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All porn sites must 'robustly' verify UK user ages by July (www.bbc.com)
submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[โ€“] [email protected] 33 points 2 months ago

VPN sales ๐Ÿš€๐Ÿš€๐Ÿš€

[โ€“] [email protected] 16 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Think of the children!

[โ€“] [email protected] 22 points 2 months ago (1 children)

"Wait, not like that!"

[โ€“] gregor 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Mullvad and Proton could make some IRL ads about this

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Proton can just slap a MAGA label on their banners.

[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago

"To protect the children", ah yes, an argument with no basis in reality.

[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago

I see... in my crystal ball... torrents

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

Surely they won't eventually do real ID verification for every site like China does, right? Right?

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

I live in the UK. I'm doing my a levels in sixth form and I went through secondary and primary school.

This will be bypassed immediately and will be a complete waste of money, so uh, yeah.