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Prominent backbench MP Sarah Champion launched a campaign against VPNs previously, saying: “My new clause 54 would require the Secretary of State to publish, within six months of the Bill’s passage, a report on the effect of VPN use on Ofcom’s ability to enforce the requirements under clause 112.

"If VPNs cause significant issues, the Government must identify those issues and find solutions, rather than avoiding difficult problems.” And the Labour Party said there were “gaps” in the bill that needed to be amended.

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labour really doesn't want people to access lgbtq safe spaces and resources huh?

[–] ColdWater@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 days ago
[–] MudMan@fedia.io 365 points 1 week ago (27 children)

Just to fast-forward this dumb cat-and-mouse thing, the next step is people go back to torrenting their porn and deeper down the rabbit hole of garbage "free" websites skirting the rules.

As always, the UK is useful on the international stage because sometimes you need to be able to point at some idiot trying dumb stuff to explain to people why dumb stuff is dumb.

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[–] KonnaPerkele@sopuli.xyz 234 points 1 week ago (8 children)

This kinda proves that it was never about the children. How many children have know how and the means to buy a VPN subscription?

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[–] 0x0@lemmy.zip 173 points 1 week ago (1 children)
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[–] mannycalavera@feddit.uk 167 points 1 week ago (3 children)

the Government must identify those issues and find solutions, rather than avoiding difficult problems

The government: Parents have you tried being a parent to your children?

Parents: Oh lord no that's too difficult can't you just, I don't know lol, ban it or something?

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[–] jabjoe@feddit.uk 152 points 1 week ago (3 children)

This ends with just another war on encryption.

When encryption is legal, they can't know what is going on between two points. They going to make is so we can only have encryption to nodes they trust?

It is dangerously technologically illiterate to wage war on encryption.

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[–] Flamekebab@piefed.social 123 points 1 week ago (16 children)

Best of luck with that, idiots. How are you planning to tell the difference between my personal VPN and my work VPN?

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[–] muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works 113 points 1 week ago (13 children)

If they outlaw VPNs then all internet-connected businesses will flee and everyone will just move to the dark net. Then you’ve got a whole other problem.

These ancient tyrants are in over their heads.

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