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Unintended side effect, UK MPs can now watch as much porn as they want with plausible deniability.

• ben_w 1y ago
  Unless they're being filmed while watching it because they watched it in parliament: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/neil-parish-banged-up-tractor-porn-b2439583.html https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/neil-parish-b...
  • NekkoDroid 1y ago
    Didn't something similar also happen recently in the US (I think on a state level)?
    • lambertsimnel 1y ago
      That was Oklahoma State Superintendent Ryan Walters: https://www.snopes.com/news/2025/07/28/oklahoma-superintendent-ryan-walters/ https://www.snopes.com/news/2025/07/28/oklahoma-superintende...
• ljm 1y ago
  I don’t know about this law specifically, but every other law attacking the internet or encryption has attempted to exempt people in government. That defeats the point of the legislation since it creates a gaping wide backdoor to exploit official people, who are now the most valuable targets because of that exemption. Never mind the matter of providing a rule for the people and making the people who made the rule immune to it.
  • varispeed 1y ago
    Have they researched how many of these "age check" companies are actually run by Russian intelligence services?
    • spacebanana7 1y ago
      Even having a single employee linked to the Russian intelligence services would be sufficient.