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ZH: UK’s “Online Safety Act” Officially Grants MSM Premission To Publish Lies
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ZeroHedge posted the following:
UK’s “Online Safety Act” Officially Grants MSM Premission To Publish Lies
February 4, 2024
Welcome to the UK where it’s now official government policy that you CAN’T publish “misinformation”, but The Guardian, the BBC, Disney and Netflix CAN…
Yes, it’s true – the recently signed “Online Safety Act” brands the publication of “false information” a criminal offense punishable by up to a year in prison…
…unless you’re an MSM outlet, when it’s totally fine.
Think even the corrupt & bloated criminal class that rules over us would never dare be that blatant?
Take a look at section 179 making it illegal to publish false information with intent to cause harm:
…and then look at section 180, which exempts all MSM outlets from this new law :
…and that’s without even getting into OfCom’s “select committee”, or how they choose to define “misinformation” (s. 152)
Welcome to the modern definition of “freedom of speech”, where the MSM are directly and explicitly permitted to “knowingly publish false information with intent to cause non-trivial harm”, and you can be sent to jail for a year for calling out their lies. …
With the EU’s own Digital Services Act coming into force later this month, and all the focus on “misinformation and disinformation” at Davos two weeks ago, we can see the real crackdown on internet free speech is about to kick into gear. https://www.zerohedge.com/political/uks-online-safety-act-officially-grants-msm-premission-publish-lies
We continue to see more and more steps toward totalitarianism. So-called “safeguards” to limit this to “knowingly publish false information with intent to cause non-trivial harm” are a joke because the censors tend to think that if they do not agree with something, it must harm someone, somehow.
Yes, this is leading to ‘666’ type controls (cf. Revelation 13:15-18)
Here is something that Wikipedia posted about this improperly titled Online Safety Act:
The international human rights organization Article 19 stated that they saw the Online Safety Act 2023 as a potential threat to human rights, describing it as an “extremely complex and incoherent piece of legislation”.[29] The Open Rights Group described the OSB as a “censor’s charter”.[30]
During an interview for the BBC, Rebecca MacKinnon, the vice president for global advocacy at the Wikimedia Foundation, criticised the OSB, saying the threat of “harsh” new criminal penalties for tech bosses would affect “not only big corporations, but also public interest websites, such as Wikipedia“.[31] In the same instance, MacKinnon argued the Act should have been based on the European Union‘s Digital Services Act, which reportedly included differences between centralised content moderation and community-based moderation.[31] In April 2023, both MacKinnon and the chief executive of Wikimedia UK, Lucy Crompton-Reid, announced that the WMF did not intend to apply the age-check requirements of the Act to Wikipedia users, stating that it would violate their commitment to collect minimal data about readers and contributors.[32][33] On 29 June of the same year, WMUK and the WMF officially published an open letter, asking the government and Parliament to exempt “public interest projects”, including Wikipedia itself, from the OSB before it entered its report stage, starting on 6 July.[34][35]
Apple Inc. criticised legal powers in the OSB which threatened end-to-end encryption on messaging platforms in an official statement, describing the act as “a serious threat” to end-to-end encryption, and urging the UK government to “amend the Bill to protect strong end-to-end encryption”.[36][37]
Meta Platforms has criticised the plan, saying, “We don’t think people want us reading their private messages … The overwhelming majority of Brits already rely on apps that use encryption to keep them safe from hackers, fraudsters and criminals”.[25] Head of WhatsApp Will Cathcart voiced his opposition to the OSB, stating that the service would not compromise its encryption for the proposed law and saying “The reality is, our users all around the world want security – ninety-eight percent of our users are outside the UK, they do not want us to lower the security of the product and just as a straightforward matter, it would be an odd choice for us to choose to lower the security of the product in a way that would affect those ninety-eight percent of users.”[38][39] He also stated in a tweet that scanning everyone’s messages would destroy privacy.[40]
Ciaran Martin, a former head of the UK National Cyber Security Centre, accused the government of “magical thinking” and said that scanning for child abuse content would necessarily require weakening the privacy of encrypted messages.[25]
(Online Safety Act. Wikipedia, accessed 02/04/24)
Last year, Michael Snyder posted the following:
The UN’s New Fact-Checking System Called “iVerify” Will Be Used To Crack Down On “Misinformation” All Over The World
Our world is becoming a creepier place with each passing day. … And a new tool that was just introduced by the UN will make it much easier for them to control what we write on the Internet…
The iVerify System Is Here
The UN’s new fact-checking system is going to be a game changer, but so far the mainstream media is being really quiet about it.
