Couldn’t we just then go to Wikipedia via VPN if this actually happened? Even “age-gated” websites would be able to be accessed via a VPN.
You could just search “how to access uk age-gated websites” and there’ll likely be a guide.
Whoever came up with this idea is a moron
Whoever came up with this idea is a moron
I’m actually glad that they’re a moron. They’d be terrifying if they were even slightly compotent.
The UK government and technically inept internet legislation, name a more iconic combo.
Uk goverment and laptops with state secrets
Ridiculous, the UK government doesn’t have any laptops filled with state secrets… they’ve all been left on trains by now.
They’ll be going after VPN’s next. “Online safety” is just a political football to be kicked around.
The idea is moronic, but the blame lies at the feet of Christian conservatives who vote with their feelings. All of the moral panics of the past several decades have emotive and religious roots.
Another thing to point out, Sunak had one foot out of this country before he became PM, he wouldn’t have to know the deleterious effects of any of his or his predecessors actions.
I don’t know why parental responsibility to supervise children online needs to be shifted over to websites.
You’d think it would be simple. If you asked most parents if they’d let their kids run around a mall or supermarket unsupervised, most would say no. So why are they fine with doing just that on the internet?
Will you see computers are new (been around for over 30 hears) and confusing and require too much effort to understand, so I won’t bother.
This bill needs to be killed. It’s just more surveillance wrapped in saving the kids.
I’ve had people say to me “But what if you’re partner was attacked, you would be glad that CCTV/message snooping was there” when debating these topics.
I’m not going to lie, that’s hard to argue against, I would if it helped catch them, but I’d rather it didn’t happen in the first place. I don’t know where I’m going with this…
It’s another piece of unworkable legislation that tries to use fear to give a government a rather nebulous open-ended tool for online censorship. They’ve been trying to make age verification for porn sites a thing for decades and that hasn’t happened yet.
Yes. And there’s literally nobody calling for it other than a tiny number of Parenting and Religious pressure groups. Massive waste of government time and our money.
