Wes Streeting (UK prime minister wannabe) has come out strongly in favour of the #SocialMedia ban, and he is very tight with #bigtech leaders including #Palantir, #Google, #Meta, #Microsoft.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2026/may/26/wes-streeting-keir-starmer-social-media-ban-labour-uk-politics-live
📢 Please make your voice heard in that consultation NOW, because it closes at midnight tonight!
Links, reasons why the ban is the wrong solution, and some copy/paste text are here:
https://blog.rebeltechalliance.org/uk-gov-sm-consultation/
#ukpolitics #WesStreeting wants a #SurveillanceState
Patrick Leavy
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