Ferma i bambini che usano VPN per guardare il porno, hanno detto i ministri
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn438z3ejxyo
di ImperialSlug
Ferma i bambini che usano VPN per guardare il porno, hanno detto i ministri
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn438z3ejxyo
di ImperialSlug
27 commenti
So they made a new law which they knew wouldn’t “solve” the problem, and now are going back to what everyone said needed doing – parents parenting!
I tried 5 times to link to this in various ways, but constantly got “this post has been removed by Reddit’s filters” – wtf?
The solution to this has always been education, parental controls, active parenting instead of handing tablets and phones to young kids and leaving them to explore the internet.
The problem is the parents. Not technology or porn sites.
Have they been doing this during Cabinet meetings then?
> A government spokesperson said VPNs are legal tools for adults and there are no plans to ban them.
Porn is also a legal tool for adults, technically.
I feel like the whole trajectory of this is dealing with the issues.
Surely we should be encouraging parents to take steps to be aware of what their children are doing online.
– Less smartphone use until they are a reasonable age (at parent discretion).
– Computers and internet devices in public areas of the house.
– Parents educating kids about what isn’t helpful online.
Proving what we knew all along – this “age verification” push was always about stopping people’s online anonymity.
It’s like this government have never used the internet themselves, you aren’t going to put the genie back in the bottle stopping short of completely banning smartphones and computers which obviously isn’t going to happen.
lmao you can literally just search ‘porn’ on google and click one of the ones that doesn’t comply. The government needs to just leave it to parents in the first place.
Stop adults using VPNs to circumvent oppressive government control of access to information, ministers would like. Fixed.
What an entirely predictable follow up to a fundamentally shite law
>Dame Rachel told BBC Newsnight: “Of course, we need age verification on VPNs – it’s absolutely a loophole that needs closing and that’s one of my major recommendations.”
How about fuck off with this nonsense
Ok, but then they could just spin up a virtual desktop (like aws workspace) in France or somewhere for pennies.
There is always a way around this if you are creative enough. I mean, even Tor browser just straight up bypasses it and that’s a few clicks to install.
It may go down the route of having to acquire a licence for VPN use at this rate? Lots of internet ISPs and operating systems already have safeguards available to prevent under age access.
The devices you give your children have parental controls. Please use them.
Next you’ll have to verify your identity to use a VPN
It feels as if they’re softening us up in preparation for banning VPNs. They’ll keep pushing the outrage and then they’ll be ‘forced’ to pass new legislation to ban VPNs…
Aha, here we go. The inevitable mission creep as their shitty, ill thought out plans start to curdle.
You can Google tits and get pictures of tits. You don’t even need a VPN!
If China can’t restrict VPN use then you have no fucking chance Keir.
The next logical step of clamping down on internet freedom.
Naturally
This Jen ….. is ‘The Internet’ it’s located on the top of Big Ben.
Use parental controls they definitely work. I had to contact my mobile provider to ask them to disable that shit …. Because it works.
I have some sympathy for the OSA’s aims even though I think the actual laws are very poor; but even supporters must see it is controversial already; suggesting more restrictions (especially ridiculous, unworkable ones!) immediately undermines any assumption this is about child safety in the eyes of many.
Absolutely moronic. They don’t understand how it’s not something you can ban.
Funnily enough, having VPNs verify my age (which they already know as I’m paying for it with a card, the same way Spotify or YouTube never had to verify my age) wouldn’t be a problem for me, since they’ve been audited for not keeping logs. So it solves the big issue with the current age verification solution, which is trust. However if they’d just done this whole age verification properly, we wouldn’t be in this situation.
I really dont want a reform government but Labour are handing them an open goal with their current performance…….