Blink and you’ll have never seen it in the first place 🫥
Age verification rules in the UK Online Safety Act are snapping parts of the Internet out of existence.
But it’s not what you think (porn)!
News on conflicts: GONE. Support for sexual health and smoking: GONE.
Watch as ORG’s @JamesBaker shows how censorship works ⬇️
#OnlineSafetyAct #onlinesafety #osa #censorship #reddit #ageverification #vpn #privacy #freeexpression #ukpolitics #ukpol #freedomofexpression
Video of James Baker, ORG Programme Manager, demonstrating how stop smoking subreddits are being blocked from view completely in the UK, compared with search results when using a VPN.
@openrightsgroup @JamesBaker as I said elsewhere yesterday - my 20yo daughter (admittedly a tech nerd) reeled off 5 ways she circumvents this without even pausing for breath. I hardly think the ‘predators’ are going to break too much of a sweat. #useless
