https://www.torproject.org/download/
Probably a good idea for things other than Lemmy, too, the way that things are going.
Can no longer access my old instance (lemmings.world) because I'm from the UK. I made several communities there. Is there any way I can mod them again or do I move them to this instance?
Submitted 3 weeks ago by Frenchfryenjoyer@lemmy.world to fediverse@lemmy.world
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herseycokguzelolacak@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
just get a vpn: mullvad.net
BagOfHeavyStones@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
Tunnelbear has a free 2GB a month one - not enough for a lot of use probably, but an easy to test if a paid VPN will do what you need.
drmoose@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
If you want to be part of a bot net sure.
BagOfHeavyStones@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
I've not had any issues with them. It's a pretty user friendly VPN app, and having a small allowance you can test it with before buying is pretty handy. Most other VPNs you have to pay up before you can test them AFAIK.
hellequin67@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
Windscribe also has 2Gb free or 10Gb free per month if you provide and email and let them spam you.
jeena@piefed.jeena.net 3 weeks ago
What happened? Is it the instances fault or UK's?
swizzlestick@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
UK is implementing law for age verification on nsfw content, that’s the jist of it.
Some services are choosing to simply not serve the UK rather than deal with the faff and/or the privacy concerns. lemmy.zip where I am from is one of them.
Blame lies squarely with the UK gov & Online Safety Act. It’s a shit law made to pander to the ‘think of the children’ types that are incapable of parenting, also coming with the bonus of grift and doxxing concerns by companies that move in to provide the service.
I don’t blame any site operator that chooses to simply not play. VPN goes on, normal service resumes.
juliorapido@discuss.tchncs.de 3 weeks ago
“It’s a shit law made to pander to the *‘think of the children’* types that are incapable of parenting”
This.
Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 3 weeks ago
It’s also several hundred pages long. Fair few web forums are closing because of it if they are UK hosted too.
It would be interesting to get a legal opinion on what about it actually impacts lemmy instances tbh. Obviously one option is to go “lol fuck off” if the UK complain and you are not in the UK.
ohulancutash@feddit.uk 3 weeks ago
The EU is also adopting similar regulations.
PhilipTheBucket@quokk.au 3 weeks ago
The UK enacted age verification, the instance said fuck that. So, more or less, the UK's fault.
Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
UK, this is hitting basically all websites. Any site hosting adult content has to verify user ages for anyone in the UK, and instead of doing that many smaller sites are just geoblocking the UK. Easy to get around with a VPN, still absurd it’s happening.
Flax_vert@feddit.uk 3 weeks ago
I don’t think they should geoblock UK instances, though. As the instances are responsible for their users.
Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 3 weeks ago
There is a lot more to it than just age verification for porn too. I do wonder what this will look like after several months and if they will push it or if the law just gets ignored in the end.
jeena@piefed.jeena.net 3 weeks ago
Theoretically if you would host your own Lemmy/PieFed server then you would be able to access everything (as long as you host it outside of the UK I guess). And then you could keep being moderator on those communities with your new account on your own instance.
That only helps you out though, if the communities were UK specific ones and other people from the UK meet to participate then there is no other way than moving them to a UK friendly instance.
Die4Ever@retrolemmy.com 2 weeks ago
There are some moderation actions you can do from a different instance, I’m not sure which ones don’t work or if they’ve all been fixed
Frenchfryenjoyer@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Done, thanks!!
BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Use a VPN. Even if the current environment of aggressive puritan censorship weren’t happening, everyone should use one.
Here are two of the best.
AlecSadler@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
+1 for Mullvad.
Jerry@feddit.online 3 weeks ago
Just mentioning that Mozilla VPN uses Mullvad, and with their Firefox extension you can exclude individual websites from VPN protection or set preferred server locations for specific sites. So you can stay on a UK server for UK banking sites but switch to a different country server for a social site.
Only works on Windows for now. But maybe useful given this situation.
swizzlestick@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
Will need an alternative if you need to port forward, but for general use you can’t fault them
CrayonDevourer@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
windscribe $1/month.
herseycokguzelolacak@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
Mullvad is the best.