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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: 0.001s | 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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mrbombastic ◴[25 Aug 25 02:19 UTC] No.45009599[source]▶
Is it just me or is this demonizing of NGOs a very recent phenomenon trickling into the dialogue? I find it quite alarming.
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esseph ◴[25 Aug 25 05:36 UTC] No.45010561[source]▶
It is more a long the lines that large document leaks have allowed people to see how NGOs have become vehicles for State Intelligence and corporate/political power.
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1. mrbombastic ◴[25 Aug 25 11:27 UTC] No.45012672{3}[source]▶
Can you point me to some leaks you are referring to? Honestly curious. I have no doubt that there are some bad actors in this space, but Non Governmental Organizations is such a wide category I find it strange that that acronym keeps popping up like some evil entity rather than calling out the individual orgs.
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2. tumetab1 ◴[27 Aug 25 09:48 UTC] No.45037403[source]▶
For those paying attention, NGOs supported by the EU are good example.

Here's a news link https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2025/01/23/use-of-eu-fund...

I don't have time/will to find more consolidating information but some EU-Elites regularly use NGOs to support their own policy goals, against member states governments and their populations. They always excuse themselves by saying they fund everyone... but one side of the issue usually gets more funds than the other.

If I recall correctly in one "EU wants to monitor the internet" regulations, EU directly funded targeted AD campaigns to convinced some Member state populations to support it so the government would change its intended vote. They were caught and backed off. Then they funded some NGO to do it :D