Surveillance. Control of all messaging. Consolidation of the british internet into government friendly hands.
The age verification law caused the collapse not only of smaller websites unable to afford to perform the necessary checks, but also of LGBTQ resources, support communities for bullied and abused children. Force ID verification, make it easier to track people across the internet. VPNs make it possible for british people to circumvent those ID checks, so now they have to go.
Meaningless, given the Democrats leadership refused to whip against the ICE funding passing. They don't care about ICE or what's happening, they just care that her and Trump are the ones doing it.