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UK government targets VPNs in online safety consultation as Lords vote for ban

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  • tiddy rooseveltB This user is from outside of this forum
    tiddy rooseveltB This user is from outside of this forum
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    UK government targets VPNs in online safety consultation as Lords vote for ban

    And here I thought the point of the Online Safety Act was to prevent children from stumbling across adult or harmful material. Not to stop people actively making a point of trying to access it with further measures.

    https://www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-privacy-security/uk-government-targets-vpns-in-new-online-safety-consultation-as-lords-vote-for-ban

    Mark :meow_pan:N Keith JudgeK Airikr :sweden: :endeavour: :xmpp:A Andy Carolan :prami:A Fluffgar 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿F 7 Replies Last reply
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    • tiddy rooseveltB tiddy roosevelt

      UK government targets VPNs in online safety consultation as Lords vote for ban

      And here I thought the point of the Online Safety Act was to prevent children from stumbling across adult or harmful material. Not to stop people actively making a point of trying to access it with further measures.

      https://www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-privacy-security/uk-government-targets-vpns-in-new-online-safety-consultation-as-lords-vote-for-ban

      Mark :meow_pan:N This user is from outside of this forum
      Mark :meow_pan:N This user is from outside of this forum
      Mark :meow_pan:
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      @babe I am so over this fucking timeline... 😞

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      • tiddy rooseveltB tiddy roosevelt

        UK government targets VPNs in online safety consultation as Lords vote for ban

        And here I thought the point of the Online Safety Act was to prevent children from stumbling across adult or harmful material. Not to stop people actively making a point of trying to access it with further measures.

        https://www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-privacy-security/uk-government-targets-vpns-in-new-online-safety-consultation-as-lords-vote-for-ban

        Keith JudgeK This user is from outside of this forum
        Keith JudgeK This user is from outside of this forum
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        @babe Oh FFS!

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        • tiddy rooseveltB tiddy roosevelt

          UK government targets VPNs in online safety consultation as Lords vote for ban

          And here I thought the point of the Online Safety Act was to prevent children from stumbling across adult or harmful material. Not to stop people actively making a point of trying to access it with further measures.

          https://www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-privacy-security/uk-government-targets-vpns-in-new-online-safety-consultation-as-lords-vote-for-ban

          Airikr :sweden: :endeavour: :xmpp:A This user is from outside of this forum
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          Airikr :sweden: :endeavour: :xmpp:
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          @babe UK is going downhill in the cyber world.

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          • tiddy rooseveltB tiddy roosevelt

            UK government targets VPNs in online safety consultation as Lords vote for ban

            And here I thought the point of the Online Safety Act was to prevent children from stumbling across adult or harmful material. Not to stop people actively making a point of trying to access it with further measures.

            https://www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-privacy-security/uk-government-targets-vpns-in-new-online-safety-consultation-as-lords-vote-for-ban

            Andy Carolan :prami:A This user is from outside of this forum
            Andy Carolan :prami:A This user is from outside of this forum
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            @babe Honestly, I’m not even slightly surprised at this.

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            • Andy Carolan :prami:A Andy Carolan :prami:

              @babe Honestly, I’m not even slightly surprised at this.

              Keith JudgeK This user is from outside of this forum
              Keith JudgeK This user is from outside of this forum
              Keith Judge
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              @andycarolan @babe At least we have the hilarity of Ofcom trying to fine websites hosted across the world and them going "Nah"

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              • Keith JudgeK Keith Judge

                @andycarolan @babe At least we have the hilarity of Ofcom trying to fine websites hosted across the world and them going "Nah"

                Andy Carolan :prami:A This user is from outside of this forum
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                @KeefJudge lol, always a treat isn’t it. Such an out of touch gov. I mean, are they new to this century or something? @babe

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                • Andy Carolan :prami:A Andy Carolan :prami:

                  @KeefJudge lol, always a treat isn’t it. Such an out of touch gov. I mean, are they new to this century or something? @babe

                  RetR This user is from outside of this forum
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                  @andycarolan @KeefJudge @babe I mean, the median age of the house of lords is something like 71? So... yeah... kinda?

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                    @andycarolan @KeefJudge @babe I mean, the median age of the house of lords is something like 71? So... yeah... kinda?

                    Andy Carolan :prami:A This user is from outside of this forum
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                    Andy Carolan :prami:
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                    @ret Yeah, true lol @KeefJudge @babe

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                    • tiddy rooseveltB tiddy roosevelt

                      UK government targets VPNs in online safety consultation as Lords vote for ban

                      And here I thought the point of the Online Safety Act was to prevent children from stumbling across adult or harmful material. Not to stop people actively making a point of trying to access it with further measures.

                      https://www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-privacy-security/uk-government-targets-vpns-in-new-online-safety-consultation-as-lords-vote-for-ban

                      Fluffgar 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿F This user is from outside of this forum
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                      Fluffgar 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
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                      @babe So it wasn't really about children's safety at all. Colour me shocked.

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                      • tiddy rooseveltB tiddy roosevelt

                        UK government targets VPNs in online safety consultation as Lords vote for ban

                        And here I thought the point of the Online Safety Act was to prevent children from stumbling across adult or harmful material. Not to stop people actively making a point of trying to access it with further measures.

                        https://www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-privacy-security/uk-government-targets-vpns-in-new-online-safety-consultation-as-lords-vote-for-ban

                        Neil BrownN This user is from outside of this forum
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                        @babe
                        c.f. https://decoded.legal/blog/2025/12/a-proposed-legislative-amendment-to-attempt-to-compel-vpn-services-providers-to-prevent-anyone-under-18-in-the-uk-from-using-their-vpns/

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                        • tiddy rooseveltB tiddy roosevelt

                          UK government targets VPNs in online safety consultation as Lords vote for ban

                          And here I thought the point of the Online Safety Act was to prevent children from stumbling across adult or harmful material. Not to stop people actively making a point of trying to access it with further measures.

                          https://www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-privacy-security/uk-government-targets-vpns-in-new-online-safety-consultation-as-lords-vote-for-ban

                          Matúš ChochlíkM This user is from outside of this forum
                          Matúš ChochlíkM This user is from outside of this forum
                          Matúš Chochlík
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                          @babe what is the English word for roskomnadzor?

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