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New plans to stop children taking, sharing or viewing nude images (www.gov.uk)
submitted 4 months ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Looks like some have to the come conclusion that the problem in "1984" was the dangerous lack of surveillance. This is a left-wing (Labour) government, btw.

Stuff like this is why I no longer want regulations to protect us from big tech. Thank you very much.

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[–] 9 points 4 months ago* (2 children)

There's really not much filtering here. A couple of torrent sites is pretty much everything. Sure, porn got stuck behind an age check but that's about it. There's no restriction on gambling, weapons etc.

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  • [–] 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 child)

    Huh. And how do these age checks work? Is that something you'd call your internet service provider to remove for you? Or is it just the average "Are you over 18? Y/N" popup?

    But doesn't sound too different from what we got. My ISP here in Germany has some secret list of forbidden piracy sites. So I switched to a different DNS server and I'm all good. Is that what they do in the UK as well? Sorry I'm lacking a bit in first hand experience. Haven't been there in a while. An when on vacation, I rarely try to watch porn or read about automatic rifles 😅

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  • [–] 3 points 4 months ago

    It wouldn't surprise me if the list was the same tbh.

    As for porn, they want you to do the age verification thing on the providers site. Probably involving some third party checking what your face looks like, or something. Most people I know just use a VPN to a more civilised nation.

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