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The UK is perhaps less competent at it's authoritarianism

• BoxOfRain 11mo ago
  I genuinely think the public sector being a bit hopeless is a major check on tyranny in the UK. Ofcom (the communications regulator charged with imposing the censorship laws) literally maintains a public list of non-compliant websites that anyone who doesn't want to give their ID to a shady offshore firm can browse for example.
  • echelon_musk 11mo ago
    > can browse for example can't browse?
    • gpderetta 11mo ago
      No, "can" is correct. It is neither illegal nor, currently, technically restricted to browse non-compliant websites. So
    • BoxOfRain 11mo ago
      No they can browse them, Ofcom literally compiled the sites it doesn't want everyone to browse in an easily-accessible list.