The Great Grok Bikini Scandal is just Digital ID via the Backdoor.
A painfully predictable propaganda pincer movement
Kit Knightly
Two days ago, the British government announced a U-turn on their proposed digital identity, and that the much-anticipated “BritCard” would no longer be mandatory to work in the UK.
This was welcomed as a victory by both fake anti-establishment types whose job is to Pied Piper genuine opposition, and some real resistance who should know better.
The reality is that reports of the death of digital identity have been greatly exaggerated. All they said was that it would no longer be mandatory.
Having a bank account, a cellphone, or an internet connection is not mandatory, but try functioning in this world without them.
As we said on X, anybody who understands governments or human nature knew any digital ID was likely never going to be gun-to-your-head, risking-prison-time mandatory.
All it has to be is a little bit faster and/or a little bit cheaper.
Saving you half an hour when submitting your tax return, faster progress through customs, lower “processing fees” for passport or driver’s license applications.
An hour of extra time and 50 pounds saved per year will do more coercion than barbed wire and billy clubs ever could.
Running alongside this is the manufactured drama around Grok’s generation of images of bikini-clad public figures, something which it suited the press and punditry class to work up into “sexual assault” and “pornography” whilst imploring us all to “think of the children!”
Inside a week, X has changed its policy, and Sir Keir Starmer’s government has promised a swift resolution of the issue using legislation that was (conveniently) passed last year but has yet to be enforced (more on that in the next few days).
This issue became a “problem”, had an hysterical “reaction” and was supplied a ready-made “solution” all inside two weeks. A swifter procession of the Hegelian dialectic would be hard to find.
So, we have the reported demise of mandatory digital identity occurring alongside the rise of the “threat” of AI “deepfakes”.
Nobody in the mainstream press has actually linked these stories together, but the connection is as obvious as the next step is inevitable.
This next step is the UK introducing its own version of the Australian “social media ban” for under-16s. In effect, age-gating all online interaction on major platforms and ending online anonymity.
We called this immediately the story hit the headlines, and it was already being suggested within days. The discourse was achingly predictable:
The roll-out is ongoing; just hours ago it was reported that over 100,000 (totally real) people were “urging” MPs to ban social media for children. Pudgy little PM-in-waiting Wes Streeting is “calling for action”, because his PR guys say it makes him look assertive.
Digital ID was never going to be mandatory…but it turns out you’ll definitely need one to protect the poor little kiddies.
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Coercion by Inconvenience. They say it’s voluntary, then make
the alternative unbearable…
The Myth of the UK’s Axed Mandatory Digital ID Plans…
https://reclaimthenet.org/the-myth-of-the-uks-axed-mandatory-digital-id-plans
Whether it’s ‘Take The Jab’, or ‘Get Digitalised’ it’s achieved by coercion-
by-inconvenience… Why do they even bother with the pretense ?
The so-called social media ban here in Australia is undetectable. It appears to have made zero difference. Claims regarding mandatory digital ID now proven incorrect. The nonsense about fake bikini pics has already been buried as the news cycle moves on. Doesn’t appear that Russia/Ukraine/Iran/Venezuela are merely play-acting their roles in the globalist conspiracy. No more lockdowns and no mass deaths from vaccines.
Off-Guardian batting 000.
C’mon, even without all the ID spying they know exactly who we are, what we say, and what we watch. It’s all recorded somewhere. Anonymity is a myth,
Completely off topic: The ever so kind and caring feedlot cattle barons are concerned for their profits, err I mean cattle, getting too hot.
That is, before they’re slaughtered, sliced and diced in their millions:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-16/75pc-of-feedlot-cattle-now-have-access-to-shade-industry-says/106224914
Q.. What do you think of the influence a small group of Special People have
over Australia’s politics ?
A.. I cant answer that, as i might hurt someone’s feelings, and that can get me
imprisoned for up to five years in Australia…
…….
Q.. What do you think of the genocide being carried out by The Only Democracy
In The ME ?
A.. I cant answer that, as it might hurt the feelings of one of those doing the killing,
which could get me imprisoned for up to five years in Australia…
…….
https://consortiumnews.com/2026/01/15/australias-hate-free-speech-laws
I think it is horrible how the elephants trample down everything.
Correction: ‘Bill !’
https://consortiumnews.com/2026/01/15/australias-hate-free-speech-bill
This isn’t about Grok or anything like that, its an article in Al-Jazerra about how social media accounts are being used to shape opinion, in this case about Iran. Its relevant to this article’s subject because it describes politicians responding to ‘the voice of the people’ — calls on Social Media etc. They’re likely to be synthetic!
