A statement issued by BitChute, addressed to its "valued users in the United Kingdom" said:
"After careful review and ongoing evaluation of the regulatory landscape in the United Kingdom, we regret to inform you that BitChute will be discontinuing its video sharing service for UK residents.The introduction of the UK Online Safety Act of 2023 has brought about significant changes in the regulatory framework governing online content and community interactions. Notably, the Act contains sweeping provisions and onerous corrective measures with respect to content moderation and enforcement. In particular, the broad enforcement powers granted to the regulator of communication services, Ofcom, have raised concerns regarding the open-ended and unpredictable nature of regulatory compliance for our platform."
In the view of Neokrat, which also has a BitChute channel, this is not really a free speech issue. It is more a low-IQ people issue.
Basically, the UK government has decided that a significant enough portion of the UK population is too dumb for untrammelled access to a "free speech" platform with a wide range of unverified and potentially malicious actors.
Events, like last year's widespread riots sparked off by social media disinfo, have only strengthened the resolve to clamp down on the misuses to which social media (in conjunction with low IQ people) can be put.
This is not to say that there isn't excellent content on BitChute, but, really, how would the low human capital that make up much if not most of the channel's audience know that or be able to determine its validity over, say, some moronic anti-vax video claiming that the world is run by lizard people?
Note, the site can still be accessed from the UK via a VPN.
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