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Pornhub, YouPorn, and Redtube and other content sharing platforms will block New users in the UK starting next week(February 2)

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Submitted ⁨⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨Beep@lemmus.org⁩ to ⁨technology@lemmy.world⁩

https://www.aylo.com/newsroom/aylo-upgrades-age-assurance-methods-in-united-kingdom/

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  • wuffah@lemmy.world ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Sexuality is a human right, and controlling sexuality is an authoritarian tactic to manufacture compliance.

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    • manualoverride@lemmy.world ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Someone has been reading 1984… I’m not disagreeing with you, just saying ‘hi fellow doom reader’.

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      • danh2os@piefed.social ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Bro, we are living 1984.

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  • DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Hey I heard that theres a Very Pretty Neat trick for Brits to “travel abroad” effortlessly

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    • SlacksMcTavish@lemmy.ml ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      House of Lords voted for age verification on VPNs. Not for them of course…

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      • Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        So rent a VPS abroad and run your own VPN from it. Comercial VPNs have a business to maintain so they’ve got to comply to keep operating and public advertising, but a privately run VPN just for yourself is just another TLS connection in a sea of other traffic.

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      • a_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.world ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Time for a VVPN.

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      • DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Doesn’t matter. Chinese people found a way around the firewall, pretty sure there are nerds in UK that will find a way.

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      • floofloof@lemmy.ca ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Then we just need a hero to route all our traffic through the House of Lords.

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      • DarkCloud@lemmy.world ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        A bunch of VPNs are owned by Israel.

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      • bytesonbike@discuss.online ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        What does age verification mean for VPNs?

        Because if I’m using a VPN using a UK server and I get any issues, I can switch to Spain, or Italy, or Zimbabwe or whatever. Is that not the case?

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    • Maestro@fedia.io ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Not really. They just announced they want to age gate VPNs too.

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      • DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        China doesn’t even really allow VPNs at all, yet some people can still go over the wall.

        If it’s just “age restriction”, I’m sure there will suddenly be a lot of grandpa/grandmas buying VPNs¹

        ¹When China tried to restrict online video games, kids just used their grandparents IDs for verification lmfao

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      • r8KNzcU8TzCroexsE2xbWC@lemmy.ca ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        So I guess no more internships at companies with more than one office.

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  • warm@kbin.earth ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Good job UK, you will push children to dangerous unmoderated sites instead! All in the name of state surveillance!

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    • manualoverride@lemmy.world ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      This will lead to, sexual blackmail of children, suicide and financial fraud.

      You should thank the UK for sacrificing so many of its citizens to show the world what peak government stupidity looks like. We thought the point was made with Brexit, but the UK says “hold my beer” one more time.

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  • yetAnotherUser@lemmy.ca ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    If you live in the UK or in another country where porn is being restricted:

    • Talk with friends and family about getting a VPN (everyone says good things about Mullvad VPN, so it’s probably one of the best choices)
    • Learn to use the Tor network (it’s really easy to start, and unlike popular belief, Tor isn’t only for illegal activities)
    • Pressure MPs that didn’t vote in favor of the age verification bill by sending emails to them about it so that they fight (or keep fighting) this age verification nonsense.

    You don’t need to be a porn addict to do these things. In fact, they have started with porn, but they may as well keep going and fight for age verification in other types of content, making access to said content way more difficult. The best thing you can do right now is to learn to fight back.

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  • nondescripthandle@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Yall may wanna step in and nip that kind of authoritarianism in the bud because it doesn’t get easier when it’s matured.

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  • thatradomguy@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    What would we even call a decentralized porn site?

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    • IronBird@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      circlejerk?

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    • lastunusedusername2@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      FaptivityPub

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    • WhyIHateTheInternet@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      OpenVDA

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    • pHr34kY@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      ActivityHub Dixelfed FedTube

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  • tidderuuf@lemmy.world ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Oh no… Let’s just Google what other porn sites are out there. Oh look 1,642,000 results found…

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    • floofloof@lemmy.ca ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      That’s not the point. This is a protest by the company running these sites against a system that’s not fit for its claimed purpose (age restriction of websites) but is very fit for surveillance.

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      • manualoverride@lemmy.world ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Well it kinda is the point, people will either use VPNs or go to riskier sources. I found a new site with loads of porn and all you have to do is install their browser plug-in, and video player!

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  • RIotingPacifist@lemmy.world ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    There calling it NoFap February.

    I think it will be interesting to see what happens as a result of cuting a population off from porn.

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    • tino_408@lemmy.world ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      They will just rely on illegal outlets now lol Can’t wait to see people locked up for porn lol one of the stupidest ways to spend government money lol

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      • RIotingPacifist@lemmy.world ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Oi there, you got a liosence for that their wank

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    • SuiXi3D@fedia.io ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Texas did the same shit not long ago. VPN usage went through the roof, as expected.

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      • RIotingPacifist@lemmy.world ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        UK is requiring age verification on VPNs too

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    • THE_GR8_MIKE@lemmy.world ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      If videos from other places with no porn are anything to go off of, they’re going to start learning how to drive their cars on two wheels without the distraction of porn.

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      • Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Also seeing how many times they can get the car to spin after pulling the handbrake at highway speed.

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  • nutsack@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    sorry I don’t know what any of these things are

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    • WhyIHateTheInternet@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Username does not check out.

      Or it absolutely checks out.

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  • devolution@lemmy.world ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Tally ho chaps. God hates wankers. Image

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  • Soulphite@reddthat.com ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    This leaves citizens with a torrent of questions.

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    • floofloof@lemmy.ca ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      You really need a VPN to torrent safely, and the UK Government is in the process of restricting VPNs.

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      • Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        I guarantee there will still be VPNs accessible in the UK no matter what they try. My money is definitely on Mullvad still being accessible for one.

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  • WanderingThoughts@europe.pub ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    So that’s why that back mirror episode with the pig was set in the UK. They knew.

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  • danh2os@piefed.social ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    VPN industry …. EXPLODES!

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  • Johnnyvibrant@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I just found out today due to work needs that Vimeo already does this.

    TBH I didnt know Vimeo was anything like this.

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    • lastlybutfirstly@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      A lot of sites had to block the UK like Imgur, or completely shut down like Urban Dead, because they aren’t the kajillion dollar companies the UK government thought the Internet was made of. I don’t know why the UK didn’t enforce parental control software instead. OSA was a solution for a problem solved 30 years ago and is just going to destroy the Internet since it’s not possible for the vast majority of it to adhere to its laws.

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