Olly

“People who think they have a God given purpose are doing the cruelest things on the planet." - Sadhguru | Fuck Israel for always and eternity

[Olly @olllyyyj]

The UK needs a full political purge

Nobody that’s currently in power should remain in place after the next election

They’ve taken their positions for granted: they treat the UK as a for-profit business and disregard the people

Corruption is out of control, we need them gone

[Mullvad.net @mullvadnet]

”We have decided not to go totally authoritarian.”

Now, let’s end identity verification and the UK government spyware demand.

[Politics UK @PolitlcsUK]

🚨 BREAKING: Labour says it won't stand against Nigel Farage in the Clacton by-election

As it stands, only Count Binface will run against Farage

[Sarah Wilkinson @swilkinsonbc]

Under Starmer, any journalist who works with a source [from Gaza] or even approaches them for information, could face 14 years in prison https://t.co/Rb8lLMq1X7

[Windscribe @windscribecom]

DO NOT GIVE DISCORD YOUR ID.
DO NOT GIVE DISCORD YOUR ID.
DO NOT GIVE DISCORD YOUR ID.
DO NOT GIVE DISCORD YOUR ID.
DO NOT GIVE DISCORD YOUR ID.
DO NOT GIVE DISCORD YOUR ID.
DO NOT GIVE DISCORD YOUR ID.

[Status @ethstatus]

Age verification is backdoor mass surveillance.

[Canary @TheCanaryUK]

Labour knows kids can just use VPNs, but the under-16s social media ban isn't intended to keep kids safe; it's to introduce Digital ID

By @willem_moore_uk
https://t.co/RwML0UTDIT

[Telegram Messenger @telegram]

Over 300,000 people die of drowning each year. In order to protect society, it is now illegal to consume or possess water.

Your government is also considering banning solid food, as it presents a needless choking hazard.
You are not an adult.
You are a baby.
Eat the baby food.

[Olly @olllyyyj]

@ontologoff A global targeted lobbying campaign. It’s no coincidence that governments from Australia, Canada, the UK, the US, the EU and more are all pushing for it at the same time…

https://t.co/ki8qujx8dN

[Olly @olllyyyj]

@SwiftTrader0 @TerichoHorror @grok If you truly believe that this is only about stopping kids from accessing social media, then I have a bridge to sell you

[Olly @olllyyyj]

@KaLeeVision It’s lobbying

Meta spent over 2 billion dollars lobbying governments to push for age verification

Every government is pushing for it at the same time because they all got told to by meta at the same time

https://t.co/ki8qujx8dN

[Murasaki 🏳️‍🌈 @Mur45ak1]

Australia's Social Media Ban didn't work, over 70k people's ID were stolen from a Discord data breach, Yoti was fined 950k Euros by Spain for breaking GDPR laws. I do NOT trust anyone who pushes age/ID verification to use social media or ANY service, it's more harm than good.

[hab 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇧🇩 @I91AM]

so this uk government allows people to vote at 16 but then draws the line at a social media ban for under 16s

this government has a humiliation kink

[Peter Hague @peterrhague]

No, Keir Starmer will announce mandatory ID checks for all social media in the next two weeks.

Let’s not be naive about what this is really about. They want to be able to track down anons and send the cops round.

[Mullvad.net @mullvadnet]

Is the UK on the verge of banning VPNs?

On May 26, the consultation intended to help the British government make decisions on age verification for websites, digital services, and social media platforms came to an end. Some form of restrictions regarding at least age limits for social media already appear inevitable; government officials have confirmed as much. The only question is what kind of restrictions will be imposed.

For example, the age verification restrictions could end up including VPN services. National restrictions for websites and social media can be bypassed using tools such as VPNs, virtual phone numbers, eSIM cards, Tor and dedicated services. It is therefore unsurprising that politicians have begun looking toward VPN services, which are the most common and accessible method of changing one’s geographic location.

In early 2026, the House of Lords sent an amendment(regarding the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill) to the House of Commons, proposing an 18-year age limit for using VPN services. The House of Commons rejected the House of Lords amendment four separate times. However, the House of Commons instead introduced its own proposal, which was passed and has now become law. This agreement grants the government the power to introduce restrictions through secondary legislation, with only limited parliamentary scrutiny.

Unfortunately, the risk that the UK government will crack down on VPN services is real – effectively joining countries such as China and Russia in opposing VPN services. Officials have already hinted that they may consider introducing age restrictions for VPN usage under the slogan “No platform gets a free pass”.

If VPN services were to implement identity verification, this would mean collecting data that could be abused through either malice or incompetence. It would, for example, make such services risky for whistleblowers and activists, make it harder for journalists to work with sensitive information, and create a chilling effect on online debate (VPNs can help people post anonymously on social media). In a society like the UK, where 30 people are arrested every day for writing something online that authorities classify as “grossly offensive”, VPN services are an important tool for free speech.

If VPN providers were to impose an age limit on their service, this would also mean that underage users would effectively lose their right to online privacy. Ironically, one consequence would be that social media companies mapping people’s lives through third-party trackers on websites could continue monitoring young people’s online behavior via their IP addresses without any interference. In other words, politicians would remove one of the protections children have against the very companies they claim to want to protect children from.

[The Green Party @TheGreenParty]

Andy Burnham says he "can't judge" if the Israeli military's crimes in Gaza are a genocide.

The experts already have.

A UN commission, the International Association of Genocide Scholars, and leading rights orgs all agree: it's genocide.

Andy, why won't you call it what it is?

[Olly @olllyyyj]

@PolitlcsUK This means everyone who uses social media - child or not - will have to provide ID to keep using their accounts

This is a massive blow to online privacy and safety

But a massive boon to Meta’s bottom line

They don’t care about us, they care about money

[Olly @olllyyyj]

@BenHarrisUK1 @DailyMail Agreed. We should ensure nobody that supports Israel is allowed to work at the NHS

[Olly @olllyyyj]

@MoanInMahMouth @MarvelRivals The post specifically mentions device and IP bans, opening a new account doesn’t work in that case

[The Palestinian @InsiderWorld_1]

it's the fact!