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Re:UK Gov Petition: Repeal the Online Safety Act by tim333 on Friday July 25, 2025 @01:06PM (#44685496)
British voter here who voted Labour and could change. I'm not wholly against nerfing the web a bit to protect kids. I haven't read the bill or analysed the details to try to figure if it'll work. I think that's not so atypical for voters. Grown ups can always VPN etc.

It's hard to know how it'll work in practice without trying it.

Re:UK Gov Petition: Repeal the Online Safety Act by Quarrelsome on Friday July 25, 2025 @03:40PM (#44687450)
I feel like the law should change to prevent children from having devices that can freely access the internet. i.e. they can still access devices but not own them. Then its about parental supervision. We're only here because parents give their kids smartphones with zero oversight.
Re:UK Gov Petition: Repeal the Online Safety Act by 9680541546032 on Saturday July 26, 2025 @10:19AM (#44694291)
"grown ups can always use vpn"

until they can't because they're also made illegal

don't forget this is also the same government that has effectively tried to ban e2e encryption by forcing companies to install backdoors into their algorithms under gag orders

it is no longer (if it ever was) about the children