The Government is pumping millions into an AI-driven censorship scheme to monitor “problematic” social media posts. DSIT has splashed £2.3 million on Faculty AI to develop the Counter Disinformation Data Platform (CDDP) – a tool designed to trawl through online speech and flag content for government scrutiny. Last week, Apple scrapped UK user data protections after Labour demanded access—yet another state assault on privacy…
Since 2021, the Government has spent more than £5.3 million on developing the CDDP and other disinformation projects. Toby Young of the Free Speech Union slammed the project:
“It’s politically unwise, to put it mildly. To the Trump-Vance administration this will look like another attempt to ‘kill Musk’s Twitter’, the self-professed agenda of a pro-censorship lobby group founded by Keir Starmer’s chief of staff.”
Meanwhile, Big Brother Watch’s Jake Hurfurt warned, “There is a risk that the Ministry of Truth lives on. With vast amounts of taxpayers’ cash on the line, it is time for the Government to be clear on how it monitors social media, and whether it is pressuring social media companies to censor the public’s lawful speech”. Starmer ramping up censorship while Trump tears it down won’t do the ‘special relationship’ any favours…
Badenoch said at her speech on Monday morning: “We are absolutely ready to fight a general election. We saw the results in Aberdeen South: 50% of the vote. Because we can unite the country… It’s about uniting the country, for God’s sake, behind a centre-right agenda.”