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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 ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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 ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

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

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    • manualoverride@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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 ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Bro, we are living 1984.

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  • DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

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

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    • SlacksMcTavish@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

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

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      • Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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 ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Time for a VVPN.

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      • floofloof@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

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

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      • DarkCloud@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        A bunch of VPNs are owned by Israel.

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      • DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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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      • bytesonbike@discuss.online ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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 ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

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

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      • r8KNzcU8TzCroexsE2xbWC@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

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

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      • DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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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  • warm@kbin.earth ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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 ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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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      • moopet@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        You think it’ll be the bad example other countries learn from, but loads of other countries are already following suit.

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      • abbiistabbii@piefed.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Which will be reacted to with even more authoritarian shit. 

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  • yetAnotherUser@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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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    • SethTaylor@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

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

      Talk with friends and **family**

      Hmmmmm… Maybe not though

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      • UxyIVrljPeRl@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Im stuck in age-verification

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    • tankplanker@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      UK is going to be requiring age verification for VPN access. reclaimthenet.org/uk-house-of-lords-votes-to-exte…

      Will this mean all VPNs will comply? Obviously not, but the bigger names will either pull out or comply as we seeing with the bigger porn sites.

      The next step after this will be criminalization of using a VPN without age verification.

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      • yetAnotherUser@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Wait, WHAT? They already voted? I didn’t expect that so soon…

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    • jmf@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Advertising for mullvad harms the peer2peer network. (They blocked port forwarding and won’t be bringing it back)

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      • Blackmist@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Are there any VPNs that didn’t? I couldn’t really find any, and tbh it’s not a massive issue for torrenting. I still upload a fair bit, but obviously not as much as I would be if I had ports open.

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      • filcuk@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        How does it harm p2p? I’ve been downloading and seeding without issue. Genuine question

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      • yetAnotherUser@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Fair point. I just assumed most people reading my message wouldn’t care much about torrenting, but in this economy where censorship is pretty much happening, port forwarding would definitely be a plus. Do you have better suggestions?

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      • OneWomanCreamTeam@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        What VPN(s) would you recommend?

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    • rav3n@ttrpg.network ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Here’s a free VPN that you can use: riseup.net/en/vpn

      Try not to assume that there aren’t free alternative to what “the crowd” is constantly herding you to pay for. Do some digging, and you may be surprised by what you come across.

      Most of the good stuff is buried underneath mountains of bullshit.

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      • boonhet@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        The cost for us to offer RiseupVPN is approximately $60 USD per person per year. If you use the VPN, please consider donating at least this much. Thank you!

        That’s the same as Mullvad then, or more if you consider that everyone who can afford it should pay for more than their fair share because some can not.

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    • muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Don’t use tor for porn. Use i2p. You can torrent without breaking shit on i2p.

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  • tidderuuf@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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 ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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 ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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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  • nondescripthandle@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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 ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    What would we even call a decentralized porn site?

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    • IronBird@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      circlejerk?

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    • lastunusedusername2@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      FaptivityPub

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    • SethTaylor@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Fapiverse

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    • pHr34kY@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      ActivityHub Dixelfed FedTube

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    • WhyIHateTheInternet@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      OpenVDA

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      • RVGamer06@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        VDA?

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    • andros_rex@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Wouldn’t the ideal be self hosted content made by the people hosting it? Obviously there’s no mechanical means to block people from uploading content that they don’t make, but those kinds of ethical questions and control of access can be handled by federation networks.

      Decentralizing these things could lead to a better way for sex workers to work safely (SESTA/FOSTA closed up a lot of safer avenues for sex work in the US) There’s a lot of rules for trust that you can build into these systems, things like basic encryption with private and public keys.

      Someone who didn’t want their content online could take it down easily. They could easily gate it - like, think about where most of the profit the actresses and actors videos go to now? If you are watching stuff for free on a website, it’s the website getting ad revenue and maybe the company. Do they get royalties? Workers should own the means of their reproduction.

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    • Jankatarch@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      More importantly what type of content will linux users contribute to that site?

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      • RVGamer06@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Linux porn?

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  • RIotingPacifist@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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 ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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 ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Oi there, you got a liosence for that their wank

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      • Tollana1234567@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        or use vpn/proxies to get around it. these are all PH-owned sites, i wonder if it affects the non-PH affiliates porn sites.

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    • SuiXi3D@fedia.io ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

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

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      • RIotingPacifist@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        UK is requiring age verification on VPNs too

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    • THE_GR8_MIKE@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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 ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

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

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  • DarkFuture@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    I remember when you didn’t have to have a VPN to enjoy the internet.

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  • HugeNerd@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Image

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    • pressanykeynow@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      What vpn obfuscations do you use? Because you know they’ll block vpn next.

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      • ragas@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        You can probably block companies offering public VPN services.

        But good luck blocking VPN in general.

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      • gwl@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        They fully can’t, there’s too many legitimate reasons that their corporate overlords use it for, the most you’ll get is loud filibuster about “we’ll totally do that!” until the topic gets forgotten

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  • Soulphite@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    This leaves citizens with a torrent of questions.

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    • floofloof@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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 ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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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  • devolution@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Tally ho chaps. God hates wankers. Image

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  • Tollana1234567@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Uk is even more puritanical than the US,

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    • lightnsfw@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      They’re already blocking states in the US.

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  • nutsack@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

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

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    • WhyIHateTheInternet@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Username does not check out.

      Or it absolutely checks out.

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      • nutsack@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        explain

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  • sturmblast@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Coz thats the only place porn exists

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    • cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Policy makers so naive

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  • WanderingThoughts@europe.pub ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

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

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    • CosmoNova@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      It‘s a British series.

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  • Alpha71@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    They’re going after VPN’s now too.

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    • MiddleAgesModem@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Some random YouTube video? Weak.

      Anyone who thinks a government can ban VPNs without destroy economy is deluded. Countless businesses use them every day.

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      • Evotech@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Hmmm. China

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  • HertzDentalBar@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Looks like it were gonna go back to private VPNs with 10/20 people putting in each month to pay someone in a unrestricted area to run them a VPN.

    Keep it small, make it look like enterprise kinda shit.

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  • Yezzey@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    They don’t need those wankers!

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  • eletes@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Have the porn companies released numbers on how affected their traffic has been with an these new rules? I could see them not wanting to they’re getting hurt but would be interesting to see

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  • daggermoon@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Why did your politicians become right-wing grifters? Genuine question.

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    • ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Sometimes you can bait leftists into “taking the moral high ground”…

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  • MiddleAgesModem@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    And UK bollocks grew 5 shades bluer that winter

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  • muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    I’m actually a little concerned some of porn torrenting communities aren’t ready for the jump to i2p yet. Gaytorrents, for example, seems to think this all being blown out of proportion and couldn’t possibly effect them.

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    • Woht24@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      What specific knowledge you have

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  • danh2os@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    VPN industry …. EXPLODES!

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  • Jankatarch@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Are they partnered up with VPN companies by any chance?

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  • Johnnyvibrant@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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 ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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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  • biotin7@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Apparently according to the users here I2P is a good tool, so any good guides on I2P ?

    Would appreciate it.

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    • mudkip@lemdro.id ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      They want to stop us from gooning This is how it starts Then they move onto full internet censorship

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  • muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    I will never understand why people insist on using VPNs in 2026. You are just moving a single point of failure elsewhere and paying someone to lie about spying on you. Move to i2p.

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  • Petter1@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Buy those VPN shares, lol

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