the solution would be for parents to be responsible for their kids education. Parents buy kids iphones, give them unrestricted internet... That's the parents faults. There's parental locks and stuff like that..
Those two already exist, it really is just a lack of will from the UK gov to tell parents to do their damn job and educate their children on the realities of the internet. Putting these age gates in just gives kids and parents a false sense of security that will leave them vulnerable when they encounter something they didnt expect, because they thought they were protected.
Mainland Europe? I have heard that some Mainlanders have been hit with this bollocks as well.
It is bullshit and won't actually protect children and will actually hurt them. Any kid questioning their sexuality in anyway will now be blocked from legitimate sites that enforce these restrictions while allowing them to access dodgy sites that won't. Besides Opera has an in built VPN that bypasses this, so watch Opera become the most downloaded browser in the UK lol.
You're right its impossible, children have always had ways to access porn, like nicking VHS porn or nudie magazines back in the day. Me dad told me about how they would just nick nudie magazines and sell them to other students on a black market, along with cigarettes and shit. I'm convinced this was done to cover up the epping protests as it was just dropped shortly after the protests started. Either that or has ties to collective shout. coincidence both these events happen right before the law is passed. But this is just my schizo theories talking.
Government response will probably be. "While we are aware of the controversial nature of the passing of this act. There are no plans to repeal the act and we will continue to monitor the issue and commit to protecting children through this act"
And they would be right to do so, why comply with idiocy?
Hate to be the one to tell you this but
They won't need to. They will make an example of a few or several by suing the owners into oblivion with the catchphrase of "you could be next if you fail to comply".Anyone else find it kind of funny how hilariously unenforceable this thing is? You're really going to try and fine EVERY site that doesn't comply? I'm not sure they know how the internet works.
It's never about protecting anyone. It's about controlling what you see and what you are allowed to think.
Once these things are implemented, rolling them back is almost impossible. People will need to just work on adjusting how this new rule works as it will likely never repeal.
Yes. Precisely. And if they can get their own people to approve it, they will graciously give the people what they want. It's a win win for the governments.
