The online message board’s lawyers say that UK safety laws don’t apply outside the UK. This basic principle may soon be tested in court.

  • @IllNess@infosec.pub
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    381 month ago

    There are already a lot of products and services created to block adult material. Instead of wasting millions of dollars and thousands of hours of human power, they could’ve made a law to opt-in to these services at the service provider level.

    For example, in this situation, nearly all blocking services would block 4chan.

    • kbalOP
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      341 month ago

      They tried that. Don’t underestimate the progress already made towards building the Great Firewall of Britain. I guess the main problem was that when the blocking was optional, too many people chose to opt out.

      • Scrubbles
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        241 month ago

        Wow so many people disagreed that it flipped. Almost like people don’t want it

          • Scrubbles
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            141 month ago

            right right right, you’re right, please take away my privacy to help parents not need to parent their children!!!

            • @Junkers_Klunker@feddit.dk
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              71 month ago

              Your privacy is not as important as childrens safety on the interwebs. What do you think happens if they grow up and see media that isn’t government licensed.

      • @IllNess@infosec.pub
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        91 month ago

        First off thank you for the info. Second what comes next is not directed towards you.

        SO WHAT THE FUCK IS THE FUCKING PROBLEM THEN?!