Violent anti-immigration riots have cropped-up across the United Kingdom, leading to multiple showdowns with the police and mass-arrests. The U.K. government, in an attempt to quash the demonstrations and dissenting opinions, is now arresting residents for social media posts that defended the riots or anything related to them.
The riots began in the final days of July and have persisted since then.
The Guardian on August 6th summed up the cause of the riots:
Bebe King, six, Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, and Alice Dasilva Aguiar, nine, were killed in a multiple stabbing at a Taylor Swift-inspired dance class in Southport on 29 July. Eight other children sustained knife wounds with five left in a critical condition. Two adults were also critically hurt.
Axel Rudakubana, 17, who was born in Cardiff and had been living in Banks, a village in Lancashire a few miles north of Southport, has been charged with three counts of murder and 10 counts of attempted murder.
Before the suspect’s identity was confirmed, false claims proliferated online that he was a Muslim asylum seeker who had arrived in the UK by boat. In the wake of these messages, members of the far right – guided by social media – have gathered in towns and cities across the country with some shouting anti-immigration and Islamophobic slogans. Counter-protests have also built up with clashes between opposing groups.
The Independent has attributed so-called anti-Islamist activist Tommy Robinson as one of the initial sparks that lit the flames.
Over 600 individuals associated with the demonstrations have been arrested.
The newly appointed Prime Minister Keir Starmer has condemned the protests as “right-wing thuggery.”
On August 5th, Starmer warned that a “standing army” of specially trained police officers would be deployed to repel these protests. “Whatever the apparent motivation, this is not protest. It is pure violence, and we will not tolerate attacks on mosques or our Muslim communities,” Starmer said. “The full force of the law will be visited on all those who are identified as having taken part in these activities.”
Biometric Update reported that Metropolitan police have upped its use of facial recognition technology in London.
Met police deputy assistant commissioner Andy Valentine, commented: “We have more than 1,300 public order officers ready to deploy across London today in addition to thousands already working in our communities.
“We will be using retrospective facial recognition to help officers identify those behind criminal disorder. This technology can be used even when offenders are wearing masks.”
‘On the Metropolitan Police website it states that the Met can utilize facial recognition in various ways, including preventing and detecting crime, locating wanted criminals, safeguarding vulnerable individuals, and protecting the public from harm — all with the goal of ensuring the safety of the communities they serve,’ the tech outlet added.
The U.K. has moved swiftly to severely crack down on social media and what people can post, and remove privacy and anonymity online.
Off-Guardian highlighted the narrative that social media and freedom of expression was to blame and therefore needs to be quashed. Kit Knightly for the outlet wrote (emphasis hers):
Whatever the truth of this latest incident, and whatever long term aims it might be used to further, this “strategy of tension” has an immediate political agenda already becoming clear – and it’s as predictable as ever.
- Further limit social media/free speech
- Normalise constant surveillance
Attacking free speech is the ever-present, eternal agenda that comes before everything else and it’s been a real pile-on the last few days.
The Hill headlines “Misinformation floods social media in wake of breakneck news cycle”, Sky News went with “Southport attack misinformation fuels far-right discourse on social media”
ABC News reports: “Online misinformation fueled tensions over the stabbing attack in Britain that killed 3 children”
The Byline Times collectively scolds society’s negligence: “‘We All Need To Consider Our Role in the Wild West of Social Media Hypercriminality’”
The Institute for Strategic Dialogue (an NGO funded by the usual suspects) has timelined it all for our convenience: From rumours to riots: How online misinformation fuelled violence in the aftermath of the Southport attack
The BBC asks “Did social media fan the flames of riot in Southport?” and Telegraph answers very much in the affirmative, cutting right to the heart of the matter [emphasis added]:
Unregulated social media disinformation is wrecking Britain – Free speech must come with accountability
The Times skips past establishing the problem right to apportioning blame: “Who is behind Southport social media storm — and can they be stopped?”
The Guardian has decided the answer is TikTok (and AI): “How TikTok bots and AI have powered a resurgence in UK far-right violence”
The New York Times demands to know what social media companies are going to do about it:
The U.K. Riots Were Fomented Online. Will Social Media Companies Act?
