UK Online Safety Bill

[quintessentone]

How do you stop them from using a VPN?

You can't. 

All it will accomplish is to create a constant cat-and-mouse game between users trying to bypass restrictions and platforms trying to enforce them.

People will find a way or a means.

So this is just a waste of time and resources if you think about it.

It appears whether you have a VPN or not you will still have to provide government required age verification.

"In the UK, residents who want to access sites like Pornhub, OnlyFans, and NSFW communities on Reddit will now need to provide facial-recognition data and/or an official government-issued ID or banking provider-based age confirmation, using government-approved third-party verification services like Yoti or Persona. The new rules also apply to online dating services like Hinge, Bumble, Grindr, and Tinder."

New UK Age Restrictions Have People Running to VPNs. What's It All About? | PCMag

[SomeStupidName]

If any country has an issue with a website they can simply block it at their firewalls. People with VPN will be able to bypass but I would think the traffic could be inspected and filtered out and actual locations worked out.

[andy06shake]

It appears whether you have a VPN or not you will still have to provide government required age verification.

"In the UK, residents who want to access sites like Pornhub, OnlyFans, and NSFW communities on Reddit will now need to provide facial-recognition data and/or an official government-issued ID or banking provider-based age confirmation, using government-approved third-party verification services like Yoti or Persona. The new rules also apply to online dating services like Hinge, Bumble, Grindr, and Tinder."

New UK Age Restrictions Have People Running to VPNs. What's It All About? | PCMag

Apparently, the facial recognition can be circumvented using "Death Stranding" photo mode, so..................

https://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/brits-c...ks-kojima/

Again, it will simply create a constant cat-and-mouse.

[DontTreadOnMe]

We are allowing this?
Online censorship and control by another name.
https://youtube.com/shorts/Tt9mWa-r6Bw?s...Bk3h5UZaMF

Not sure what this thread is  about.  It would be most helpful to provide a bit more info to get better replies.

[quintessentone]

Apparently, the facial recognition can be circumvented using "Death Stranding" photo mode, so..................

https://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/brits-c...ks-kojima/

Again, it will simply create a constant cat-and-mouse.

With a fine of 18 million pounds or 10% of their yearly revenue (? from memory), I would think the platforms would put out a lot of mouse traps.

[SomeStupidName]

I think it's up to the country or nation to secure their own networks, why should the platform be required to cow tip to a Karen?

[andy06shake]

With a fine of 18 million pounds or 10% of their yearly revenue (? from memory), I would think the platforms would put out a lot of mouse traps.

Point being it was circumvented on day one.

I suggest they build a better mousetrap. 

[quintessentone]

Point being it was circumvented on day one.

I suggest they build a better mousetrap. 

They have to as the responsibility has fallen on them to be the online police.

[andy06shake]

They have to as the responsibility has fallen on them to be the online police.

Even if it's our own government doing the online policing, it's still a bad idea.

It opens the door to censorship, where the line between stopping harm and silencing opinions gets blurry really fast.

Governments don't always get it right, especially so where ours is concerned, and they've got political interests too.

What counts as "harmful" today could just be disagreement tomorrow.

And once they have the tools to control speech online, it's hard to roll that back.

All this will serve to achieve is turning the internet into a space where people are scared to speak freely.

[quintessentone]

Even if it's our own government doing the online policing, it's still a bad idea.

It opens the door to censorship, where the line between stopping harm and silencing opinions gets blurry really fast.

Governments don't always get it right, especially so where ours is concerned, and they've got political interests too.

What counts as "harmful" today could just be disagreement tomorrow.

And once they have the tools to control speech online, it's hard to roll that back.

All this will serve to achieve is turning the internet into a space where people are scared to speak freely.

Yeah, someone else said that to a government official (on the news I watched today) and the government official said, something to the effect that if it means protecting children online then so be it.