Kate Hampton

Governments actively incorporating AI into the mechanics of governance, imposing social media bans on under 16 year olds and age verification checks are building dystopia societies. They are enemies of democracy.

@leicesterliz You are not fooling anyone You can scream until you're sick, we'll still know this is about forcing digital ID on us without a mandate

Parents have been crying out for support when it comes to their children being on social media. So that’s why we’ve made this big decision – to put power back in to parents’ hands, and to give children their childhood back.

@Daniel_Grigg Those kids are going to get AI tutors to tell them what to think

Wasn't Youtube a great way for poorer children to close the gap on those whose parents paid for tutoring. Did Starmer think about any of this?

@SocialistNHS @Keir_Starmer ❌️

Dear @Keir_Starmer we don't want Digital ID We don't want to be forced to prove who we are to access everyday services If you oppose Digital ID, put a ❌ below and RT this post, let's see how many people say NO!

Ashley, we don’t believe you. Dignity in Dying has funding they absolutely didn’t just find in a pot of gold at the end a rainbow. The advertising they’ve paid for alone screams wealthy donors are involved. And it’s several Labour MPs arguing against reason and basic common sense about safeguarding to get this bill through with as few safeguards as possible. Why? Were you aware they voted down safeguards for non-terminal disabilities? What AD bill ONLY for terminally ill people needs to remove safeguards for those with autism, anorexia, Down’s syndrome or diabetes, Ashley? Because that’s the point when it became very clear this bill is sinister and it is this government’s preferred alternative to funding proper palliative care and having so many people on disability benefits. Why now? Why be so desperate to rush this through? Convenient timing with 50% benefit cuts for disabled people who are new claimants. This government is also very aware there are only around 700k jobs in this country for millions who are unemployed and looking for work. They’re also facing the consequences of letting a mass disabling virus let rip and all the newly disabled people who need support. This IS Labour’s bill. Don’t treat people like they’re stupid and can’t figure this out for themselves. Labour is very aware they’d lose even more voters if this was stated as their bill. The way to get this through was find a charity to do it to make it look like “helping terminally ill people” when it’s actually the government wanting to save money by any means.

@BBCNews State propaganda broadcaster says what? The irony!

Trust in news hits a new low, research suggests bbc.in/4uFL0Zz

@EdwardJDavey Quick, send the arms dealers some more money!! The disabled will pay!

It looks as though Vladimir Putin may have ordered an arson attack against the British Prime Minister last year. That is an incredibly serious escalation and shows why we must redouble our efforts with Ukraine and the rest of Europe to resist and deter Putin’s aggression.

@PeterStefanovi2 Enforced socia media ban + AI tutors for selected students = ? ?

On #BBCBreakfast Technology Secretary Liz Kendall was asked what advice she would have for the teenager who said she would have to 'stare at a wall' if the ban on social media in the UK for under 16s goes ahead

Starmer seems determined to have the government always interfere when you're doing perfectly fine. And then never intervene, when you're massively in need of help.

Green Party rightly say how "a blanket ban could leave some young people particularly disabled and LGBTQIA people more isolated and cut off from support." But if the Government really cared about preventing suicides they wouldn't withdraw vital healthcare from young trans people.

Ban on social media access for the under 16s + AI tutors for selected kids = ? ?

Israel executed Rayan today in Gaza with a bullet to the head. He was only 3 years old.

Just a couple of reminders of how much Starmer cares about the safety of kids.

💥scrapping jury trials 💥cutting welfare and disability benefits 💥halving foreign aid 💥restricting protests for ‘cumulative disruption’ 💥proscribing Palestine Action & arresting thousands of people for holding signs 💥AI boosterism 💥cosying up to Palantir & embedding them in the NHS 💥surveillance flights over Gaza & arms sales to Israel 💥allowing UK bases to be used for war in Iran 💥the most punitive asylum and immigration reforms in generations 💥halving the UK's contributions to the Green Climate Fund 💥banning social media for under 16s despite widespread opposition from child protection charities 💥taxing workers not wealth 💥refusing to nationalise water & energy or punish executives and companies pumping excrement into rivers 💥‘reforms’ to planning rules to remove environmental protections 💥freebies and cronyism scandals 💥a watered-down Employment Rights Bill 💥introducing policing via Live Facial Recognition using Israeli software used to “track, trace and abduct” thousands of Palestinians passing through checkpoints 💥 Peter Bloody Mandelson… All brought to you by the most disliked Prime Minister since the introduction of modern polling, delivered to power with an unlawful slush fund filled with cash from millionaire and pro-Israeli donors. Did anyone who voted Labour in 2024 expect this?

@BBCPolitics Finish the job is very unfortunate terminology but at least let's us know how they're thinking

Assisted dying returns to Parliament as MP urges peers to "finish the job" bbc.in/4eptYbS

Your reminder today, as no one will report it, that the leading children's protection charity in the UK, NSPCC, opposes a blanket ban on social media, along with many other children's safety groups. This is what they've said: "But for countless children, especially those who feel shut out or unheard offline, social media isn’t a luxury. It’s a lifeline – a source of community, identity, and vital support. “A blanket ban would take those spaces away overnight and risks driving teenagers into darker, unregulated corners of the internet. Everyone involved in this debate will have the best interests of children at heart, but children’s fundamental right to participate safely in the digital world, to access information, to connect with peers, and to have their voices heard must be protected. They should not be stripped of those rights because tech companies have repeatedly failed to build platforms that protect them."

So a deeply dangerous bill that intends to remove safeguards once it’s through the door is being forced AGAIN and refuses to ensure safeguarding. Anyone who gives a damn about people being able to make a decision on AD without coercion being a factor, will oppose this bill. Unfortunately, many will still back this bill because it’s the cheaper solution. They would rather let you, your loved ones suffer to the point of asking for AD rather than fund proper palliative care. That’s already coercion. It’s also cheaper to people being on benefits. In a country that let a mass disabling virus let rip - this is a cost saving bill. But we knew this was the agenda since the committee stage when we first heard them vote away safeguards for non terminal disabilities. No one needs AD for autism, Down’s syndrome, anorexia or diabetes. But that’s what they voted on. Any safeguards in place to get this bill through the door is smoke and mirrors to allow state sanctioned death via the back door. It must fail. This bill is completely unsafe for all. Even those they’re hiding this appalling bill behind. They’re using these terminally ill people to get this through. They do not care what happens with them at all.

@10DowningStreet They will regard you with utter contempt and get round it. But you know that.

We are giving children their childhoods back. Social media platforms will be blocked from offering services to under 16s. We’re setting a new normal for future generations and empowering parents who just want to do their best for their kids.

The reintroduction of the Assisted Dying Bill by Vichy Labour suggests they’re deadly serious about reducing the Welfare Bill so that arms manufacturers can have nice things.