Which amendment was which? Trying to look up my MPs coding history for it.
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This was proposed through an amendment 'in lieu'. I'm not an expert on how Parliament works, but these are amendments sent back to the Lords after rejecting their amendments (so aren't actually law yet?). The relevant votes here are:
I think they should just have parental controls enabled on ISP provided routers and mobile contracts by default, and have either a "disable per device" option based on the MAC or a "disable entirely" option, both carrying disclaimers that the network admin/bill payer bear 100% of the responsibility for any children's actions online if they have any.
Ah you see. You are making the classic mistake.
Of talking like someone who has a basic idea how the internet works.
Unfortunately your target audience (MPs). Dispite being the generation that invented it. Still think of it as a fancy telephone exchange from the 1980s. So assume it's just telling a few mega corps to do as they are told.
Add a bunch of money grabbing business leade rs into the mix. And suddenly the stupid laws make sense.
Phones and tablet, and increasingly everything, has randomized MAC addresses. So it will need to an allow list, not deny list. I mean, if you have roaming WiFi, you want to disable MAC randomization off anyway.... But how many normal people know how? You'd have to make that easier.
That's the norm for mobiles already I believe.
Yep, I don't have kids but my yearly isp change comes with the added joy of disabling the parental controls.
@flamingos@feddit.uk could this perhaps be a pinned post? This fundamentally alters everybody's relationship with the internet and should be known to all.
Definitely agreed, this is a change that has massive societal impact.
Yep i knew it was too good to be true when i saw "ministers reject aocial media ban" touted in the news this morning
It definitely seems different from how it was reported. It was presented as a win, not an expansion of powers. It wouldn't be so bad if all the ID verification platforms weren't security dumpster fires!!