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Re:The Future of Everything Is Lies, I Guess: Annoyances by DareTheDev on Saturday April 11, 2026 @12:10PM (#47731748)
Blocked in the UK. “Online safety act”
Re:The Future of Everything Is Lies, I Guess: Annoyances by GavinAnderegg on Saturday April 11, 2026 @12:20PM (#47731821)
Is this something you're seeing personally? If so, how do you know it's because of the Online Safety Act? This is a personal blog and it doesn't seem to have any adult content that I can find. The homepage of the site isn't blocked when I check it here: https://www.blocked.org.uk/check
Re:The Future of Everything Is Lies, I Guess: Annoyances by tom_ on Saturday April 11, 2026 @04:12PM (#47733601)
It tells you when you visit.
Re:The Future of Everything Is Lies, I Guess: Annoyances by steveklabnik on Saturday April 11, 2026 @12:24PM (#47731845)
Re:The Future of Everything Is Lies, I Guess: Annoyances by GavinAnderegg on Saturday April 11, 2026 @12:38PM (#47731949)
Thanks for this! Seems like a bold stance… but the Online Safety Act also seems like a poor piece of legislation.
Re:The Future of Everything Is Lies, I Guess: Annoyances by rwmj on Saturday April 11, 2026 @04:47PM (#47733906)
It is, but Kyle's "protest" is making absolutely no difference.
Re:The Future of Everything Is Lies, I Guess: Annoyances by zdragnar on Saturday April 11, 2026 @09:05PM (#47735336)
What protest? If the site is illegal in the UK, he has three options:

1) add age verification to comply

2) cease operating in the UK by blocking traffic

3) operate in violation of the law, making travel to anywhere the UK has jurisdiction dangerous

I don't think he's intending on changing UK society by blocking their traffic because, as you point out, that's not a good way to effect change.

Re:The Future of Everything Is Lies, I Guess: Annoyances by multjoy on Saturday April 11, 2026 @04:54PM (#47733948)
The author is blocking UK ip addresses, presumably out of principle rather than because they’d fall foul of it.