[Meme] UK Government Belatedly Recognises the Role Social Control Media Plays in Violent Unrest

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Aug 08, 2024

Video coming soon... ("The World Would be Better After Social Control Media Addiction and LLMs Hype")

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