube on your
[07:30] side and calling this out, I think it
[07:32] says a lot. It really says how bad we
[07:35] really are at this point. and that a a
[07:38] an actual company that would be honestly
[07:40] have all intents and purposes to want
[07:42] your data even more of your data to be
[07:44] against this. Yikes. I will leave it at
[07:48] that though. I I wanted to talk about
[07:49] this cuz obviously this is very
[07:51] important. There's nothing more
[07:52] important I could talk about today than
[07:54] this because I feel like this is a
[07:56] radical escalation of the internet and
[08:00] uh where we're heading because obviously
[08:02] you know the next step now is that this
[08:04] law gets implemented completely and
[08:06] other governments will follow the EU
[08:08] will follow it and other countries
[08:10] around the world and I hate that because
[08:12] remember this all started over a year
[08:14] ago with the UK implementing like their
[08:16] online digital act or digital online
[08:18] safety act and um we've seen where
[08:21] that's but now with other countries and
[08:23] now it's happening again another
[08:24] escalation and it's always another
[08:27] escalation and it gets a lot worse if
[08:29] you know nothing's done and I I I really
[08:31] hope that uh the citizens in the UK push
[08:34] back against this but I will leave it at
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