From: fedora@fea.st   
      
   On Thu, 19 Feb 2026 13:41:47 -0800, Dude  wrote:   
      
   >On 2/19/2026 1:08 PM, Noah Sombrero wrote:   
   >> On Thu, 19 Feb 2026 12:48:59 -0800, Dude  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> On 2/19/2026 7:38 AM, Noah Sombrero wrote:   
   >>>> On Thu, 19 Feb 2026 13:10:34 +0000, Julian    
   >>>> wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>> The US government is launching a web portal allowing Europeans to bypass   
   >>>>> internet firewalls going up around the continent. The UK is leading the   
   >>>>> charge when it comes to egregious online censorship…   
   >>>>   
   >>>> That's right, if you are going to read propaganda, make sure it is   
   >>>> ours.   
   >>>>   
   >>> Key words: Free speech; Public; internet   
   >>>   
   >>> In the U.S., people have an innate and constitutional right to free   
   >>> speech on the internet against government censorship, as social media   
   >>> platforms are considered modern "public squares".   
   >>   
   >> That's right, if you are going to read propaganda, make sure it is   
   >> ours.   
   >>   
   >Apparently, in the UK and it's dominions, you post a rude comment and   
   >you could get arrested!   
      
   I'm not sure about that, but I imagine that andy was slightly more   
   than rude.   
      
   >   
   >No Kings!   
   > >   
   >   
   >>>>> “Freedom.gov” will be the web address. It may include a Virtual Private   
   >>>>> Network service. Starmer is currently trying to ban them…   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Reuters reports it was meant to go public at the Munich Security   
   >>>>> Conference but has been delayed. Internal legal disputes reportedly   
   >>>>> could further delay its launch. A State Department official insisted it   
   >>>>> would go ahead: “Digital freedom is a priority for the State Department…   
   >>>>> and that includes the proliferation of privacy and   
   >>>>> censorship-circumvention technologies like VPNs.” British citizens are   
   >>>>> once again faced with a bizarre situation in which the US government   
   >>>>> cares more for their right to free expression than their own…   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Guido   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> (Thanks, chaps)   
   --   
   Noah Sombrero mustachioed villain   
   Don't get political with me young man   
   or I'll tie you to a railroad track and   
   <<>> to <<>>   
   Who dares to talk to El Sombrero?   
   dares: Ned   
   does not dare: Julian  shrinks in horror and warns others away   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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