Maybe there could be a VPN service that doesn’t require age verification but doesn’t provide access to porn or social media?
There is probably a solution. But on balance I’d rather kids didn’t get access to porn and social media. And if that means age verification for VPN I’m comfortable with that. Unless somebody can come up with a better solution
The British will never ever ever accept ID cards.
You’re right. Parliament also has a bar where they serve alcohol.
They’re not banning VPNs. They’re attempting to limit use to adults.
wheeeeeeee there goes Beyond Good and Evil 2 for another decade :-(
edit: maybe not. Ubisoft Montpelier isn't amongst the cull list. I live to hope another day
Kids growing up being able to see porn on demand is also a horrible idea. Arguably a more horrible idea.
The onus is on us to provide a solution to that if we want to remove ID checks from websites that serve adult material. Which currently is porn but could be easily expanded to social media.
He's America First
I'd be happy to take the hit to get my wider family off of Facebook and X.
Although I feel this site has a more sensible algorithm that doesn't reward brigading. I think some tighter regulation is possible in the digital sphere
https://join-lemmy.org/docs/contributors/07-ranking-algo.html
I wouldn't get too excited as there's 40 Reform councillors in Derbyshire:
https://democracy.derbyshire.gov.uk/mgMemberIndex.aspx?VW=TABLE&PIC=1&FN=WARD
The FT was warning that pensions would switch out of U.S when divestment occurred.
It's not an emotional FU to America or a Buy European statement from Sweden. It's that the American market is unpredictable and pensions are risk averse (customers tend to want stability rather than big returns). Be interesting to find out where the money went.
Im for it myself. Honestly wouldn’t mind a ban on algorithmic based news given the state that America is in.
I’m starting to see social media as smoking. It’s bad for you. Give up
Underrated comment.
We don't need a referendum though. It can be via next parliament after a vote by the public on Labour vs Reform manifesto