Cauliflour
The one who doodles.
- Mar 24, 2025
- 60
Guess I gotta start looking for VPNs...damn it.
I googled what the act was and skim read this article and it's got it's flaws, to say the least:
This is really vague and seems like it's written that way so people can take down any website they seem as "illegal" by stretching one of these. I suspect "promoting or facilitating suicide" is where this website comes under but it's stupid because there's a difference between having somewhere to honestly vent with others (like a group therapy session) and cults telling you to jump off buildings.
Now this, is fucking stupid. Who the fuck thought this was a good idea? Do they not know the dangers of doxxing?
First of all, stuff like "facial age estimation" just seems like a dodgy AI waiting to break and how can they tell the difference between someone who's 17 and someone who's 18 just based on their face? But stuff like "credit card checks" and "digital identity services" just seem like a scandal waiting to happen. Especially because of how many dodgy porn sites are out there, all it takes is 1 hacker and a porn site database to leak the sensitive personal info of thousands, if not millions of people. I can tell whoever came up with this was a 50 something year old who only uses the internet to like cat videos on Facebook and has no idea what the internet is actually like.
Not to mention, a lot of this act can be cut out and be replaced with "follow what you're kids are doing online" instead on having to rely on the government because this isn't going to change the internet for the better. No. Websites are just gonna block us brits (or set up scam sites to farm sensitive personal data) and VPNs with skyrocket.
(screenshot that goes "Requirement to carry out a children's access assessment. All user-to-user and search services – defined as 'Part 3' services – in scope of the act, must carry out a children's access assessment to establish if their service – or part of their service – is likely to be accessed by children. From today, these services have three months to complete their children's access assessments, in line with our guidance, with a final deadline of 16 April. Unless they are already using highly effective age assurance and can evidence this, we anticipate that most of these services will need to conclude that they are likely to be accessed by children within the meaning of the act. Services that fall into this category must comply with the children's risk assessment duties and the children's safety duties." in case it doesn't load)
Well, there goes basically every social media.
I'm so sick of living in a word run by idiots. Why can't they keep to themselves and instead use those resources to spread awareness on the dangers of the internet, especially for kids, and use the law to tackle with stuff like scam sites draining people's wallets.
I also want to add that the servers sometimes act up on my end and I'm not sure if that's down to the website itself or the government messing with my connection. Either way it's annoying as I couldn't upload the last screenshot. Couldn't access the website at all the other day for about an hour. Suppose this is the beginning of the end. Any VPN suggestions? (ones that don't require money)
