Steve Watson – modernity.news June 21, 2026
The UK government, under the apparently outgoing Prime Minister Keir Starmer, is advancing proposals that would require platforms like Facebook, YouTube and others to make BBC and other public service broadcaster content more prominent in users’ feeds.
Officials frame the move as essential to combat “disinformation,” citing Ofcom data that social media serves as the main news source for 51% of adults and 75% of 16- to 24-year-olds.
Yes, they want to turn social media into a literal Ministry of Truth.
Under plans to further restrict private media firms, news from public service broadcasters would be given priority to fight “disinformation”.
The proposals will set Sir Keir Starmer on a collision course with tech giants already frustrated by his under-16s social media ban ⤵️… pic.twitter.com/uOw4Tb9Ybq
— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) June 20, 2026
The plans form part of wider efforts to further restrict private media firms and follow directly on the heels of the controversial under-16s social media ban that has already strained relations with tech companies.
Public reaction has been swift and scathing. Journalist Allison Pearson did not hold back on the BBC’s own record:
During Covid, @BBCNews was the main purveyor of “misinformation”.’
Pure propaganda which led to children being denied school for months and a mass epidemic of mental health problems that has injured a generation many of whom have still not come out of their bedrooms.
So, no. https://t.co/FdWZy5nj6s— Allison Pearson (@AllisonPearson) June 21, 2026
Author and commentator Bernie drew a pointed historical parallel:
“In 1933, Goebbels argued that Germans needed protection from false information and dangerous ideas. In 2026, Starmer says that British people need protection from “disinformation” and that social media platforms should prioritise BBC and state approved broadcaster content. The comparison is NOT that Britain is Nazi Germany. That is a lazy argument. The comparison is that Starmer’s government is pushing for more control over what citizens read, watch and think and that they claim it’s for our own good. You are not free if the State decided what news you are allowed to view. This is not the work of a government supporting democracy but one that Doesn’t trust its citizens to keep them in power.”
I do not make historical comparisons lightly.
Your government, in line with UN priorities. is moving to crush all information not sanctioned by them.
In 1933, Goebbels argued that Germans needed protection from false information and dangerous ideas.
In 2026, Starmer says… pic.twitter.com/W51yStWzXM
— Bernie (@Artemisfornow) June 20, 2026
Reform UK supporter Chris Rose highlighted the core irony:
Labour plan to force social media platforms to prioritise content from the BBC in our news feeds to fight disinformation.
Ironically, social media has helped to combat a lot of disinformation from the BBC. https://t.co/tXKG70saVJ
— Chris Rose (@ArchRose90) June 20, 2026
This UK initiative does not stand alone. Similar moves are advancing in lockstep across the continent as governments seek greater leverage over information flows.
Germany has pursued measures to force social media platforms to boost state-aligned content and sideline dissenting material under the banner of “public value.”
The EU’s Democracy Shield framework has drawn sharp criticism as a vehicle for mass censorship that effectively ends open discourse under the guise of protecting democracy.
In France, President Macron has pushed aggressive censorship proposals widely described as a Ministry of Truth power grab.
The pattern is unmistakable: governments leveraging regulatory power to privilege official or state-funded sources while algorithmically demoting alternatives.
The BBC prioritization scheme fits into a rapid succession of UK measures that collectively tighten state influence over digital space and public narrative.
The under-16s social media ban has been exposed as a monumental pretext for total digital surveillance infrastructure.
Telegram founder Pavel Durov warned that the policy represents the digital iceberg that could sink the free internet.
Separate reporting revealed the UK government maintains a dedicated “thought police” unit aimed at controlling the mass migration narrative.
Further proposals would empower authorities to block “false information” during crisis events, creating an official Ministry of Truth mechanism.
MINISTRY OF TRUTH: Government To BLOCK ‘False Information’ During ‘Crisis Events’
London Mayor Sadiq Khan has separately called for a government social media disinformation unit, adding another layer of official narrative enforcement.
Advocates insist elevating BBC content will help users encounter more “reliable” information. The claim collapses under even cursory examination of the broadcaster’s recent track record.
The BBC has repeatedly been accused of sinking to new lows on accuracy and impartiality.
Its former news director stated that trans bias and progressive orthodoxy drove her departure.
Additional controversies include a high-profile fake news editing scandal that prompted a $10 billion lawsuit from President Trump.
Further examples involve portrayals of Islamic child slavery in Afghanistan as somehow necessary, biased handling of Islamist issues in Britain, and presenter conduct that drew sharp rebukes from figures like John Cleese.
