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Today The UK Parliament Undermined The Privacy, Security, And Freedom Of All Internet Users (www.eff.org)
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Today The UK Parliament Undermined The Privacy, Security, And Freedom Of All Internet Users::The U.K. Parliament has passed the Online Safety Bill (OSB), which says it will make the U.K. “the safest place” in the world to be online. In reality, the OSB will lead to a much more censored, locked-down internet for British users. The bill could empower the government to undermine not just the...

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[–] Dasnap@lemmy.world 40 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I thought they pushed this back a few weeks ago when they realized it wasn't plausible?

Or is it a case of 'the law is here for when it is plausible', which it never will be?

[–] Catalog0904@lemmy.sdf.org 35 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You sadly are correct. All they said is the tech doesn’t exist….but we are still making this the law. Dark times…

[–] Dasnap@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago (2 children)

So they've basically made a law saying we must all bow down to The Almighty Dragon when he's eventually discovered?

[–] cashews_best_nut@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It'll be a cold day in hell before I bow to a Welshman!

[–] ItsABarmcake@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Oh no. They might actually make it onto the flag

[–] Thranduil@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I dont think monkey D dragon wants to restrict internet he is too busy fighting the government