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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: 0.016s | 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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1. dgs_sgd ◴[25 Aug 25 18:32 UTC] No.45017246[source]▶
Democracy seems increasingly defined by the citizens opposing some measure, and the politicians going ahead with it anyway.
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2. account42 ◴[26 Aug 25 11:05 UTC] No.45024923[source]▶
Worse, Governments seem to have gotten the idea that it's their place to tell the population what to do and want when it should be the other way around.