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The UK’s Online Safety Act is a licence for censorship – and the rest of the world is following suit (www.theguardian.com)
submitted 3 weeks ago by themachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/technology@lemmy.world
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It is time to move to darknets like: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veilid

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[–] shneancy@lemmy.world 55 points 3 weeks ago (6 children)

the brits really need to learn from the french how to protest. it's been nearly a month and i haven't heard of even a measly car being set on fire, just one petition that got a reply akin to "lol, nah". the french would've set a car on fire for less is all i'm saying

[–] then_three_more@lemmy.world 33 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

With regards to this most people are just ignoring the law. VPN use has gone through the roof.

[–] shneancy@lemmy.world 9 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

yeah and their government is planning on restricting VPN use because of that, they're not going to stop being dickheads, brits need to get their voices heard sooner rather than later

[–] then_three_more@lemmy.world 12 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

They've said nothing of the sort.

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

One backbench MP said something about it.

[–] then_three_more@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

Ah ok. That makes sense where it came from then.

[–] shneancy@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

i will admit, i do not remember where i got that info from, i thought it was part of the reply to the petition that was making rounds a week or so ago but i'm not sure now

[–] then_three_more@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

I think there was a lot of speculation and jokes about that's what would happen next from people on here and other places.

[–] themachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com 25 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)
[–] ladfrombrad@lemdro.id 5 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Southport was a tinderbox, but the current trends if you're actually from the UK shows that there's a bonfire incoming.

You only have to watch a couple of YouTube live streams.....wait. Tomorrow I wait for age gating to see if Google is that.....nefarious in stopping me watching YTP vids without a passport.

Ima gonna giggle

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 13 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

There has been a petition. And it has received the aforementioned "lol no" response. The thing is though after the French set the capital on fire the age of retirement still went up, nothing changed.

Anyway, all we have to do is use a VPN to get around it and wait for the inevitable data leak, then the whole thing will collapse under the weight of its own stupidity.

[–] muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

It’s cute you think VPNs will survive this.

[–] WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

and that this thing will collapse

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

This is all theatre. They know they have no legitimate reason to ban VPNs. Their justification for all of this is protect the children if they start banning VPNs they're going to start getting asked some incredibly awkward questions about how that's going to work.

[–] sexy_peach@feddit.org 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Yup they just want more control, they know they can't have total control. So why ban VPNs, only a fraction of people uses them.

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Most of the people who use VPNs use them for work as well. It would be an impossible task to craft a law in such a way that didn't ban VPNs for business use, but did for private use, other than to just come out and say that.

[–] SpaceCadet@sopuli.xyz 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

the brits really need to learn from the french how to protest

Where were all the protests to this: https://techinformed.com/france-enforces-age-verification-law-adult-sites/ ?

This is what you get at the moment when you access pornhub from a French IP:

[–] Pamasich@kbin.earth 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

the brits really need to learn from the french how to protest.

You mean like how the french aren't protesting their country's support of Chat Control? At least I can't find any information on them doing so.