"We did something that Operation Warp Speed which some people say was one of the greatest military feats ever. We did a great job. Use our military, used a lot of people."

Interesting.

US Sᴛᴀᴛᴇ ᴏғ Gʀᴇᴇɴʟᴀɴᴅ Tᴏᴜʀɪsᴛ Iɴғᴏʀᴍᴀᴛɪᴏɴ Kɪᴏsᴋ

When this UK ban becomes law, it will require age verification for everyone over 16 to ensure under 16s can’t access social media. That means all social media users would need to prove their age by uploading an ID (passport/drivers licence) and biometric data - all under the guise of protecting children.

Unless we stop this, we are being steered toward a forced choice: comply, or be pushed offline and silenced... again. And make no mistake, silence is the objective. If dissent cannot speak, it cannot spread. If it cannot spread, it cannot organise. That is not an accident; it is the design.

Some will say, "Just leave the system. Join a community. Become self-sustaining." That sounds comforting, but it is temporary, and it is naïve. You really think opting out makes you invisible? That power structures politely stop at the edge of a commune? History shows the opposite. Withdrawal does not equal freedom when control keeps expanding. Believing otherwise is wishful thinking, not strategy.

So ask yourselves; how do we organise, mobilise, and resist without communication at scale? Those who were active in 2020 already felt this. We’ve lived it. When accounts were suspended, pages wiped, reach throttled for weeks or months, momentum died. Networks fractured. Messages stalled...

This isn’t hypothetical. Digital gatekeeping is already normalised. Company directors. Benefits claimants. OneLogin. Centralised access. Centralised compliance by stealth, coercion and exclusion.

Now this under 16's ban means digital ID checks for anyone wanting to keep social media. The pattern is clear if you’re willing to look at it.

The fight is not about 'living online.' But it’s about losing the ability to speak to one another at scale. Social media is not freedom... but it is a tool. And tools matter in asymmetrical fights - where the two sides do not have equal 'power', resources, or tools. You don’t win by discarding these tools out of principle while your opponent controls every other channel.

In my view, the answer isn’t retreat. It’s leverage. Use social media deliberately, strategically and without worshipping it... but without surrendering it either. Because once that space is gone, getting it back won’t be an option.

This is the moment where pretending it doesn’t matter becomes the biggest risk of all.

We must resist this ban - it's the prelude to digital ID for all.

@FionaRoseDiamond