Perhaps that is because they don’t want millions of us to object to this sort of tyranny.
The UN developed iVerify in conjunction with big tech companies and Soros-funded organizations, and it will be used to crack down on “disinformation” and “hate speech” all over the globe…
The United Nations has unveiled an “automated” fact-checking service to counter so-called disinformation and hate speech on the internet in a project partnered with Big-Tech and Soros-funded organisations.
In response to what they brand as “online information pollution”, which they claim is a “global challenge”, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has launched its iVerify platform to counter alleged disinformation and hate speech online.
The global body’s “automated fact-checking tool”, was developed in partnership with the United Nations International Computing Centre (UNICC), Facebook and Google-funded fact checker Meedan, the Meta-owned CrowdTangle, and the Soros-funded International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN).
Needless to say, this tool will not be used to crack down on points of view that Big Tech and George Soros agree with. 06/19/23 https://endoftheamericandream.com/the-uns-new-fact-checking-system-called-iverify-will-be-used-to-crack-down-on-misinformation-all-over-the-world/
Increased censorship endorsed by the UN is not a surprise.
As I posted back in 2021:
More internet censorship is expected. (Thiel B. United Nations removing web registrars. COGwriter , December 2021)
Notice also the following:
Isaiah: Lack of Truth in End-of-Days
The Talmud (97a) goes into great detail describing the conditions in the days preceding the final redemption. One condition is based on a prophecy written in the Book of Isaiah.
And so redress is turned back And vindication stays afar, Because honesty stumbles in the public square And uprightness cannot enter. Honesty has been lacking, He who turns away from evil is despoiled.” Hashem saw and was displeased That there was no redress. Isaiah 59:14-15
The Talmud explains the verse:
What is the meaning of the phrase: And the truth is lacking [ne’ederet]? The Sages of the study hall of Rav said: This teaches that truth will become like so many flocks [adarim] and walk away. What is the meaning of the phrase: “And he that departs from evil is negated”? The Sages of the study hall of Rabbi Sheila said: Anyone who deviates from evil is deemed insane by the people.
Rabbi Yosef Berger, the rabbi of King David’s Tomb on Mount Zion, explained that the information revolution initiated by advances in technology made the dissemination of information far easier and widespread but at the same time, made truth entirely subjective.
“In Judaism, a Torah scroll is handwritten, copied letter by letter from an existing Torah scroll,” Rabbi Berger said. “Inspection of Torah scrolls from thousands of years ago prove that this method of transmission is very accurate and results in faithful copies. Even after thousands of years and Jews being exiled to every nation, the Torah of the Jews remains a universal truth that does not change.”
“For thousands of years, no one denied the Torah was truth and no one could deny a truth that was seen by all. Now, something could be on the internet today and tomorrow it will be forgotten and a new truth will take its place. Part of the liberal methodology is to rewrite history, even what was universally agreed to be the truth.” October 19, 2020 https://www.israel365news.com/159725/internet-censorship-pre-messiah-evil-described-by-isaiah/
It is not just the Hebrew scriptures or the Jewish Talmud that warns people will not hear the truth. Notice the following from the New Testament about what will happen prior to the Messiah’s return:
13 But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived. (2 Timothy 3:13, KJV)
12 … they all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness. (2 Thessalonians 2:12, NKJV throughout unless otherwise specified)
Not only is there prophesied an increase in deceit, the Bible prophecies totalitarian controls (cf. Revelation 13). Artificial intelligence will be used.