One particularly drunk uncle decided the whole thing is Putin’s fault, for some reason, but most of the fire is directed at Twitter/X.
Writing in Prospect, former-Guardian editor Alan Rusbridger claims “Elon Musk’s misinformation machine made the horrors of Southport much worse”, while Forbes wails “Elon Musk Isn’t Stopping Misinformation, He’s Helped Spread It”.
This is dual-purpose propaganda, it attacks the idea of free speech but also reinforces Musk/X’s totally false reputation as the savior of free expression.
You cannot begin to fathom how irritating it is to the ruling class that ordinary people are allowed to just say whatever they want whenever they want – including having the audacity to fact check the media in real time, with no repercussions at all.
That, more than anything else, has stalled the Great Reset in its tracks. So it has to go. Finally and forever.
Britain has moved very swiftly and aggressively to censor what residents can say online, to the point where police have been making home arrests over what a person said or reposted.
Director of Public Prosecutions Stephen Parkinson detailed how and why one might get arrested for what they post online, and even mentioned trying to go after those who don’t even live in the U.K.
He said during a press conference:
Anyone stirring up hateful or threatening activity on social media is potentially contributing to the violent disorder on our streets.
“You may be committing a crime if you repost, repeat or amplify a message which is false, threatening, or stirs up racial/religious hatred.
“Be mindful of what you are saying and sharing online, as you could face prosecution.
“We’ve now charged two offences of inciting racial hatred based on online communications.
“I think people need to be really aware that if they retweet or share those communications, they are potentially committing criminal offences themselves, the offences are around publication of material.
“If you retweet something, you are republishing it. We have dedicated police officers whose sole task is to scour the internet, scour social media. This is what they’re focusing on.
“So, if you retweet or you reshare those communications, you will be picked up and you may expect a visit from the police, so please don’t do it.
Asked if there was any complication with charging people posting about inciting UK riots without being in the country, Mr. Parkinson said: “There may be a practical issue in terms of getting hold of them, but I think what people need to understand is that we work very closely with other countries.
“We have around 30 liaison prosecutors based around the globe, the majority of whom are actually based in Europe.
“The police also have officers stationed around the globe, including in Europe.
“We work very closely with governments and criminal justice agencies, I’m part of a network of European prosecutors, so there’s lots of links with criminal justice agencies in other countries, which means that we can make mutual legal assistance requests to gather evidence.
“Obviously, we can extradite people. It may take longer to get them back, but there’s no issue around if we can get them back, then prosecuting them.”
X owner Elon Musk has been blamed for potentially further insighting these riots based on some of the tweets he made.
Sadiq Khan, London Mayor and Muslim, has said that the Online Safety Act needs to be updated as its bylaws are not tough enough in the wake of these riots. “I think what the government should do very quickly is check if it is fit for purpose. I think it’s not fit for purpose,” Khan said.
The Guardian explained that Khan’s comments ‘came after the owner of X, Elon Musk, escalated his attacks on the Labour government, sharing a fake Telegraph article on his social media platform claiming Keir Starmer was considering sending far-right rioters to “emergency detainment camps” in the Falklands. The article was first posted by Ashlea Simon, a co-leader of the far-right group Britain First.’
‘The post, which Musk deleted after 30 minutes, prompted a spokesperson for the European Commission to say its investigation into X could take its handling of harmful content related to the recent England riots into account,’ The Guardian added.
Moreover, the U.K. has reintroduced The Counter Disinformation Unit (CDU), now rebranded as the National Security Online Information Team (NSOIT) to monitor social media posts. According to The Telegraph, this “secretive government agency used to “spy on” anti-lockdown campaigners during the Covid pandemic.”
‘The unit has “trusted flagger status”, which effectively gives it privileged access to social media moderators who make decisions on whether posts should be taken down, it is understood,’ The Telegraph noted.
On top of this, U.K. schools are now being directed to teach courses on how to spot so-called extremist content and fake news online. The Guardian reported:
Children in England will be taught how to spot extremist content and misinformation online under planned changes to the school curriculum, the education secretary has said.