As for “a bit faster and cheaper”, here in the US we’ve been pushing digital ID for years in the form of “Real ID”, a standardized ‘enhancement’ to driver’s licenses that turns them into a national ID. People have been slow to adopt them still — Americans have a inherent distrust of government anything — so coercion is being used to nudge us a little. The first is a threat to employ enhanced (read ‘intrusive’ or ‘slow’) security screening at airports. This obviously didn’t go down that well so now we’ve now got a $45 “security surcharge” levied against anyone turning up at an airport without a RealID or Passport.
(One the subject of ID in general at the moment we have a problem that people don’t know what ID to carry to prove they’re Americans to ICE. One article today suggested carrying a passport at all times. This probably isn’t much use — ICE uses facial recognition and they’ll bag you if the machine says ‘yes’ regardless of what documentation you carry.)(Strictly speaking they’re not legally allowed to do this but if you stuff a gun in a person’s face and demonstrate your willingness to use it — with guaranteed no consequences — then the fine print of the law is somewhat irrelevant.)
(I forgot the link…..
https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2026/1/15/network-linked-to-israel-pushes-to-shape-external-iran-protest-narrative )
Isnt “Think of The Children” (ToT C) what pedos do – all the time ?
Reforming drunkards too prefer only little Tot C ?
I live in Australia. I’m almost 81 and a paid subscriber to sub-stack. But substack thinks I’m a danger to the kids, so they won’t let me view any of the authors I like. They have stolen my subscription money and won’t let me log into their membership to cancel it (unless I give them my biometric consent.) Bastards!
I am one of many similarly affected in Australia, but they have not banned all of the Aussie subscribers – maybe just picked out the naughty ones?
Obviously, this is the start of the mandatory I.D. here in Australia just as it is in the U.K.
Our so-called government is presently trying to hurriedly push through legislation on what they call ‘hate’ speech and increase gun control – all as a result of a recent psy-op at a well known beach in Sydney.
Its me again.
“Mandate” from Latin mandare “to order. And related to “main”, French for hand.
I may be wrong, but I think that a mandate in legal terms is merely a recommendation (by some authority), which needs the consent of the “mandatee” to become obligatory.
I think you’re right, but there’s another Latin term that settles the matter:
De facto.
It will not protect Catholics or more broadly Christians (and presumably Hindus, etc.) only one group will be protected by this law if it passes.
https://old.bitchute.com/video/REi16wXlC9cN/
So you can still insult or fear monger against everyone else.
The same happened with me May. Even though I had paid subscriptions to writers on Substack, just before Christmas, they bought in age verification restrictions to access that platform. I went to look at a couple of articles and up popped the Verify Your Age screen instead. I deleted the Substack app but am still getting articles sent to me in my emails from writers I’d already subscribed to. The only problem is if those articles have a podcast or video embedded in them, I can’t even watch the video because it triggers the Verify Your Age screen. Very frustrating and I have been able to delete some writers via my email. I’m also just letting my subscriptions lapse by ensuring there’s not enough money in my account to pay the monthly subscription. Not happy Substack did that.
Use VPN and log in from the US, for example.
And clear your browser first.
I live in Australia, subscribe exclusively to alt-right/conspiracy peddling accounts on substack and haven’t noticed a thing. Nobody I know has seen any changes since the alleged social media ban was introduced
The jigsaw puzzle is coming together nicely.
The End is Nigh
Who was buying all the gold? China, they say..
So BASEL111 states real gold is now an asset to be held on equal terms with cash and A rated bonds. What? paper gold ETF’s held at a fraction of that value. So we are back on a 1to1 gold standard. Watching those Bloomberg pricks, you would think they would have known that!! Insider trading ya bass.
Then we have Tier 1 security, whereby the special ones have protected status. If we experience a crash, then all property of every kind in the world, whether paid off or not, will become the property of major banks on the special list. The laws have been passed, so it’s heads between your legs time.
The fkrs are playing for real, and they want it all.
2026 Year of the Financial Fuckers.
And slightly off topic but OffG also offered an acerbic commentary on the ludicrous allowance for the calling up of up to 65 year olds for re-conscription as detailed here:
-BBC, New rules to make it easier to call up reservists for war
OffG’s lovely take:
Conscription is the ultimate signal that we are their slaves. Think Roman times, gladiators, lions.