Comment on UK pornography taskforce to propose banning ‘barely legal’ content after Channel 4 documentary airs
blobchoice@feddit.uk 3 weeks agoHonestly that would seem like the most common sense idea that anyone would/could draw up from this, and for the most part I think this is what the gov is trying to do.
I think there’s an unstated side effect from the Online Safety Act which nobody seems to be talking about - using the new powers to effectively censor Palestinian protests online.
You can read about it some more: openrightsgroup.org/…/human-rights-defenders-rais…
I’ve genuinely never felt so depressed about voting in this government in my entire life. Actual gross dystopian bullshit.
G4Z@feddit.uk 3 weeks ago
Yeah, I voted for Jezza but I saw this coming. While I wanted the Tories out, I couldn’t bring myself to vote for red Tories to replace them.
This is exactly the same shit they were pulling back in the Blair days.
MangioneDontMiss@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
Ok off topic, but why call Jeremy “Jezza”?
I already did a quick google because I don’t get it, but the explanation didn’t help. Obviously, Dave for David, Liz for Elizabeth, Mike for Michael, etc… make sense. But Jezza? For Jeremy?
Make it make sense.
crapwittyname@feddit.uk 3 weeks ago
You stop at the R and change if to a Z. Barry = Baz, Darren = Daz, Carol = Caz etc etc. Because British English is non robotic, it doesn’t work if we stop at the R (like USAians can say “Gar” for Gary) so the z sound gets used instead, because it’s pretty close.
Then the A gets added if you’re being extra friendly or cute, a bit like Michael > Mike > Mikey. Gareth becomes Gary becomes Gaz becomes Gazza.
Make sense?
MangioneDontMiss@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
I don’t think many of us USAians would drop the y and say Gar, but I get where you’re coming from.