Bridget Phillipson said she was launching a review of the curriculum in primary and secondary schools to embed critical thinking across multiple subjects and arm children against “putrid conspiracy theories”.
One example may include pupils analysing newspaper articles in English lessons in a way that would help differentiate fabricated stories from true reporting.
In computer lessons, they could be taught how to spot fake news websites by their design, and maths lessons may include analysing statistics in context.
Phillipson, the Labour MP for Houghton and Sunderland South, told the Sunday Telegraph: “It’s more important than ever that we give young people the knowledge and skills to be able to challenge what they see online.
“That’s why our curriculum review will develop plans to embed critical skills in lessons to arm our children against the disinformation, fake news and putrid conspiracy theories awash on social media. Our renewed curriculum will always put high and rising standards in core subjects – that’s non-negotiable.
“But alongside this we will create a broad, knowledge-rich curriculum that widens access to cultural subjects and gives pupils the knowledge and skills they need to thrive at work and throughout life.”
AUTHOR COMMENTARY
Proverbs 28:15 As a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; so is a wicked ruler over the poor people. [16] The prince that wanteth understanding is also a great oppressor: but he that hateth covetousness shall prolong his days.
All of these things that we saw rear its ugly head these last few years starting in 2020 are now returning – police on the streets and people being jailed for critiquing the government and disobeying the narrative, something countries such as Australia and New Zealand became very infamous for in 2020, among others. Give it a little more time and the U.K. will do what Canada did to the truckers and their support base, and declare martial law and go after them and freeze their bank accounts; or do what they did parts of the U.S. by threatening to turn off the water to certain households, or setup entry/exit points where people had to show their papers.
What is happening in the U.K. is why I have been constantly and consistently reporting on the rapidly growing laws around the world to censor speech. Now it’s all coming to a head. The only reason why it has not been as overtly egregious in the U.S. has been because of gun laws – the one last thing Americans have in terms of secular freedom.
This is evidence of a brewing right-wing backlash, this igniting of the right I have discussed many of times before. It’s starting to boil over, as we have seen happen all throughout Westernized countries. But this is just the start and is still in its infancy. Not enough people are deeply enraged enough, not yet, but it will get there; and it’ll get there when food and basic necessities become absolutely unattainable.
Also, as I have said, we will need to make preparations by going underground and offline at some point. This luxury, this blessing, will eventually be taken away in the not too distant future, so we all need to be prepared spiritually, mentally, emotionally, and physically for that.
The struggle is just getting started: Covid was just the warm-up…
Hebrews 13:5 Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. [6] So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me.
[7] Who goeth a warfare any time at his own charges? who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock? [8] Say I these things as a man? or saith not the law the same also? [9] For it is written in the law of Moses, Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn. Doth God take care for oxen? [10] Or saith he it altogether for our sakes? For our sakes, no doubt, this is written: that he that ploweth should plow in hope; and that he that thresheth in hope should be partaker of his hope. (1 Corinthians 9:7-10).
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All of this being done by design to enslave the population in a pure HELL on earth.
“Also, as I have said, we will need to make preparations by going underground and offline at some point. This luxury, this blessing, will eventually be taken away in the not too distant future…”
No, “this blessing, will eventually be taken away…” is not quite accurate. WE, the alleged offenders, will be taken away. Material on our computers, smart phones for dummies, etc. will remain.
I envy those who are dying from illnesses…who KNOW JESUS as their personal Savior! They’re in a much better place, and surrounded by much better company. SOON? I so hope so!
I just had another thought; I’ll soon be using up my quota for the day! This arresting people is a “slow burn”. They can methodically arrest and exterminate a few people at a time, without any serious opposition from a great many people. They will eventually meet their target number of 500,000,000. ANYONE who has EVER been online is a potential target for arrest. Time will prove this to be true, when they announce the next global lockdown in a few weeks.
It appears that I had best not ever visit the UK again if they know what I have been saying. The last time there I had a screwdriver confiscated from my luggage. The so called citizens of the UK need to take their country back or learn to live on their knees.