The government’s new media consultation is a blatant attempt to seize control of social media algorithms and enforce a "state-approved" news feed.
Under the guise of promoting "trustworthy news", @DCMS is exploring legislative options to force platforms like YouTube to give priority ranking to mainstream broadcasters.
By artificially boosting approved media, the government will effectively downrank independent creators and investigators, regardless of what audiences actually want to see. YouTube itself has already warned creators that these proposals will force them to put certain channels above others, severely limiting the growth of independent voices.
The hypocrisy is staggering. Just days after @lisanandy proudly announced she was abandoning @X because it "favours abuse and misinformation", her department is now trying to artificially engineer a sanitised internet elsewhere.
We cannot afford to let the state become the sole arbiter of truth online.
Yes, we are highly critical of Big Tech's toxic algorithms that monopolise our attention and harvest our data to generate profit. But the solution to surveillance capitalism is robust regulation, algorithmic transparency, and data protection - not a state-dictated media feed.
Read more about the consultation here ⤵️
https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/watch-this-space-a-new-strategic-direction-for-uk-media-green-paper-and-public-consultation/watch-this-space-a-new-strategic-direction-for-uk-media-green-paper-and-public-consultation
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