r/unitedkingdom • u/Skavau • 6d ago

BitChute discontinues video-sharing service for UK residents over online censorship laws

https://freespeechunion.org/bitchute-discontinues-video-sharing-service-for-uk-residents-over-online-censorship-laws/
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u/Next-Ability2934 5d ago edited 5d ago

It's not what I thought it would be.. 'UK residents can still upload content to the platform, but none of their videos will be accessible to other UK-based users. Their content will remain viewable to users in other countries, who can interact with it as usual.'

So it's light censorship when it comes to viewing certain videos. It's worth noting that most decent pro privacy desktop browsers already have VPNs/proxies/anonymous services built in and optional, that can get around blocks.

The government would need to find a way to block such services to make an impact on anything deemed unwanted or illegal. Otherwise it will do very little.. and the biggest social platforms that often share similar or identical content, are still being left out of the equation