UK government could force ISPs to block adult sites without age verification

Re:UK government could force ISPs to block adult sites witho... by fredley on Wednesday November 23, 2016 @06:47AM (#13021863)

According to other parts of the Digital Economy Bill, it's not actually ISPs that bear the burden, it's Connection service providers, i.e. any service that provides you with a connection - including VPNs. What they'll do to VPN providers that don't comply I don't know - probably they'll find their powers rather limited.

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Re:UK government could force ISPs to block adult sites witho... by petepete on Wednesday November 23, 2016 @07:20AM (#13022043)

So VPN providers based outside of the UK will have to be blocked and those inside the UK will suffer (or go out of business).

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Re:UK government could force ISPs to block adult sites witho... by jdavis703 on Wednesday November 23, 2016 @07:02AM (#13021951)

How will they enforce this against foreign VPNs? Especially if those VPNs allow for payment via things like Bitcoin.

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Re:UK government could force ISPs to block adult sites witho... by fredley on Wednesday November 23, 2016 @07:04AM (#13021962)

They probably won't, making this all an exercise in futility.

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Re:UK government could force ISPs to block adult sites witho... by ionised on Wednesday November 23, 2016 @09:11AM (#13022722)

Yup. My VPN takes cash in the post.

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