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Starmer gives tech firms ultimatum to block explicit images on children’s phones (www.theguardian.com)

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[–] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 10 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

The UK is returning to a society pre-Ulysses where freedom of expression is heavily censored with a blunt fist of government overreach.

https://www.ulysseswhiskey.com/post/sir-archibald-bodkin-and-the-banning-of-ulysses-in-the-united-kingdom

The novel was brought to Bodkin’s attention in in 1922 by the Customs Department, which had seized copies of the book being imported from France. Bodkin reviewed the text and deemed it obscene, thus supporting the ban on its publication and distribution in the United Kingdom. The censorship actions led by Bodkin contributed to the broader international suppression of Ulysses, preventing it from being legally available to readers in many English-speaking countries. The censorship of Ulysses by authorities like Bodkin had a profound impact on the literary world, highlighting the tension between artistic freedom and societal standards of morality and decency.

This isn't anything new, it is England regressing to a reactionary violent conservatism it knows well.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obscenity_trial_of_Ulysses_in_The_Little_Review