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Liz Truss to launch ‘uncensored’ social network to counter mainstream media (www.theguardian.com)
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Interesting.

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[–] WilhelmStroker@lemmy.world 150 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Lettuce see how long that will romaine online.

[–] Codandchips@lemmy.world 21 points 2 months ago

angry upvote

[–] CheeseToastie@lazysoci.al 5 points 2 months ago

She's taken a leaf out of Musks book.

[–] cronenthal@discuss.tchncs.de 59 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Finally a place where hard Marxists can openly call for overthrowing the government and killing the bourgeoisie without being censored. Right?

[–] baggins@beehaw.org 24 points 2 months ago

Obviously. It's uncensored after all.

[–] cyrano@lemmy.dbzer0.com 36 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

Lettuce Be Honest Social

[–] cyrano@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Lettuce Connect

[–] cyrano@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Lettuce Speak

[–] cyrano@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Lettuce Unleashed

[–] Sarahw@mastodon.green 7 points 2 months ago

@cyrano
Lettuce talk.

[–] Sarahw@mastodon.green 6 points 2 months ago

@cyrano
That's the best one.

[–] Emperor@feddit.uk 6 points 2 months ago

LettuX

[–] als@lemmy.blahaj.zone 33 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It's illegal to run an uncensored social media network in the UK so I'm intrigued what she actually means. Probably similar to Musk's idea of free speech

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Oh don't worry I'm sure it will be censored.

It will definitely be interesting to watch how this ends up because she doesn't really have the cult following that is required to pull something like this off.

[–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago (2 children)

oh she has a cult following all right.

just not one that wishes her well

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[–] Fluke@lemm.ee 23 points 2 months ago (1 children)

This woman has a humiliation fetish, doesn't she?

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 17 points 2 months ago

Truss made the revelation at a cryptocurrency conference in Bedford over the weekend.

Seems like it.

If hell is real it'll be a neverending cryptocurrency conference.

[–] plinky@hexbear.net 22 points 2 months ago (1 children)

as one 4chan closes, another one is born

[–] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 21 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Uncensored social media has always devolved into shit. Every online MMO ever has experience with it. Chat moderation is important or you end up with spam and bots, and nazis everywhere.

[–] twice_hatch@midwest.social 20 points 2 months ago

It will be a hundred percent be censored lol

[–] Lightor@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

Read uncensored as "we get to pick what we allow." And people will cheer when "libtards" are censored, like it's some victory.

They just need to admit they want a safe space and be done with it.

[–] stsquad@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 months ago

How many un-federated free speech micro-blogging sites can the market support? I'm surprised Truth Social is still going now Twitter will let anyone pay these days. Are Parler and Gab even profitable?

[–] tordenflesk@lemmy.world 21 points 2 months ago

TrussSocial

[–] fakeman_pretendname@feddit.uk 18 points 2 months ago (1 children)

"to actually talk about the issues people don’t want to talk about"

Who are you going to talk about these issues with, then? A selection of other salad ingredients?

[–] CheeseToastie@lazysoci.al 5 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Don't wanna talk about... like the horrible damage she did the country maybe?

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[–] DrSleepless@lemmy.world 18 points 2 months ago

Nazis nazis everywhere

[–] elgordino@fedia.io 18 points 2 months ago

The 4chan source code got leaked. Maybe she can use that!

[–] Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org 16 points 2 months ago (1 children)

So she's not just joining Truth Social? I'm surprised.

[–] abdominable@lemm.ee 16 points 2 months ago

Well the biggest part of Truth social was laundering money 'indirectly' by having bribes be 'investments'. She can't profit off of Truth social.

[–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 13 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Does anybody actually like her- like anybody at all?

[–] Emperor@feddit.uk 5 points 2 months ago

No

[–] atro_city@fedia.io 13 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Probably hasn't heard of the fediverse...

[–] Ram_The_Manparts@hexbear.net 7 points 2 months ago

Don't give her any ideas

[–] letsgo@lemm.ee 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I want the cute Liz Truss back, the one that announced with a slightly shy and awkward grin that she was opening new pork markets in China. I don't like Evil Truss, that started out by murdering QE2 then tried to do the same to the UK economy.

[–] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 6 points 2 months ago

Sorry, but her daddy/Master has always been conservative overlords.

[–] mysweat@ani.social 9 points 2 months ago

Lmao what an idiot.

[–] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago

Behold, the power of roubles

[–] deadcatbounce@reddthat.com 8 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

As the Friday Night Comedy podcast would have it:

I knoooooow

[–] Commiunism@beehaw.org 7 points 2 months ago

Hey, I've seen this one before

[–] Sarahw@mastodon.green 6 points 2 months ago (2 children)

@SleafordMod
Trussed out.

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[–] Sibbo@sopuli.xyz 6 points 2 months ago

So is it allowed to post boobs?

[–] Madbrad200@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

god she's a genuine ghoul and I can't wait to stop hearing about her.

[–] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 6 points 2 months ago

Following in the footsteps of former Tory MP turned right-wing grifter Louise Mensch. Her one of these, named Menshn (IIRC), lasted a year or two before it was shut down due to lack of interest.

[–] Trilobyte@feddit.uk 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

She made an absolute mess as a PM so why should we trust her with a social network?

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[–] peetabix@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Will it be made of cheese?

[–] SleafordMod@feddit.uk 5 points 2 months ago

It better not be imported cheese. That would be a disgrace.

[–] Sarahw@mastodon.green 3 points 2 months ago

@SleafordMod
Liz's bizness.

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