UK Online Safety Bill

[Cymru]

You have to laugh. 
4chan?
Who worse to try and censor.

yea here's the investigation:
https://www.ofcom.org.uk/online-safety/i...al-content

4chan coming in strong:
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https://x.com/prestonjbyrne/status/1956391746029428914

[Wild Bill]

https://www.vpnreviewsbest.com/best-free...34c49adec1

just a few

[Oldcarpy2]

https://www.vpnreviewsbest.com/best-free...34c49adec1

just a few

Your attitude, has been noted, Citizen...

[Wild Bill]

Your attitude, has been noted, Citizen...

I am a rebel by nature 

[Anna]

I think the real goal is to target American companies. Alongside the UK Online Safety Bill, the EU is also making life difficult for American social media, trying to limit their accessibility for children, imposing fines, curbing their advertising business etc. My country wants to impose taxes on Facebook and Google.

Such laws target mainly big companies. Meanwhile, there are thousands of crappy small websites that children can view but which are difficult, if not impossible, to control. So it's not about children, I guess.

But it wouldn't be very diplomatic for a prime minister to say that he wants to piss off Americans or take some money from American tech companies in the form of fines. Hence all the rhetoric about protecting kids. It's speculation on my part, but I suspect some ulterior motive here.

[UltraBudgie]

I think the real goal is to target American companies. Alongside the UK Online Safety Bill, the EU is also making life difficult for American social media, trying to limit their accessibility for children, imposing fines, curbing their advertising business etc. My country wants to impose taxes on Facebook and Google.

Such laws target mainly big companies. Meanwhile, there are thousands of crappy small websites that children can view but which are difficult, if not impossible, to control. So it's not about children, I guess.

But it wouldn't be very diplomatic for a prime minister to say that he wants to piss off Americans or take some money from American tech companies in the form of fines. Hence all the rhetoric about protecting kids. It's speculation on my part, but I suspect some ulterior motive here.

If the tech companies would just step up and implement a standard for identity verification in the browser, it would prevent working around the law with these VPN hacker things people are talking about. Perhaps we'll see more of a push for this as the 'problem' becomes more apparent.

If you want to be suspicious-like, that seems to be the obvious agenda.

[sahgwa]

This is all very obvious if you really have a conspiracy mind.
It's not really about age verification nor is it about protecting the children.

Like most evil things, which pander to helping the disabled or the environment, the goal here is a requirement to identify yourself whenever you are online. 

Its just about making everyone, children or adult, trackable as to what content they are viewing ,so that 'subversive' elements can be weeded out and shunned/excluded/eradicated eventually. 

This is already vaguely doable with IP addresses and GPS but this is failsafe with even more detail.

[BeyondKnowledge]

This is all very obvious if you really have a conspiracy mind.
It's not really about age verification nor is it about protecting the children.

Like most evil things, which pander to helping the disabled or the environment, the goal here is a requirement to identify yourself whenever you are online. 

Its just about making everyone, children or adult, trackable as to what content they are viewing ,so that 'subversive' elements can be weeded out and shunned/excluded/eradicated eventually. 

This is already vaguely doable with IP addresses and GPS but this is failsafe with even more detail.

Exactly. Also with all the online verification by id, photo id, and photos, it all just makes it that much easier to steal anyone's id. 

The more sites have your information, the higher likelyhood one is going to be breached by having inadequate security.

[BeyondKnowledge]

If the tech companies would just step up and implement a standard for identity verification in the browser, it would prevent working around the law with these VPN hacker things people are talking about. Perhaps we'll see more of a push for this as the 'problem' becomes more apparent.

If you want to be suspicious-like, that seems to be the obvious agenda.

And who makes the tech companies keep your identity  data safe? No one.

[UltraBudgie]

Exactly. Also with all the online verification by id, photo id, and photos, it all just makes it that much easier to steal anyone's id. 

The more sites have your information, the higher likelyhood one is going to be breached by having inadequate security.

Apple, Microsoft, and Google already have everything they need to do this in the OS for you. They're just waiting to 'reluctantly' being made to do so.

And who makes the tech companies keep your identity  data safe? No one.

Congress to the rescue! They can fix everything with the appropriate legislation!