As Artificial Intelligence and totalitarian controls go, the Continuing Church of God (CCOG) put out the following video on our Bible News Prophecy YouTube channel back in 2018:
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Artificial Intelligence and Prophecy
Billionaire Elon Musk declared he was worried that artificial intelligence (AI) may lead to the rise of an “immortal dictator,” a “godlike” entity that could take over the world. Is this accurate, or at least, close in some ways? Does Bible prophecy foretell of the rise of an immoral leader who considers himself above all gods? Will this result in great destruction? What is AI? How might it fit in with various prophecies? Was the increase in technological knowledge we now have prophesied over 2000 years ago? Will 666 control over buying and selling involve any form of AI? Dr. Thiel goes over many scriptures, including prophetic ones, that involve human knowledge–which is the basis of AI. He also points out that when various prophesies were made, there was no technology capable of fulfilling them, but that because of computers, such ability exists now. Dr. Thiel also points out what Jesus will do about it.
Here is a link: Artificial Intelligence and Prophecy.
The above was made PRIOR to COVID-19.
In 2023, we did numerous videos about the rise and use of AI:
ChatGPT and 666
Is AI in the Bible?
AI Jesus? Artificial Intelligence God?
666, the Censorship Industrial Complex, and AI
Artificial Intelligence Superhuman Persuasion?
The UN, Big Tech, various governments, and others are using algorithms and AI to censor and block information.
Biblically, we know that more censorship is prophesied as the prophet Amos warned:
11 “Behold, the days are coming,” says the Lord God,
“That I will send a famine on the land,
Not a famine of bread,
Nor a thirst for water,
But of hearing the words of the Lord.
12 They shall wander from sea to sea,
And from north to east;
They shall run to and fro, seeking the word of the Lord,
But shall not find it. (Amos 8:11-12)
Notice that the Bible tells of a time that will come when the word of God will not be found. I do not believe that this means that there will be no more Bibles–but preaching aspects of it will be made illegal and that those wanting to better understand it will have trouble finding explanations.
Satan’s plan is to try to stop preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God–while it will happen anyway (cf. Matthew 24:14)–there will be more restrictions, as well as a coming persecution.
We continue to see steps taken to give governments more and more power to suppress the truth.
Do you see what is happening and how that ties into properly understood biblical prophecies?
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Should the Church Still Try to Place its Top Priority on Proclaiming the Gospel or Did Herbert W. Armstrong Change that Priority for the Work? Some say the Church should mainly feed the flock now as that is what Herbert W. Armstrong reportedly said. Is that what he said? Is that what the Bible says? What did Paul and Herbert W. Armstrong expect from lower level leaders? Two related sermons are available The Work per HWA and the Bible and Priority of the Philadelphia Work.
Preparing for the ‘Short Work’ and The Famine of the Word What is the ‘short work’ of Romans 9:28? Who is preparing for it? Will Philadelphian Christians instruct many in the end times? Here is a link to a related video sermon titled: The Short Work. Here is a link to another: Preparing to Instruct Many.
The Gospel of the Kingdom of God This free online pdf booklet has answers many questions people have about the Gospel of the Kingdom of God and explains why it is the solution to the issues the world is facing. It is available inover 1,000 languages at ccog.org. Here are links to four kingdom-related sermons: The Fantastic Gospel of the Kingdom of God!, The World’s False Gospel, The Gospel of the Kingdom: From the New and Old Testaments, and The Kingdom of God is the Solution.
Internet Censorship and Prophecy Are concerns about internet censorship limited to nations such as Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea. But what about the USA, Canada, and Germany? What about the European Union? What about internet media companies such as Facebook, Google, YouTube, or email services like MailChimp? Has the attempt to control information been made by various ones over the centuries? Was the New Testament affected by it? What about the church throughout the centuries? Has the Bible already been partially censored? Which Bible prophecies point to coming Internet censorship? What about the Book of Amos? What about the coming 666 Beast and final Antichrist? Is there anything that can be done about this? Should Philadelphian Christians be working on anything now? Will preaching the Gospel of the Kingdom of God vs. a highly media-supported alternative lead to a ‘famine of the word’? More internet censorship is coming as various statements in the Bible support.
