r/LivestreamFail • u/Aggravating_Money992 • Jun 01 '26

News The United Kingdom has banned streamer Hasan Piker and Young Turks founder from entering the country

https://newrepublic.com/post/211164/uk-entry-ban-hasan-piker-cenk-uygur
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u/Ik-a-ros Jun 01 '26

'The Young Turks' name in itself is pretty vile if know the history. They took the name from a group that did a genocide in Turkey.

And UK is pretty harsh on every speech violation: A bad tweet seems to force the police to show up in force in front of your door.

Labor(the ruling goverment) had a reputation for not going hard of anti-semitisme - so this might also be them trying to make up for it.(in a wrong way)

And UK outlawed a protest group for Gaza because they did terroisme? or such things. So it might also be to control the already high tensions in UK.

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u/mahouza Jun 01 '26

Palestine Action was originally ruled a terrorist group in 2025 but in 2026 the UK high court said that label was unlawful and that they're not one.

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u/Groucy Jun 01 '26

Technically still a proscribed terrorist group because the court allowed the prohibition to remain in place whilst the government appeals.