BBC Report Portrays Islamic Child Slavery In Afghanistan As Necessary
John Cleese BLASTS BBC Over ‘Whiteness’ Claims; Pushes Back Against Islamist Tide in Britain
Just When You Thought The BBC Couldn’t Get Any More Repugnant…
BBC Presenter Acts SURPRISED As Ex-Cop Calls Henry Nowak Police Response “Unfathomable”
Public sentiment on X reflects deep skepticism that the state broadcaster represents a credible bulwark against disinformation.
Wanting media that can be censored by the state to be broadcast on the internet that will be ID locked by the state.
So this is how democracy dies. With a bunch of terrible parents going "it's about time". https://t.co/rvsGBa27zh
— Christina Tasty (@ChristinaTasty) June 21, 2026
I hope people can wake up and see what this is really about: controlling access to information. The internet democratized access to news and information, and people in power do not want that! https://t.co/xXTeQ96NTT
— Taylor Lorenz (@TaylorLorenz) June 19, 2026
Citizens will be told the same thing, will believe the same thing …
Starmer will demand BBC truth is given priority. So we are fed a consistent narrative.
Anything else is disinformation. Which isn’t authoritarian at all 嵐 pic.twitter.com/7P9ujzGI8w
— Bernie (@Artemisfornow) June 20, 2026
Another Starmer poisoned legacy in his censorious war with Big Tech: undermine any claims for BBC impartiality. Surely if state declares BBC & public service broadcasters are one & only truth (in face of a slew of contrary evidence), won't this undermine trust even further? https://t.co/zSKupBpgwK
— Claire Fox (@Fox_Claire) June 20, 2026
For now, there is a simple solution.
Keir Starmer’s government is preparing plans to force social media and video platforms to give preferential treatment to content from the BBC, ITV and Channel 4.
Let’s all block them.
Problem solved.
— Benjamin (@UKFREEDOMUNITE) June 21, 2026
The government wants to fill our timelines with state funded propaganda.
Block the BBC, ITV and Channel 4.
They can't fill your feed if you've blocked them.
Simple problems require simple solutions. https://t.co/na6g61rm2e pic.twitter.com/U98ACQvhtY
— Ben Graham (@BenGrahamUK) June 20, 2026
Of course, the government could, via it’s regulator Ofcom, simply mandate that these sources cannot be blocked and must be injected into people’s feeds. They could also employ a more subtle manipulation of the algorithm to ensure it happens, regardless of any blocking.
Mandating algorithmic favoritism for any single outlet, especially one with the BBC’s baggage, will not restore trust. Alternative platforms continue to grow, and Community Notes-style transparency tools already expose manipulation faster than official gatekeepers can suppress it.
Governments that distrust citizens to navigate information without state curation reveal more about their own insecurities than about any genuine disinformation crisis.
The free exchange of ideas, even uncomfortable ones, remains the only proven defense against real propaganda.
These latest European and British maneuvers represent the opposite impulse: centralized narrative control dressed up as public protection.
Citizens on both sides of the Atlantic have seen this playbook before and are increasingly unwilling to play along.
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LOL. I wonder what that could possibly mean?
The BBC: What can you say? Everyone and everything is jew and pedo. It lies about everything in the world, backs up fake jewk “events”, pushes BS’ers and silences the whites.
Here’s a nice little fact:
The bedford train “crash”:
“happened” at 17:12, which adds up to 11
first train time was 15:50, which adds up to 11
second train timewas 16:40, which adds up to 11
And three 11s add up to what? 33. What a surprise.
But it’s all a coincidence. Of course it is. Like it always is.
One of the trains was an “810 Aurora unit”. Aces and eights. Chai.
Another coincidence.
“Eleven people sustained very serious injuries”.
You don’t say?
“More than 70 firefighters and officers attended the scene”
Where there was no fire. That’s handy.
There’s another rail right next to the first. Yet they had to shut down all the trains there because… they felt like it.
You can go back to sleep now.
This is clearly a sign of the law of diminishing returns in action for the BBC. They’re losing and it’s clear to see. One thing JewTube (JT) has are two options on every video – ‘not interested’ and ‘don’t recommend this channel’ which are both self explanatory. JT is run by algorithms, so when the viewer selects what he or she wishes to watch and not watch, JT acts accordingly. It’s done by the machine, not by a moderator, so the BBC’s (Rothschild’s) desire to heavily indoctrinate the population, through forcing JT and other social media outlets to promote their content, is going to fail.
If people are not watching TV and not paying their license fees it’s not just a simply case that they don’t want to pay to watch BBC content but they don’t want ANYTHING to do with the BBC, whether it’s radio, TV, print media or Internet content. The BBC is utterly oblivious to how much they are loathed by the British public. Only the old die hard, silent and boomer generations are subscribing, still trapped in the jingoistic, war era BBC where they’d listen to kikes; Churchill and Vera Lynn indoctrinate the public to fight for Israel.
