Post #2942483

2025-07-24 17:31 UTC

If you're a UK citizen, please write to your MP about this (yes, even if they're a Tory). Tell them how this legislation is smothering independent communities and free expression. Explain how age verification will not protect children effectively and instead puts British citizens at risk of identity theft. Point out how overseas websites are now geoblocking UK IP addresses, isolating us from the rest of the world. https://www.writetothem.com/

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@floppyplopper@todon.nl 2025-07-24 18:54

@Mandrake@chitter.xyz I would have thought Tories (except that tractor guy) would be particularly concerned about this, definitely worth writing to.

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@ret@furry.engineer 2025-07-24 23:29

@Mandrake@chitter.xyz Some important talking points that will "activate" MPs: British ingenuity and skill created the World Wide Web. Much of the technology that is popular and profitable today was developed in small, online communities that the OSA is destroying. If Labour's vision for a future Britain is one of technology and AI, the UK must be a leader in free discourse online, not a restricted, closed-down Internet state. Policing the entire World Wide Web isn't the UK's job. Ofcom is already stretched thin and this is a waste of resources that could otherwise be put to better use keeping UK citizens (including children) safe. Money is better spent on tooling and education for parents and children alike.

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@SkellySoft@mastodon.gamedev.place 2025-07-24 23:53

@Mandrake@chitter.xyz My housemate told me earlier today that Wikipedia, of all places, is considering geoblocking the UK because of these new restrictions. Everyone in the UK, get your Kiwix archivers at the ready - soon, offline archives may be all we have.

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