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There’s a huge censorship debate raging in the UK this week.

Gary Lineker who has ~4m viewers on his TV show and 9m followers on Twitter, has basically been deplatformed by the BBC and asked to sign a new contract that bans him from making political statements on Twitter.

He very publicly compared the government’s new immigration policy to 1930’s Germany, as illegal immigrants can no longer claim asylum here. Can only come in legally through channels that some European governments typically admin bottleneck by design.

I believe Lineker has some Ukrainian refugees living at his house under some program to support refugees fleeing the war. Not 100% sure what the program is.

Government have said his platform is provided by public funds and therefore he must be impartial. Can’t use public funds for things that boost one political party over others.

It’s basically a big mess.

Lots of contradictions because of a media landscape that is ill-conceived and has emerged haphazardly.

nostr fixes this. 😂

hh 2y ago

The government's argument tough is correct. And a cautionary tale that confirms what we anti-government types insist on saying all the time.

The solution to government corruption is not more government, but LESS.

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⚡️🌱🌙 2y ago

BBC->Twitter is a strange one here too, because quite a few people have held prominent front of camera roles at BBC whilst earning £1-400k public salary, but have built up 1-10m audiences on Twitter on the side.

BBC is weird because it is financed by a tax. Every household in UK pays £150? TV tax that goes directly to fund the BBC.

So we have this conveyor belt of tax funded fame.

It’s starting to look very messy.

hh 2y ago

Yeah, and I'm aware of the fact that for decades the BBC has been considered a model TV, internationally.

Which really in my opinion only illustrates the case that the moral hazard of government funding (taxes redirected politically) is inherent and unavoidable.