Topic: Department for Culture, Media and Sport
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport plays a significant role in shaping media policy in the UK, often prioritizing state surveillance and censorship over individual liberties. Recent actions include monitoring social media content and pressuring platforms to remove posts deemed undesirable, raising serious concerns about free speech and privacy. These developments highlight the ongoing threat of government overreach in digital sectors.
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How Britain Plans to Lock Legacy Media Into People’s Feeds
The public spent years drifting away from legacy broadcasters, so the state plans to algorithmically drag them back.
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Shadowy UK Unit Surveilled Telegram Posts, Had Hourly Contact With Social Platforms
More revelations from the Counter Disinformation Unit.
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The UK’s “Chilling” Secret Unit That Monitored Lockdown Dissent
More revelations about the secretive Counter Disinformation Unit.
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Exposed: The UK Company Subjecting Your Social Media Posts To State Surveillance
Logically is partnered with Big Tech platforms.
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UK parliamentary committee on Russian disinformation calls for new social media content removal protocols
The committee also recommended that these content removal protocols be expanded to encompass other areas.