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UK to introduce porn age-checks in July

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Should all be using Tor/VPN anyways with the state of government surveillance and censorship in the UK.
can see the headlines, "UK Twitter account creation soars"
haha, what a joke. They've been talking about restricting porn for years now, announcing time and time again that they're gonna 'implement it in [x] month'. The most recent time was 1st April. I checked multiple porn sites just gone midnight to find nothing had changed. 'maybe it will take a few hours' I thought, so I went to bed and checked back multiple sites in the morning, just to find the exact same thing. Two weeks later and nothing has changed yet. I've come to the conclusion that it will never actually be implemented, and even if it was, they could just do something like DeviantArt's age restriction where literally anybody can say they are 50 years old and bypass the 18+ check. From what I can see that would be perfectly legal.

Like I said though, it's never going to happen for real. Even if it did, VPNs would crack it minutes after midnight. Bloody tories are getting less and less fit to run this country
Also, don't know if any of you watch Sargon but back in the end of March when he went over the new porn 'laws', they also said they would block anything that they deemed too disturbing for everyone, even with a porn pass. They could literally block anything they wanted under that law. Tories are trying to take over control of the internet but you need at least some basic knowledge on it first :h: what a joke
youtube as an alternative?
If only there was some sort of software that makes it appear as though you're using the internet from a different country and ISP, thus bypassing your country's restrictions on things like this :flute:
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It only applies to sites where more than a third of the content is porn.

So... does that mean any site could just make a separate subheading on a random page, paste a big (free) chunk of Wikipedia into it, and they'd be exempt?
This is ridiculous, you should be able to watch whatever the hell you like on the internet no matter what it is. You are only watching it yourself and entertaining yourself what harm is it actually doing? They claim it is to "keep children safe", no no let me translate that "It's our first step to dictatorship" because not so long ago they banned energy drink for under 16 I believe and now this? The government are not parents, they should keep their noses out where it does not belong.

Also sponsored by VPN:smile:
It all reeks of incompetence. They want to control something they know nothing about.
This.
Original post by The RAR
This is ridiculous, you should be able to watch whatever the hell you like on the internet no matter what it is. You are only watching it yourself and entertaining yourself what harm is it actually doing? They claim it is to "keep children safe", no no let me translate that "It's our first step to dictatorship" because not so long ago they banned energy drink for under 16 I believe and now this? The government are not parents, they should keep their noses out where it does not belong.

Also sponsored by VPN:smile:
Here’s an idea stop watching porn and get a life
Original post by Amari_113
Here’s an idea stop watching porn and get a life


Good idea, I shall do that thank you! :u::h:
This is what happens when 60yo blokes in an office somewhere make decisions relating to the Internet.
Well somebody's not getting elected back into power.Its like they are deliberately trying to make themselves unpopular.I know let's stop those people who really like porn from seeing porn even though they'll turn 18 in a few years and not vote for us.Morons.
Original post by 015892432
It won't work, like Article 13 won't. VPNs will be getting a lot of business in the future.

Agreed much like Article 13 they didn't really think about the feasibility of implementation , and yes demand for VPN will rise.
Original post by miniminx3310
what a stupid scheme xD
honestly more horny teens, oh lord !!

u18s will just find it easy to bypass it via proxy webs/ use twitter etcc
further, how are they meant to honestly verify it... *face palm*

I dont get how u cant watch porn until ur 18, but can be doing it at 16 as well....

I think they need to be concentrating on filtering out the weird stuff on the web rather than restricting all of it- thats if the gov really wants to make an impact anyhow

I just thought about how nasty those kids who throw bricks and set fire to stuff in my area will be if they can't even get their frustration out to porn. :colonhash:


Original post by Andrew97
Most teens are rather tech savvy, so can get around this. (I’m about as tech savvy as hamster)

I'm not great either and I'm 22.
Original post by BlueIndigoViolet
can see the headlines, "UK Twitter account creation soars"

I got rid of Twitter but now it suddenly sounds appealing again. :biggrin:
So.....

The only thing government has accomplished in three years, is not achieving brexit and looking into porn blocking.

Smooth move Westminster really impressive lot lol.
Original post by 015892432
It won't work, like Article 13 won't. VPNs will be getting a lot of business in the future.


By stealing and selling your secret information.

Student should be out on the streets protesting this attack on their rights.
When I was saying 'incompetence', the technical side of things is what I was alluding to. But considering the recent steps the government has taken in relation to the internet, it's not unfounded to say that it's trying to bring the internet under it's control.

Of course, wanting to protect young children from sexually explicit material is a good idea. But it's not the government's responsibility. It's up to parents to limit access to certain websites and install an adblocker to stop explicit ads from appearing. I don't need the government to raise my children for me.
The government have heard of VPNs, right? Because tbh, not everyone who is over 18 will use the authentication software anyway. It's weird giving a porn site/the government that kind of info
Something which most reputable VPNs aren't doing.

Although it doesn't really matter that much; as soon as the government catches wind of the VPN market skyrocketing, they will quickly make laws either making it a crime and forcing VPNs to forward data onto it, or just banning them entirely. If this porn pass rubbish actually gets implemented, VPNs will work for a few months. After that you'll have police at your door and the government will make VPNs out as some evil piracy/hacking tool that must be banned, and anyone caught using them will have insane accusations like DDoSing, pirating or some other *******s thrown at them. China who are known controllers of Chinese internet banned VPNs about a year ago; they will be the next step. The UK is the next China.

Also, although it should be happening, nobody is going to seriously go out and say they are in favour of porn. It's the perfect thing to target because nobody will publicly declare that they watch it and so there won't be any real vocal opposition. Hopefully democratic elections survive long enough for us to vote the ********s out. I always used to 'support' the tories (shiniest of turds) but now, if the labour, lib dems etc. are turds, the tories are a decomposing body
Original post by TheStupidMoon
By stealing and selling your secret information.

Student should be out on the streets protesting this attack on their rights.

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