Support NeoGAF

[Wilhelm_85]

While it sucks to see that it took a law to bring this change, I think the net effect will be positive. Just in time for young British men to turn their energy and attention to the Remigration cause.

 

[TheGrat1]

Fake King
bad weather
Shitty food
No porn

The UK seems like an alien world sometimes.

"Oi guv, you got a loiscense fer 'angin out yer window?"

 

[Grildon Tundy]

I see the stuff like this, the jailing for social media posts, overregulations (TV licenses, anyone?), knife bans as if knives cause violence and aren't tools wielded by people, and the rape gang coverups coming out of the UK, and it's just sad, man. Your government seems to truly hate you.

 

[killatopak]

Good.

I don't want to sound like a hypocrite cause I do consume a lot of these but I imagine how much more I could have done with my life if I wasn't so addicted to it when I was younger.

 

[TDiddyLive]

Technically it's the same here. But you're heading into the weird shit of 'probable cause' etc. And that's obtuse and esoteric by design.

Probable cause is needed to make an arrest. Probable cause has a higher burden of proof than reasonable suspicion. Reasonable suspicion is the bare minimum needed for detention. Probable cause is required for an arrest to be made.

 

[ForAcademicPurposes]

Time for a new internet.

 

[ReBurn]

Probable cause is needed to make an arrest. Probable cause has a higher burden of proof than reasonable suspicion. Reasonable suspicion is the bare minimum needed for detention. Probable cause is required for an arrest to be made.

Probable cause is required for charges to stick. Belief of probable cause is all that is required for an arrest to be made. Qualified immunity protects police officers who don't actually have probable cause but say they thought they did.

 

[Plies]

UK doesn't consume much porn anyway.
I doubt many will be affected, nut this is still an invasion of people's privacy, sugarcoated as something else.

 

[Lambogenie]

Yes, but which country's has gone _up_ thanks to VPN?

 

[YCoCg]

Yes, but which country's has gone _up_ thanks to VPN?

Netherlands is what I conne....I mean so I've heard.

 

[DirtInUrEye]

Lol the hysteria in this thread tho

 

[CokeDiet]

Do you guys in the UK have those machines from Demolition Man in your homes that issue fines for violations of the verbal morality statute?

 

[Putonahappyface]

Do you guys in the UK have those machines from Demolition Man in your homes that issue fines for violations of the verbal morality statute?

No, but we do have three sea shells shaped like Princess Andrew's face.

 

[ForAcademicPurposes]

Do you guys in the UK have those machines from Demolition Man in your homes that issue fines for violations of the verbal morality statute?

Demolition Man is a documentary.

 

[BattleScar]

Only four more years of these malignant cunts to go.

Surely you must understand this stuff started long before the current political party came into power. The incumbents just finished the job.

 

[Putonahappyface]

Surely you must understand this stuff started long before the current political party came into power. The incumbents just finished the job.

It has certainly ramped up under this new government that's for sure.

 

[BattleScar]

It has certainly ramped up under this new government that's for sure.

It was already in progress under the Conservatives. It just wasn't changed or cancelled by Labour.

 

[Putonahappyface]

It was already in progress under the Conservatives. It just wasn't changed or cancelled by Labour.

We better kill this subject before we get banned.

 

[Brazen]

Demolition Man is a documentary.

And a premonition. That movie grows on me every time I see it.

 

[BlackTron]

Any chance Brits would ask the Americans to invade them?

Seems like it would be a great use of American military power. Just flatten Westminster and start fresh.

And then the new government can impose the same thing!

 

[Dr.Morris79]

Ofcom, in the UK, just took on 4chan..

Should be fun.

 

[ForAcademicPurposes]

And a premonition. That movie grows on me every time I see it.

Yep, the warning bells were out there.

 

[Cyberpunkd]

Only four more years of these malignant cunts to go.

Cute, you think Labour and Torries are different and not both rich, incompetent fund babies cunts.

 

[MrTroubleMaker]

 

[TheInfamousKira]

So is the winner of the civil war gonna call themselves England, or New-New England?

 

[Bojji]

So is the winner of the civil war gonna call themselves England, or New-New England?

Neo Anglia.

 

[jason10mm]

So is the winner of the civil war gonna call themselves England, or New-New England?

It's gonna be Englandistan or Britlamisbad at the rate they are going. In 100 years looking back maybe this period won't seem so chaotic but I think we are living through one of those cultural shifts that will define the globe for the next few centuries. AI is probably the larger factor but this stuff is gonna be a big part as well.

 

[p_xavier]

So what the heck, it's now enforced in Canuckistan too? Got these messges.

 

[YCoCg]

So what the heck, it's now enforced in Canuckistan too? Got these messges.

Always the plan, once one country introduces it, the rest follows

 

[Plies]

Always the plan, once one country introduces it, the rest follows

Will they ban VPNs next??

 

[YCoCg]

Will they ban VPNs next??

"For the children's safety"

 

[TheGrat1]

So what the heck, it's now enforced in Canuckistan too? Got these messges.

The commonwealth kneels to the crown. What else is new?

 

[p_xavier]

The commonwealth kneels to the crown. What else is new?

Probably be the last king at this stage.

 

[TheGrat1]

Probably be the last king at this stage.

I can't think of a faster way for a monarchy to be overthrown than banning porn.

 

[cripterion]

Lol what the policemen said at the end, sounds like they will soon veer into Psycho-pass territory there

 

[Major Insano]

This is a good thing. The less people watching this degenerate shite the better.