The baby, they’re trying to feed, is no longer swallowing their content, for the sake of it, but spitting it out as soon as it hits their tongue.
As I stated, it’s good news. The BBC is failing and people are clearly seeing the agenda now.
They can lead me to water but they can’t make me drink.
There is an intriguing episode of “Star Trek – The Next Generation”. The crew encounter a big black evil blob. It turns out a civilisation had distilled out all their evil into this entity and marooned it on a remote planet to purify their society…
Meanwhile on earth, Britain has distilled all evil and depravity into an entity we know as the BBC and we are yet to rid ourselves…
The BASTARD wept. What a Shit House.
Only acceptance as a minimum now… Gaol the twat at the very least.
Then go after his enablers. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.
Fork-Hall never happened to the other shyster.. he should have been hanging.
NOTHING ever changes.
Keir Starmer, a man so lacking in character that the news of his long-awaited resignation came across as boring.
but no one i know watches BBC ?
A petition of over 5 milion signatures has gone to number 10 to stop kosher killings
Adolf Hitler was an animal lover and vegetarian
who banned kosher killing where the animal has its throat cut
and dies slowly writhing in agony
Jews say this keeps the adrenochrome in the meat
both animals and children are kosher killed
Muslime do similar
we dont want this done in the UK and it must stop
Wow… the Bwitish Estabwishment’s grip on the narrative must really be slipping if it has to resort to force-feeding BBC pigswill down everyone’s throats… hmmm.. 🤔
China: Annual Dog Meat Festival Kicks off TodayP
picture thousands of dog-meat traders in the shade of rust buckets and canvas tents. Visitors of all ages spreading across the dusty marketplace. They smile and wave at the cameras before the slaughter. Their faces call to mind the 1997 degenerate film Gummo by Jew director Harmony Korine.Festival-goers beat dogs with sticks. The butchers use nail guns to crucify and skin them alive. Eyes gouged from their sockets. Tongues ripped out with red-hot tongs. The horror unfolds amid the laughter and jubilant voices of the crowd. Some are beaten to death while others are boiled alive, making sure their heads stay out of the water to prolong their suffering. Mums are kicked and given “hot showers” until they lose all their fur.The dogs weep like children. They are finished off with blowtorches or thrown onto a grill. They die slowly and painfully. They lapse in and out of consciousness, lifting the head one last time before giving up. “Torture”, the Yulin butchers explain, “makes the meat taste better”. The closest thing the poor have to adrenochrome. Apologists of the event invoke tradition, though the festival itself is barely older than TikTok. Yulin went viral in 2014, drawing millions of views and reigniting calls for a ban. What followed was a tug of war between campaigners and a country unwilling to be lectured by the West. It so happens that 2014 was the very year disgraced croc expert Adam Britton decided to give free rein to his sadistic fantasies. Britton himself admits to it. Yulin was the catalyst for the crimes he would go on to commit, culminating in 1 Bitch 9 Pups, the video that would lead to his arrest after internet sleuths spotted a free City of Darwin dog leash and tipped the police. Dog meat comes into the UK via Royal Mail for the many migrants who enjoy Much of the missing dogs and cats in the UK goes into migrant and gypsy cooking pots
Once again we see a National Socialist official, in this case Goebbels, with an opinion that is vilified…..
“In 1933, Goebbels argued that Germans needed protection from false information and dangerous ideas.”
Of course Germany had to do something, World Jewry had just declared war on Germany in early 1933.
@ fullerangus
disgusting . in south africa blacks do the
same with white babies ! I will be glad
not to see + remember this planet again !
What needed are a few good anti-social social medias.
You know, like therapy only effective, lol.
US News has much more to come out on the starmer rents case
thats why he resigned when he did
his ” wife” came back from israel to be with him BOLLOX
no woman would stand witha man who goes with rent boys
some of these lads go with 100 men a year they almost all have STDs
to think starmer would turn his back on that lovely woman
for these boys smelly backsides is sickening
remeinds me of philip schofield
Were it not for the fact that the UK TV licence is compulsory for the viewing of ANY live content the Blatant Bias Corporation would collapse financially.
The BBC is well aware that it’s credibility is shot and that it’s income is diminishing. A media industry survey showed that of licence payers, some 60% never watch BBC channels at all. TV viewing in general is also falling rapidly. That’s why there is a push to force everyone in the UK to subsidise it by some sort of universal backdoor tax.