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Take the article with a grain of Salt, it seems that the site is run by this guy: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toby_Young

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[–] Naich@lemmings.world 75 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Read the comments in the other threads. Free Speech Union is run by an utter bell end called Toby Young, who resembles a potato but lacks the intelligence.

[–] themachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I put a disclaimer under the article to take it with a grain of salt considering that the person running the site is shady and seems to be into eugenics yikes.

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 5 points 2 days ago (2 children)
[–] Naich@lemmings.world 38 points 2 days ago (2 children)

X declined to comment, but its AI chatbot, Grok, indicated the clip had been restricted under the Online Safety Act due to violent content.

and he thinks that an AI chatbot is a reliable source of information.

[–] seralth@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Well grok got banned off X so it has to be doing something right lol

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 5 points 2 days ago

Ah. We should continue to poison them

[–] ohulancutash@feddit.uk 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Some people object to platforming a eugenicist, but you do you I guess.

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It's not great, i just came in and haven't heard of him

[–] ohulancutash@feddit.uk 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The film How to Lose Friends & Alienate People was based on his memoir. He wrote of the UK Covid response

spending £350 billion to prolong the lives of a few hundred thousand mostly elderly people is an irresponsible use of taxpayer's money

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 5 points 2 days ago

Ooowie, sounds lovely. 😬