 

[Cyberpunkd]

Always the plan, once one country introduces it, the rest follows

For some reason this also came up in France - some websites are inaccessible without age verification, but xHamster did the funny shit and just made all their looping thumbnails SFW, and then on real video sex comes up it is blurred lol.

 

[chromhound]

VPN lol

 

[FeralEcho]

This is a good thing. The less people watching this degenerate shite the better.

They'll end up looking for release in the streets with hookers or worse...raping some innocent girl. Porn is a release in the same way punching a bag at the gym instead of a guy at a bar is.

Men and women need release and porn is an easy,cheap way for that. Sex is a necessity for day to day life,there's a reason prostitution is the oldest profession in the history of man. Sex is a necessity for the society to function properly but in a world that seems to be hell bent on censoring anything sexual on the internet and women having such high standards that even buttfucking ugly cunts act like they are a 10,guys are having harder and harder times to get that release so what do you think the repercussions will be when you take away the cheapest form of release? Do you think those degenerates will suddenly turn into productive calm men? If you take their outlet away all you'll be left with is the degenerate itself looking for a new outlet!

Imagine if there's a new law banning all dildos and sex for women. You'd just get angry karens everywhere not a more peaceful and productive society.

Eliminating problematic outlets just lets the freaks out of their cages instead of keeping them confined in their spaces.

How this can be so fucking hard to get for some is baffling to me...

 

[jason10mm]

I can't think of a faster way for a monarchy to be overthrown than banning porn.

Maybe just boost the category "Prima Nocta" to normalize a noble coming in to cuck a groom on his wedding night

 

[AJUMP23]

Article:

A U.K. government official wants tougher rules to stop kids from using VPNs to dodge the country's latest online safety laws. The Online Safety Act, which went into effect this summer, puts new legal pressure on online platforms, including search engines and social media sites, to protect users from harmful content. The laws are mostly aimed at keeping children away from porn and other "harmful" material tied to self-harm, suicide, and eating disorders. One of the act's main provisions is that pornography sites and platforms with user-uploaded content must use technology to verify or estimate a user's age. That typically means requiring people to upload a government-issued ID or a photo of themselves to prove they meet the age requirement. But users have already found ways around these new digital checkpoints. Some crafty gamers discovered they could use the photo mode in Death Stranding to trick age verification systems on Reddit and Discord. Most, though, are simply turning to virtual private networks (VPNs), which reroute internet traffic through servers in other countries and hide a user's real IP address. That makes it easy to get around the age verification requirements. Interest in VPNs spiked in the UK the week after the laws took effect on July 21, according to Google Trends. Now, one official is pushing to close the VPN workaround. Dame Rachel de Souza, England's children's commissioner, told BBC Newsnight on Monday that VPNs are "absolutely a loophole that needs closing" and called for age checks on the services themselves. In a new report, de Souza recommended requiring age verification for the use of VPNs. The report argues the move would help stop underage users from accessing porn. A survey conducted right before the law took effect found that about 70% of children had seen pornography online, with X (formerly Twitter) cited as the most common source. The report also flagged the violent nature of much of the porn kids are exposed to, with 58% of respondents saying they had seen porn depicting strangulation before turning 18, and 44% reporting seeing depictions of rape of a person sleeping. "This is having an impact on children's view of what is normal sexual behaviour," the report argues. A government spokesperson told the BBC that there are no plans to ban VPNs, "but if platforms deliberately push workarounds like VPNs to children, they face tough enforcement and heavy fines." In the U.S., nearly half of the states have passed laws requiring porn sites to use age verification systems. Nine states have also approved rules forcing social media platforms to demand either age checks or parental consent for minors.

Source: https://gizmodo.com/uk-official-calls-for-age-verification-on-vpns-to-prevent-porn-loophole-2000644942

Always want more restrictions. Never enough regulation.


I am not advocating for PORN, people should stay off it. But the government should not pretend they are trying to "protect the kids" with their laws. If the UK cared about protecting kids they would round up and expel all people involved in the child grooming.

 

[wipeout364]

To me it looks like things are going downhill fast in the UK and these measures are the government's way of gaslighting the population into not seeing the real problems like rapidly expanding poverty, inability to access health care. Inability to find shelter, failing public services and no solutions in sight.

 

[RoadHazard]

Things are going great since that Brexit thing huh.

 

[LordCBH]

Trending in quite the interesting direction...

How much prison time would I get if I asked them to sit on my face?

Is there a difference in time if I asked them to do it right after they jog? Do I get a reduced sentence if I asked them to shower first?

 

[kevboard]

This is a good thing. The less people watching this degenerate shite the better.

you'd think people like you don't exist anymore these days. people who have zero idea how the internet works. are you a 70yo time traveler from the 90s?

the traffic of porn sites go down FOR PORN SITES THAT ABIDE BY THE RULES... and which are those? the ones that are properly moderated and save.

and which sites don't report their traffic + see a rise in traffic? THE ONES THAT DON'T... and those are also the sites that are badly moderated, are slow to delete, or don't at all delete illigal materials like child porn, revenge porn, illigally obtained sex tapes, leaked nudes etc. these sites are also probably filled with scam ads and other dangerous shit.

 

[Donald mac Ronald]

Things are going great since that Brexit thing huh.

Because being in the EU somehow would save censorship in the UK? When the EU is about to do something similar.

 

[Dirk Benedict]

Demolition Man is a documentary.

I wish it didn't take so long to charge that gun.

 

[ForAcademicPurposes]

I wish it didn't take so long to charge that gun.

I do hate turbo lag.