United Nations: Humankind’s Last Hope or New World Order? Is the UN the last hope for humanity? Or might its goals end up with sinister results? Two related videos include UN’s ‘New Universal Agenda’ is a False Gospel! and United Nations and Vatican Are Planning the New World Order.
Persecutions by Church and State This article documents some that have occurred against those associated with the COGs and some prophesied to occur. Will those with the cross be the persecutors or the persecuted–this article has the shocking answer. There are also three video sermons you can watch: Cancel Culture and Christian Persecution, The Coming Persecution of the Church, and Christian Persecution from the Beast. Here is information in the Spanish language: Persecuciones de la Iglesia y el Estado.
Orwell’s 1984 by 2024? In 1949, the late George Orwell wrote a disturbing book about a totalitarian government called “nineteen-eighty four.” Despite laws that are supposed to protect freedom of speech and religion, we are seeing governments taking steps consistent with those that George Orwell warned against. We are also seeing this in the media, academia, and in private companies like Google, Facebook, and Twitter. With the advent of technology, totalitarianism beyond what Orwell wrote is possible. Does the Bible teach the coming a totalitarian state similar to George Orwell’s? What about the Antichrist and 666? Will things get worse? What is the solution? Dr. Thiel answers these questions and more in this video.
Canadian censoring of the Bible In 2017, Lauri Skori of the Battle River School board told a religious school in Alberta, Canada that it could not teach/read certain portions of the Bible. In 2002, a court in Canada ruled against one who referred to certain scriptures that some homosexuals objected to. In 2017, there was “An Act to Amend the Canadian Human Rights Act and Criminal Code” related to those who wish to be considered transgendered. Government officials in Canada and elsewhere have been ruling against the Bible. Is any of this prophesied? Will this get worse? What was the prophet Amos inspired to write? This is a video.
Internet Control, Famine of the Word, and 666 Is the internet going to be used to suppress the teaching of the word of God?
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The Western Activist, Ocean Photography, ChatGPT, More: Tuesday ResearchBuzz, January 24, 2023
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WMUK: The Western Activist, a 1960s-era student newspaper published at WMU, is now online. “In the 1960s, students at Western Michigan University published an anti-war, countercultural newspaper. Now the Western Activist, as it was known, has been digitized. The paper covered the Black Panther movement and protests against the Vietnam War among many other topics.”
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Just in case you missed this interview-
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If you thought UFOs and alien abduction stories were for America, only... then think again! For this list, WatchMojo UK counts down the most mysterious and infamous alien close encounters in Britain. From the Dudley Dorito to the Rendlesham Forest Incident... do they come in peace, to invade, or is Britain just where all the aliens want to visit first of all??
Check out these other brilliantly British videos from WMUK: Top 10 British Conspiracy Theories - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2NS8... Top 10 Unsolved British Mysteries - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIK-T...
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Myn Jazeel is taking the helm at Rhino UK as the label’s SVP.
Jazeel will start his new role on November 29, and will report directly to Warner Music UK (WMUK) CEO Tony Harlow.
At Rhino UK, Jazeel will be responsible for overseeing the marketing activity for the label’s artists, including David Bowie, Fleetwood Mac, Pink Floyd, and Prince.
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I love Hellscapes: Sculpted edition
I love this particular work: The Tympanum of Last Judgement from the 11th century at the Church of St. Foy in Conques. It came up as an example of the Apocalypse in the Arts in my animals and monsters class.
📸 by Daniel Villafruela Abbaye Ste Foy à Conques (06) - Tympan du Porche. (2021, February 19). Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository. Retrieved 17:51, February 21, 2021
OMG look at this! It never ceases to amaze me that people made these intricate scene with their own hands! It immediately reminded me of another Romanesque Hellscape scene, a frieze on the West front of the Lincoln Cathedral.
📸 Richard Nevell (WMUK) Carving on exterior of Lincoln Cathedral (1). (2020, September 28). Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository. Retrieved 18:16, February 21, 2021. This is a replica of a 12th century original.
