[Peace-discuss] UK government continues with a letter to TikTok

[J.B. Nicholson]

I wrote:
> Rumble.com is earning more respect today with their response to the UK Parliament in 
> https://twitter.com/chrispavlovski/status/1704593845546094683

The UK Parliament has sent what appears to be a form letter, this time to TikTok 
(attached in PDF and JPEG forms or get your own copy of the PDF from 
https://committees.parliament.uk/publications/41488/documents/204326/default/ ):

Viva Frei posted https://twitter.com/thevivafrei/status/1704572524887990521 saying:

> The British government is now asking TikTok if @rustyrockets is able to monetize
> his content on that platform.
> 
> This was never about Russell Brand.
> 
> This was a political pretext so governments across the world can coordinate with
> social media companies to acquire total control over dissenting voices on the
> Internet.
Caitlin Johnstone quoted that post in 
https://twitter.com/caitoz/status/1704623057997099470 saying:

> Silicon Valley, the mass media and the British government seem to be doing
> everything they can to delegitimize the very serious allegations against Russell
> Brand by making it abundantly clear to everyone that what they actually care about
> is his online content, not his accusers.
If you're wondering how this could possibly be relevant to a peace-discuss audience, 
I offer two explanations:

1. Russell Brand is a popular speaker on multiple issues including opposing war. He 
sees right through the establishment narrative on our wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, 
Yemen, and the proxy war in Ukraine against Russia. He might also see through the 
establishment lies in other wars as well (I don't know enough what he's said to offer 
an opinion).

2. Freedom of speech ought to concern you in general but in particular as it applies 
to speaking up against our wars.
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