Let’s sum things up recently with PlayStation
- Increased PS5 Prices
- Removed over 500 movies/TV shows from PS Store
- Still wants to Focus on live service games after a whole generation of failure with them
- Closed Bluepoint
- Stop Disc Production in Jan 2028
What a joke…
Please, as someone who is disabled, don’t sit in my replies telling me Keir Starmer wasn’t all that bad when one of the first things he actioned as PM was an attack on disabled people and our benefits. He also perpetuated a campaign of hatred towards the disabled.
Failing to speak up about Palestine, banning protests, demonising trans people, failing to support LGBTQ+ people, forcing everyone to use their ID to access social media, those ID checks being breached giving away everyone PII... We can keep going
Elon Musk can say what he likes about me but I won't stay silent whilst foreign tech billionaires, money earned off the backs of real workers, try to interfere in our democracy, incite violence in our communities and tear apart our country.
Time for him to pipe down.
While protecting young people from exploitation is a noble and vital goal, the PM is deliberately ignoring the terrifying reality of how his proposed policy would actually be enforced.
Companies like Apple and Google will effectively be forced to introduce state-mandated surveillance software (spyware) on every single phone, tablet and laptop in the UK.
Furthermore, because each device must know if the user is a child to block the content, this policy guarantees the roll-out of mandatory digital ID checks for the entire population, effectively killing internet privacy and online anonymity for us all.
We also must question the sudden sense of urgency and tough talk today.
Just last month, Jess Phillips resigned from the government over this exact issue, calling out Starmer for pursuing only "incremental change," and worrying more about upsetting tech bosses than protecting children.
Why the sudden pivot? It is hard to see this ultimatum as an act of genuine conviction. Instead, much like his rushed, unworkable social media ban, it looks like another desperate cynical attempt to shore up Starmer's political legacy before the looming by-election and leadership contest.
Wes Streeting has spent his entire political career trying to roll back LGBTQ rights, defending abusers, and supporting the abuse of queer children.
Just for context.
Russell T Davies wants to make shows about how bad things are for queer people in the UK but he also proudly talks about having 'gender critical' friends lol