First things first, we cannot forget that these carvings are deliberate. They are purposely located on the West Front of a church or cathedral for a reason. It is exactly where the laymen and women enter the church and sure to be scene by them. The placement of the gruesome sight of Hell and eternal suffering would have precisely chosen because it could not be missed by those coming to church or those just walking by. Sermons may do one thing, but harrowing scenes of hell offer a vastly illiterate population a bold message on why they should follow the teachings of Jesus. These images are brought to life to scare the shit out of you.
It’s true, I’m just fixating on the Hell part. But in reality, we’re talking about The Last Judgement here and there are depictions of the beautiful afterlife that await those chosen for the Kingdom of Heaven.
In doing my research for my short paper Monstrous Motifs in Lincoln Cathedral Architecture, I learned that depictions of demons in Christian art did not exist before the 9th century. But when they did surface in manuscripts like the Stuttgart Psalter, in around 830 AD, demons were depicted as hybrid human-like goat-like figures. They had some or all of the following characteristics: horns, claws, hair, hooves, tails and elongated ears. All the physical characteristics were rooted in the demonization of Pan, the half-human, half-goat God and goats became over time to symbolize the Devil and his lesser demons (over time goat-like characteristics were used against groups that were concerned the “other,” mainly Jews.)
Closer look at Hell below on St. Foy Tympanum.
Sainte-Foy de Conques - Détails partie droite du tympan.jpg. (2021, February 10). Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository. Retrieved 18:09, February 21, 2021
In both carvings, very human-like, goat-like or animalistic demons are doing their thing, poking, prodding, punishing, tormenting and torturing the damned souls in the same sort of vision of Hell. Satan is seated in his own throne amongst the chaos. I like he sits upon a throne just like JC.
An even closer look at the gates of heaven and the hell mouth, reveal an angel greeting souls with open arms at heaven’s gate. On the other side of the separation there is this awesome demon with large pointed ears and several horns on its head. It has a very large nose and withered face. It’s holding a plunger type device, as if he is taking a break to look at the saved souls before he jams the next soul into the hell mouth.
Just above the gates is a small carving of the Weighing of the Souls. Saint Michael and a devil face each other with scales, the devil’s finger trying to add weight (so like a devil). The devil depicted here has a very pronounced nose and long ears, the two behind are carved in similar fashion.
The gates of heaven and the mouth of hell (detail), Last Judgment tympanum, Church of Sainte‐Foy, France, Conques, c. 1050–1130, photo: Nick Thompson (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)
My goal is to see some Last Judgements in situ and expand on this topic further.
#the judgement#grotesques#hellmouth#hellscape#cathedrals#sculpture#church art#tympana#last judgment#heaven and hell
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I was interviewed by NPR about my wildlife conservation work! Check it out! (click the link to listen to the audio recording).
“Jonathan Kolby has studied frogs in Honduras for 10 years. He says a mass extinction of frogs is being caused by chytrid fungus, which is still spreading. Kolby spoke with WMUK’s Gordon Evans during a visit to the Pierce Cedar Creek Institute in Hastings.
Kolby came to the environmental education center in part to film the Eastern Massasauga Rattlesnake. Kolby says the snakes have been dying because of snake fungal disease. He says the infection shares a lot of similarities with the amphibian chytrid fungus.
Kolby says the rapid extinction of frogs raises questions about what species humans will and won’t allow to go extinct. He says there are hard decisions to make. Kolby says the environment is like an airplane and each species is part of that plane. “You might have some of them fall off and everything is fine.” But he says “at some point one of those will be the bolt that holds the wing together, and then you crash.”
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An interview with The S Word director Lisa Klein aired this morning on WestSouthwest, the news & public affairs show on WMUK 102.1 FM, the NPR station at Western Michigan University. Check it out!
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Atlantic Records UK Names Former Apple Music Exec Austin Daboh Executive VP
Atlantic Records UK Names Former Apple Music Exec Austin Daboh Executive VP
Former Apple Music executive Austin Daboh is moving over to Atlantic Records UK as executive vp, parent company Warner Music UK (WMUK) announced Tuesday (June 9).
As Apple Music’s head of editorial for the UK and Ireland, Daboh oversaw the streaming platform’s playlist ecosystem, developing the Agenda brandwhich built out playlists with live concerts and immersive marketing initiatives. In his…
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