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Is 4chan the perfect Pirate Bay poster child to justify wider UK site-blocking?

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361 points gloxkiqcza | 2 comments | 24 Aug 25 16:30 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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pharos92 ◴[24 Aug 25 21:19 UTC] No.45007882[source]▶
From my perspective, this is born out of NGO's and political elite. This is not an ask from or concern of the general population.
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afavour ◴[24 Aug 25 21:42 UTC] No.45008069[source]▶
> This is not an ask from or concern of the general population.

It isn’t, but when asked in a “Do you support saving children?” way a lot of people do support it. You might say that’s idiotic, and you’re right, but any campaign to reverse this stuff has to reckon with it.

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1. matheusmoreira ◴[25 Aug 25 03:29 UTC] No.45009925[source]▶
Anyone who asks that is arguing in bad faith and using children as political weapons to achieve their ends. It's gotten to the point I outright dismiss anything the politicians say the second I hear the words "children" and "terrorists".
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2. afavour ◴[25 Aug 25 07:59 UTC] No.45011405[source]▶
This is what I mean when I say it has to be reckoned with. You can outright dismiss it yourself but it doesn’t make it go away when a sizeable number of voters do not dismiss it.