This is how you push through universally unpopular legislation. You start with attacks on groups most people don't care about (sex workers), under the guise of something many support (protecting kids). Then you keep increasing the heat until the frog sits in boiling water.
If we lose our bee population, the Earth basically collapses. They are responsible for pollinating about 1/3 of the food we eat. They are far more important to humans than any AI tool or data center. Save the bees NOW.
China restricts VPNs.
Iran restricts VPNs.
Russia restricts VPNs.
Now Britain is looking at doing the same.
The fact we're even having this conversation should alarm everyone who values privacy and freedom online.
Keir Starmer has completely lost the plot.
Girl dads:
Do not bring little girls into the men's room. We do not want little girls exposed to adult, male genitals.
You are welcome to bring your girl(s) into the women's restroom.
Just give a knock, say you're a girl dad coming in, and you'll be fine.
To the idiots celebrating government controlling kids, you just agreed to adults having to hand over facial recognition, digital ID, passports and/or credit card details to prove you are not a child.
Your stupidity is immeasurable.
If Britain starts restricting VPNs, we'll be joining an exclusive club that includes China, Russia and Iran.
How did the country that gave the world the magna carta end up aligning our internet controls with authoritarian states?
Workdays SHOULD be 10am-3pm or 9am-2pm. There's no reason for people to spend most of their lives at work.
Let people go home and have time for their families, partners, friends, and rest. That's why everyone is so miserable today.
🚨 For anyone tracking the under-16 social media bans in Canada and the UK, you might have noticed the government suddenly walking back some specific wording.
They backed off forcing you to upload credit cards or facial scans because of the public backlash, and now they’re pushing a "backend token system". It sounds less intrusive on the surface, but here is the truth about what that actually means, because most people are being completely misled by that marketing:
A cryptographic token isn't a magic, anonymous poker chip. To work, a token has to be anchored to something verified. That means your physical device, your phone carrier contract, or your real identity is permanently tethered to that token.
Every single time your phone throws that token to let you log into an app, it logs exactly who you are, where you are, and what you're doing.
It isn't a privacy shield to protect kids. It's a digital passport that tracks an adult's every move across the internet.
This mean students up to Year 11 will not be able to revise GCSE biology on Freesciencelessons YouTube channel.
This also mean a 15 years and 364 days old not be able to read Facebook posts from their MP or councillor, but expected to vote for them tomorrow.
A college swimmer caught red-handed assaulting an unconscious girl behind a dumpster gets sentenced to just 3 months in jail because the judge "didn't want to ruin his Olympic potential." Once again, a man's hypothetical career is worth more than a woman's actual life.
Some people seem to have a very short memory. Charles Leclerc is Mr. Ferrari, and he has been carrying the team on his back for 8 years.
Please, put some respect on his name. Last year, he dragged that tractor to 7 podiums and a pole position.