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jmclnx ◴[] No.44983209[source]
>If Ofcom doesn't think this will be enough to prevent significant harm, it can even ask that ISPs be ordered to block UK access.

Well again I guess the UK never heard of VPNs, but they are trying to ban them still, it is like these pols have no clue how the internet works. They never learn these actions are like playing wack-a-mole.

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jeroenhd ◴[] No.44983487[source]
VPNs are next: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn438z3ejxyo
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daveoc64 ◴[] No.44985516[source]
Note that the children's commissioner is only an advisor to government.

The government itself has said it doesn't believe VPNs should be outlawed - that's even stated in the article.

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1. DaiPlusPlus ◴[] No.44987492{3}[source]
> it doesn't believe VPNs should be outlawed

That still leaves space for a lot of unpleasant, but plausible, alternatives:

* Banning under-18s from using VPNs; enforced by ordering Visa+Mastercard to deny UK-originating payments to VPN operators that don't verify their users' identity.

* Introducing a "VPN license"; initially only granted to large corporate users. All encrypted VPN traffic will be required to periodically broadcast their VPN license-number in cleartext so that ISP-based traffic monitoring will let it pass, otherwise the connection will be reset.