Twitter parody accounts critical of government closed down on same day gagging law passes
(not satire – it’s the UK today!)
Yesterday the government’s gagging law was passed by the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats – marking yet another nail in the coffin for freedom of speech in Britain.
And as if to celebrate the occasion, three parody accounts that were critical of coalition policies were closed down on Twitter after complaints from government officials.
@UKJCP – a satirical account parodying the DWP, @IDS_MP – a parody account of Iain Duncan Smith and @Skip_Licker – another satirical account were all suspended by Twitter.
Here’s a direct warning from the Department for Work and Pensions to @UKJCP just a week before it was shut down:
“it is not satire”. So now we’ve not just got government departments deciding what forms of public criticism are acceptable, but also deciding for us what exactly is humorous and what isn’t.
This country’s getting more and more like China every day.
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You can follow the new incarnations of @UKJCP on Twitter at @DeadParrotJCP and @Director_UKJCP.
Please feel free to comment.
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Source: http://tompride.wordpress.com/2014/01/29/twitter-parody-accounts-critical-of-government-closed-down-on-same-day-gagging-law-passes/
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