This is why decentralized networks like Steemit are becoming more important than ever.

Yes, the goverments are slowly losing control in some ways ex,..btc/internet. However, they are spending billions to try to gain control of the people through online surveillance, video surveillance, and media. It's the most wasteful battle that will never end :(

Don't forget collaborators with the governments: google, Facebook, yahoo, the list goes on.

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Like I said earlier in another post, the government does not understand the Internet or the technologies involved. All this will do is hurt the innocent as, like you say, if dodgy characters want to involve themselves in terrorist or other illegal activities online, they **will** find a way

Invite thousands of terrorists into your country and when they behave like terrorists... Shut down the internet! Makes perfect sense to me!!!

I whole-heartedly agree, a back-handed method for more control and surveillance - resteemed.

Theresa May has a huge history of disregarding civil liberties. As Home Sectretary she implemented the famous Snooper's Charter:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regulation_of_Investigatory_Powers_Act_2000

She uses horrendous attacks to augment her surveillance state. Every.Single.Time.

yeah, for example in Russia they close the access to linkedin, but I don't care about that, it's easy to change the ip adress and access that website, so it's funny for me because they said that linkedin is stoling information of russians, it's not so important because I don't use linkedin a lot, and I even don't know how to find there something useful, I like facebook better 

funny politics :)

They used a rental van and some knives ...

Instead of regulating the internet..the prime minnister needs to call it like it is and go after the root of the problem (ISIS) by her giving into this fear and taking such a cowardly action as a result, she is only hurting her citizens and letting terrorism breed. Great post! Resteemed!

Brits used to do this and it even worked!

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6f/Keep-calm-and-carry-on-scan.jpg

"I'm sorry you're scared and we involved in a terrorist attack, but here, let me help by taking away some more of your rights." I'm sure there will be a whole bunch of people totally fine with that if it happens -- not. Haha!

I see gun control as the same strategy. Criminals and malevolents will always have ways to get guns. The government's ideas is that there should be no way for responsible people to defend themselves. The governments are way way out of control. What we need is "government control."

Bang on mate. I've been saying since the first attack in Manchester that these tragic events will be used as an excuse to take away our freedoms.
The hidden hand behind these attacks needs to be exposed before it shapes our society into the planned Orwellian nightmare.
It's the Hegelian dialectic in action and the public will beg to be protected from the on-going pain.
It never fails to work. Problem-Reaction-Solution.
People need to wake up, quick.
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We need to allow the law abiding citizens of the UK to own and open carry guns!

"Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety." -Benjamin Franklin

Let's just deal with the truth of the matter!

Firstly, its somewhat doubtful Theresa will still be PM in about a weeks time. Even the security services/police dislike her, which is saying a lot. 

Secondly, no offence to you, but can we all stop using that "Surface/Dark/Deep Web" image that has been repeatedly proven to be complete nonsense?

This is not about trying to control the terrorist groups. They will organize however they can whether that be through the mail, newspaper classifieds, telephone or even secret hand shakes and other cryptic activities. Those have all been used over the years prior to the Internet - I don't see anyone calling to regulate any of those options. Why?

Because it is more about controlling the narrative than it is controlling the terrorists. It is, and always will be, about controlling the larger masses. 

I am in Arkansas. The middle of the United States. Thanks to the Internet, within four fours of the attack I was able to find out via social media and websites (even some articles here on Steemit) that there was a bad situation over there. I even did my best to pool together a few of the news stories into one in hopes of helping anyone that read my article to have a better understanding of the situation.

Now, if the government controlled the Internet like the British Prime Minister wants, I would have probably not heard about this sickening event for a week or two. Just like it was in the 1960's (at least how it was as I was told since I was born in 1976). Government wants control and regulation so they can tax and destroy anything they deem unworthy of existence. The Internet is nothing different to them. They want to use terrorist attacks so they can pass legislation to inhibit activities of the citizens.

Just look at 9/11 here in the United States and how quickly, the useless, TSA was implemented and people all of a sudden were fine being literally strip searched, in many cases, in exchange for the privilege of flying. I don't know of any other country that does this to their citizens prior to boarding a plane and those countries send as many, if not more, planes into the sky to land somewhere else.

Regulation is control and the ability to eventually destroy. Remember that.

How bad is this. How sad is that

Dont worry she'll be out Soon, great post though.

This globalist elitist A-hole Prime Minister (Prime anti-liberty A-Hole) might consider shutting down phones, or driver licenses, or not allowing people to walk down the street.  They already got rid of guns, even the police don't carry guns.  They use these incidents to take away a little more freedom....have you noticed or are Americans asleep.  In Texas even women strap on a six shooters and there are no terrorist mass murders there as yet.  The only serious attack was at the Army base because troops on base are not allowed to carry weapons.  Only the SP (Special Police) carry firearms.  Those troops could not defend themselves when that lunatic went on a rampage praising the Good Lord and shooting His people.  What a contradiction!  Some of these terrorists can't wait to meet those 70 some virgins.  Criminals always find a way to carry out their crime.  There is definitely two solutions to this terrorist problem: 1.  DEPORTATION (for these imported SOLDIERS WITHOUT UNIFORM).  2.  JAIL (for the homegrown terrorist idiots/losers).  When the authorities during WWII discovered that Italian or German  immigrants or home growners (to coin a word) were advocating a conspiracy they ended up in prison immediately or were deported immediately.  The trouble today is that the present day leadership doesn't have the guts to do what needs to be done and those that do are attacked to no end, e.g., the never ending attacks on President Trump using polished BS and out and out lies.  Liberal Americans don't want to be confused with the facts since they have their minds made up.  Maybe they will change their mind when a terrorist gets a hold of a back pack A-bomb and lets it loose on some large American city.  But, even then, I doubt that they will still not want them to be DEPORTED or JAILED.  This self destructive American lunacy has disquieting similarities with the end of the Roman Empire.  Maybe we are experiencing the end of the American Empire!?!

I agree

nice....your post deserve my upvote and resteem....

As long as Western countries continue occupy and  destroy the middle east, attacks will probablyly continue.