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All porn sites must 'robustly' verify UK user ages by July (www.bbc.com)
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[โ€“] NineMileTower@lemmy.world 33 points 4 months ago

VPN sales ๐Ÿš€๐Ÿš€๐Ÿš€

[โ€“] iii@mander.xyz 16 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Think of the children!

[โ€“] pivot_root@lemmy.world 22 points 4 months ago (1 children)

"Wait, not like that!"

[โ€“] gregor@gregtech.eu 12 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Mullvad and Proton could make some IRL ads about this

[โ€“] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 1 points 4 months ago

Proton can just slap a MAGA label on their banners.

[โ€“] Thcdenton@lemmy.world 8 points 4 months ago

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

[โ€“] HexesofVexes@lemmy.world 8 points 4 months ago

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

[โ€“] IDKWhatUsernametoPutHereLolol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 4 months ago

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

[โ€“] sunglocto@lemmy.zip 6 points 4 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.