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A place to discuss privacy and freedom in the digital world.

Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.

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Wikipedia loses UK Safety Act challenge, worries it will have to verify user IDs (arstechnica.com)

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[–] DarkDarkHouse@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

If they don't operate in the UK, why can't they recommend a VPN?

[–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 week ago

They can outside of the UK, but for stuff accessible in the UK, they can't. To be specific, I think it's that they can't recommend one to get around this law. They can in general, but not to avoid the law.