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This isn't about illegal sites? I don't think many people object to blacklisting known sources of child pornography etc. The fact is you now have to verify yo

by nly 1y ago

This isn't about illegal sites? I don't think many people object to blacklisting known sources of child pornography etc. The fact is you now have to verify your identity (name and photo id) in the UK to access an adult subreddit.

gorgoiler 1y ago
You need to be able to shut down websites and apps which do not implement age verification.
- morkalork 1y ago
  Right, anything that doesn't cooperate with the ID verification is defacto illegal in the UK's eyes?
  - immibis 1y ago
    not de facto illegal, but actually, de jure, illegal
- pjc50 1y ago
  So, wikipedia?
  - gorgoiler 1y ago
    Yes... and for clarity, perhaps I should have instead said for the implementation of this law to actually make any moral sense, which is like saying for this chocolate tea pot to be functional on a daily basis, one would have to provision a way of shutting down sites which refuse to participate in the age-verification laws of the UK.
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qingcharles 1y ago
What kind of photo ID does the UK have? I didn't think there was any kind of national ID if you didn't drive?
- alt227 1y ago
  Passport
- lavezzi 1y ago
  provisional license, passport, etc.
- pjc50 1y ago
  We don't have national photo ID, but you do need it in order to vote, rent, buy a house, or have a bank account; several of those processes include mandatory immigration status checks too. It's a stupid equilibrium.
pc86 1y ago
Nobody has ever objected to blocking access to those sites. Most people think the justice system in any developed country is much too lax on people that operate those sites and create its content. This is a red herring for authoritarian tyrants in the UK to get more control over their population, which is all they're ever looking for.