Comment on Stop children using VPNs to watch porn, ministers told
thanksforallthefish@literature.cafe 2 days ago
Guys don’t get sucked into the misdirecting packing - this is nothing to do with keeping children safe. Better parental effort isn’t going to make this UK govt stop the initiative because it has absolutely nothing to do with child safety.
This is about authoritarian tracking of everything a UK citizen does and says online - that’s why the careful quote is about it being ok for adults to have VPN not kids.
You know how they do that ? They make it necessary to show ID to have a VPN so then they can track what the adults are doing on a VPN.
The “think of the children” pearl clutching is a sham and a scam
Yup, do you have a license to use that VPN bruv?
I have been saying this is the long term aim of this style of legislation for years.
They knew when they implemented IPA back in 2016 that VPNs would be an ongoing problem and have been chipping away at the perception of them since then.
Well, time to start sending envelopes of cash to Mullvad!
Till they come after you for doing so.
The way it will work is a public crackdown on a couple of the big providers, then a few high profile cases where unlicensed VPN usage will be a tacked on offense with additional penalties for those getting investigated.
Its the same with the identity checks now, big porn sites and the like have them or will have them very soon, some small scale stuff does not and might get away with not implementing it. Using such small scale sites then becomes grounds for further investigation if you get swept up with it later.
These things are never about 100% compliance, there will always be those who can work around it. However working around it will in itself become an offense and grounds for further investigation.
Dojan@pawb.social 2 days ago
It’s never ever been about the children. Every time someone uses children as a meat shield for their arguments it’s because arguing against it is hard.
“We need to execute all criminals to protect the children!l”
“That doesn’t sound like a good idea.”
“What? You’d support a rapist pedophile over an innocent child? You support pedos??”