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Prominent backbench MP Sarah Champion launched a campaign against VPNs previously, saying: “My new clause 54 would require the Secretary of State to publish, within six months of the Bill’s passage, a report on the effect of VPN use on Ofcom’s ability to enforce the requirements under clause 112.

"If VPNs cause significant issues, the Government must identify those issues and find solutions, rather than avoiding difficult problems.” And the Labour Party said there were “gaps” in the bill that needed to be amended.

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[–] PushButton@lemmy.world 16 points 2 months ago

The Collective Shout Out must feel envious of such power... Think about all what they could ban, you know, for you and your children protection of course.

[–] MU5T4N6@feddit.org 16 points 2 months ago

Labour was supposed to destroy the Tories, not join them!

[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 15 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Freedom from EU regulation. 😋

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[–] possumparty@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 2 months ago

I'm looking forward to the next UK election where the headline will be: Labour has lost the election in a landslide that left them with dozens of votes total

Every single person who didn't think this would affect them who watches porn in any capacity is very likely highly pissed off and will continue to be for as long as this draconian bullshit is enabled.

[–] Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works 14 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Oh, that would be hilarious to watch.

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[–] TimewornTraveler@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 2 months ago (6 children)

this is obviously such a dumpster fire that I can't help but wonder, "When will they realize how dumb this is and back out of it?"

then i remember that Brexit happened

fuckin stubbornness is a national identity for you blokes innit

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[–] 1984@lemmy.today 14 points 2 months ago (6 children)

You cant ban vpns, its easy for tech people to set up a vpn server on any server on the internet and connect to it. Wireguard for example, super simple.

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[–] TheBat@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago

Tfw Big Brother is charmless potato named Keir Starmer.

[–] npcknapsack@lemmy.ca 12 points 2 months ago

People are "at risk"... of what? What a terrible article to not even clarify what the risk is. Because it sounds to me like the government is who put those people at risk by making them go look for solutions to a draconian policy.

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 12 points 2 months ago

Reddit already tried to block VPN users.

Expect the corpos to bend the knee.

[–] rozodru@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

for those in the UK and/or Other places in Europe just know it's so painfully easy to either set up your own VPN or just use something like Mullvad.

I set up my own VPN this morning for the first time on my server and it took less than 10minutes. plenty of guides online on how to do it.

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[–] Vinstaal0@feddit.nl 11 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

What would be defined as a VPN and even then there are other options to get access to content as if you where in a different country or ways to bypass the age restriction. A lot of companies and governments also use VPN's to get people to work on their servers, so how would the UK function.

It always baffles me that they try shit like that.

Edit: heck proper sex education is a way better solution to reduce unhealthy sex habits

[–] 0x0@lemmy.zip 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Edit: heck proper sex education is a way better solution to reduce unhealthy sex habits

It's not about sex, or protecting the children.
It's about control.

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[–] TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago

after reports in Guido Fawkes suggested it was possible.

That's the only source? A far-right conspiracy website?

[–] febra@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago (4 children)

So now it's not just TERF island but also nazi island.

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[–] badbytes@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago

Banning VPNs is quite a serious move.

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