First
they came for Press TV, and I did not speak out-
Because
I was not Iranian.
Then
they came for RichPlanet TV, and I did not speak out-
Because
I was not a Conspiracy Theorist.
Then
they came for UK
Column, and I did not speak out-
Because
I was not a Truther.
Then
they came for me- and there was no one left to speak for me.
CENSORSHIP – HERE IT IS FOLKS.
The opening
blows of the government’s fight back against the AV community has started with
the pulling of UK Column News from broadcasting live on the internet.
The AV
community was caught unawares as the regular intro of The UK Column New Live
show was rudely interrupted, as if a record had been changed, to fill the
screen with the message:
The UK Column
cannot bring you any news today.
According to ATVOD,
the “authority” for television on demand, the UK Column has been producing
“television like” programming and is therefore required to be regulated.
As a result, all video
on demand content where the UK
Column has had editorial control has been removed from the internet.
We will be back
tomorrow (Thursday 26th June), live, at 1 pm with full details.
Join us at
ukcolumn.org/live
In the meantime here
are some images of Plymouth
Hoe with some soothing music…
While Mike
Robinson neglected to turn the volume up, leaving a stunned audience watching
the Plymouth
harbour in silence; the enormity of the situation was just sinking in.
Patrick Henningsen, an expert on geo-politics and a regular
on the UK Column show was the first to respond.
UK
Column is shutting down! British Gov't has threatened UK Column with 250K in
fines to regulate their YouTube channel, govt now claiming YouTube is
"video on demand". Everyone talks about "when the shut down the
internet" - and here it is, govt regulation of YouTube content! Please get
behind them in this fight...
Michael
Doherty, showed his support soon after:
DANGER ALERT: UK Column has been 'taken down' on
the order of OFCOM for being 'too much like a TV station'.
Much of UK Column content is still up on YouTube EXCEPT FOR:
1. Guy Taylor's recent contributions and
2. My interview with UK Column where I spoke about;
LOOKS LIKE WE ARE ON THE MONEY AND THEY DON'T WANT THIS INFORMATION GOING OUT TO THE MASSES
Much of UK Column content is still up on YouTube EXCEPT FOR:
1. Guy Taylor's recent contributions and
2. My interview with UK Column where I spoke about;
LOOKS LIKE WE ARE ON THE MONEY AND THEY DON'T WANT THIS INFORMATION GOING OUT TO THE MASSES
Claiming the live show which UK Column hosts daily, is the
equivalent of some kind of television on demand, ATVOD are insisting UK Column
adhered to the same rules as terrestrial TV and pay a ridiculous amount of
money to carrying on broadcasting.
HANDING OVER TO KEV
BAKER, HOST OF THE KEV BAKER SHOW TO UNDERSTAND THE NEWS.
“UK Column is the UK version of info wars. A Truther
site. If you don’t stick up for them, who is going to speak up for you when
they’ve gone?”
They are a truth site folks, so if you are a truth out there
you really need to get behind them. Even if you have never watched them, if you
don’t get behind them then who is going to speak up for you when they come for
all of us?”
“We need to start
getting behind UK
Column.”
Like Patrick
Henningsen says, “We are always talking about when they would shut us down;
they’ve just taken a major step towards that.”
While the enormity of UK Column being taken off the air may
not at first be appreciated, the implications are very clear. Crystal Clear!
Back to Kev Baker who
sums it up perfectly:
“Folks – This is a RED ALERT because this is just a beta
test. If they manage to get away with this without enough people causing a fuss
over it, then it won’t be too long before all the videos on Youtube are just
fat kids burping and dogs doing random tricks.”
Make no mistake. This
is the opening shots by a fascist government to get rid of the likes of:
- UK Column News
- Info-Wars
- The Kev Baker Show
- Chris Spivey
- Guerrilla Democracy News
- People like you and me who do daily blogs.
We can hear Alex: G’s catchphrase in the ether, “They wouldn’t
do that; would they?”
With the AV community
mobilizing it’s troops the fight-back begins:
- Get the word out
- Get behind UK Column
- Write to ATVOD
- Write to Ofcom
- Write to Everyone
- Blitz Social Media
- Get trending on Twitter
This is a major step
in shutting down free speech for all of us.
THE KEV BAKER SHOW
“Patrick Henningsen has agree to come onto the show tomorrow
night at midnight. Patrick WOW, what a researcher.
Talking about whats happening with:
- UK Censorship by government.
- Attack on UK Column
- What’s going on in and around Ukraine
- Isis; what’s really happening
- The bigger broader geo-political picture
Something to look
forward to folks.
Further Reading:
- http://www.atvod.co.uk/uploads/files/Rules_14_FD_The_UK_Column_FOR_PUBLICATION.pdf
- http://www.atvod.co.uk/complaints/determinations/2014-determinations
Where do I stand, I record and edit my own videos for Country Sports TV, a small interest group for shooting and fishing folk. Am I going to be closed down by this same rule that closed UK Column?
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