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Stop children using VPNs to watch porn, ministers told (www.bbc.com)
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[–] 14 points 1 year ago (5 children)

It's the free VPNs that are the problem. They are privacy nightmares.

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  • [–] 23 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    If only there was some way the government could have predicted this would happen and maybe not rushed a poorly thought out law in the first place!

    maybe then they would not have:

    • forced big tech companies to withdraw service to the uk
    • forced uk-based small forums and message boards to close
    • given free vpn providers tons more data to sell
    • reduced the overall cyber resilience of the country by forcing people to choose between giving photos of their passports to some weird online service or signing up for a free vpn which sells their data, may inject their own unregulated adverts etc
    • reduced uk based advertising effectiveness and thus investment and marketing spend
    • pissed everyone off while doing it, scoring yet another win for the far right

    absolute roasters the lot of them

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Well, hold your beer because Brazil is just passing a similar law at this moment. Expect other countries to follow.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    It's happening due to a big child sexualization/adultization scandal that took forever to blow up^[While instagram itself has some "moderation", they'll happily turn a blind eye to anything that could hurt engagement. 10yo girls doing extremely sexual dances with pornographic music in the background? Boost that shit, look at the engagement!!! Tiktok is equally at fault for the same reason. This shit has been going for years and predates Hytalo and Felca.]. When the deputies came up with a law that was ready and just sitting in a drawer, my mind immediately went "Oh, fuck". I still gotta read it, because it was approved recently.

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