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Ofcom's only card now is to have UK ISPs block 4chan. When that happens will Starlink comply? maybe. what if they block X? could get messy fast.
Not the only card according to the article >"Ofcom can instead ask a court to order other services to disrupt a provider's UK business, such as requiring a service's removal from search results or blocking of UK payments.
Lol
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While I disapprove of what the gov is doing here, I think it’s incorrect and unhelpful to put all the blame on them. AIUI, the UK is a democracy and these policies are generally supported by the voters.
really? From my anecdotal evidence, is that it's fucking stupid and hated
https://www.ipsos.com/en-uk/britons-back-online-safety-acts-...
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For you - not for 99% of the public.
Ehh, if a youth of digital piracy has taught me anything, it's that people will develop the necessary computer literacy to get the entertainment they want. Even if they've completely failed to develop that same skill in the pursuit of self improvement. I feel that says something about human psychology. Probably something very unpleasant.
>If Ofcom doesn't think this will be enough to prevent significant harm, it can even ask that ISPs be ordered to block UK access. Well again I guess the UK never heard of VPNs, but they are trying to ban them still, it is like these pols have no clue how the internet works. They never learn these actions are like playing wack-a-mole.
VPNs are next: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn438z3ejxyo
The government itself has said it doesn't believe VPNs should be outlawed - that's even stated in the article.
I assumed 4chan didn't exist anymore and it was renamed/replaced by another board... Great advertisement. The UK acts like a madman on fire trying to attack everybody.
In a way it does not exist any more. Most of the threads are started by 4chan-GPT yes this is a thing and most replies to threads are 4chan-GPT. They uses 4chan passes to allow proxies and not have to deal with a craptcha. Anyone could start their own chan, implement GPT bots and have the same level of popularity. I would wager a dozen HN'ers could implement this in a day. I think the goal on 4chan is controlling the…
Do you have proof of this?
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Be careful what you ask for. History has proven that such a group will exist at some point.
System's got that on lock by setting it up so the people most predisposed to fight the government are actually cheering on the new taxes. Information/policy/consent flowing the opposite way from how is commonly understood has been my critique of democracy for a long time, but the effect just keeps growing. Social media is a hell of a drug.
more likely, proving that this group of people never actually believed in anything.
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I happily don't follow a lot of countries' laws. 'Willingly', is another matter which implies malfeasance of some sort.
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really? From my anecdotal evidence, is that it's fucking stupid and hated
there's a reason anecdotes aren't data. While people are more divided on the effectiveness, there's pretty overwhelming pubblic support for laws like the Online Safety Act. https://yougov.co.uk/technology/articles/52693-how-have-brit... It's always slightly surprising to see Americans online react to this thinking there is some Illuminati conspiracy happening. Britain and Europe are not the US, we don't have much of…
Too late by about nine years at the very least.
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really? From my anecdotal evidence, is that it's fucking stupid and hated
there's a reason anecdotes aren't data. While people are more divided on the effectiveness, there's pretty overwhelming pubblic support for laws like the Online Safety Act. https://yougov.co.uk/technology/articles/52693-how-have-brit... It's always slightly surprising to see Americans online react to this thinking there is some Illuminati conspiracy happening. Britain and Europe are not the US, we don't have much of…