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Remember, UK Technology Minister Peter Kyle thinks we're all 'peados'

This is the state of British politics right now, the state of UKGOV

#UKPOL#UKPOLITICS#PeterKyle #OnlineSafetyAct#Labour

But then, Tech Secretary Peter Kyle deployed the classic authoritarian playbook: dismissing all criticism as support for child predators. This isn鈥檛 just intellectually dishonest鈥攊t鈥檚 a deliberate attempt to shut down legitimate policy debate by smearing critics as complicit in child abuse. It鈥檚 particularly galling given that the law Kyle is defending will do absolutely nothing to stop actual predators, who will simply migrate to unregulated platforms or use the same VPNs that law-abiding citizens are now flocking to. Peter Kyle & of \ @peterkyle If you want to overturn the Online Safety Act you are on the side of predators. It is as simple as that.
But then, Tech Secretary Peter Kyle deployed the classic authoritarian playbook: dismissing all criticism as support for child predators. This isn鈥檛 just intellectually dishonest鈥攊t鈥檚 a deliberate attempt to shut down legitimate policy debate by smearing critics as complicit in child abuse. It鈥檚 particularly galling given that the law Kyle is defending will do absolutely nothing to stop actual predators, who will simply migrate to unregulated platforms or use the same VPNs that law-abiding citizens are now flocking to. Peter Kyle & of \ @peterkyle If you want to overturn the Online Safety Act you are on the side of predators. It is as simple as that.
But then, Tech Secretary Peter Kyle deployed the classic authoritarian playbook: dismissing all criticism as support for child predators. This isn鈥檛 just intellectually dishonest鈥攊t鈥檚 a deliberate attempt to shut down legitimate policy debate by smearing critics as complicit in child abuse. It鈥檚 particularly galling given that the law Kyle is defending will do absolutely nothing to stop actual predators, who will simply migrate to unregulated platforms or use the same VPNs that law-abiding citizens are now flocking to. Peter Kyle & of \ @peterkyle If you want to overturn the Online Safety Act you are on the side of predators. It is as simple as that.