vriska1@lemm.ee to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1 year agoThe UK’s controversial Online Safety Bill finally becomes lawwww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up177arrow-down10cross-posted to: news@lemmy.worldtechnology@lemmy.world
arrow-up177arrow-down1external-linkThe UK’s controversial Online Safety Bill finally becomes lawwww.theverge.comvriska1@lemm.ee to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square11fedilinkcross-posted to: news@lemmy.worldtechnology@lemmy.world
minus-squareoriginalucifer@moist.catsweat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up59·1 year agothis will prolly end as well as brexit… and just as well thought out
minus-squarevriska1@lemm.eeOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27·1 year agoYeah just look at the last UK age verification law that was delayed over and over again until it was quietly scraped. Its likely Ofcom will struggle to get up and running.
minus-squareanothermember@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up8·1 year agoThis is what I’m banking on - I suspect it’ll be like all the other times the UK government tried to break the internet, nothing will actually happen.
this will prolly end as well as brexit… and just as well thought out
Yeah just look at the last UK age verification law that was delayed over and over again until it was quietly scraped. Its likely Ofcom will struggle to get up and running.
This is what I’m banking on - I suspect it’ll be like all the other times the UK government tried to break the internet, nothing will actually happen.