>Beyond straight government control, there's also the politics of all of it. China being a one party system doesn't really care if something is popular with the

>Beyond straight government control, there's also the politics of all of it. China being a one party system doesn't really care if something is popular with the public but with the UK's parliamentary system, one wrong move and your party gets voted out of power. But apparently that wasn't enough to stop the online safety act from being implemented in the first place? If voters okay with sites requiring intrusive id/face scans to access 18+ sites, they're probably also fine with ISPs requiring 18+ verification to use VPNs.