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So do we all need VPNs now? What does STW recommend?

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I don't know how the photos on the driving licence are generated but if it's AI I don't know what's gone on with our Graham. If it is an old photo of him, he's put on a bit of timber!

 

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Posted : 31/07/2025 4:52 pm
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Ban VPNs? We would be in good company there.

Accordring to google they are bannned in Belarus, Iraq, Turkmenistan, and North Korea. Other nations, such as China, Russia, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, Iran, Egypt, and Uganda, restrict or heavily regulate VPN usage.

I had to switch to Opera with the VPN to view a reddit page on beer.


 
Posted : 31/07/2025 5:53 pm
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Posted by: Greybeard

The scope definition for the Online Safety Act is so broadly worded that it includes any kind of forum, so age verification may be required for STW once Ofcom get their enforcement running...

 

Maybe there is a silver lining and STW politics threads will be blocked...

 


 
Posted : 31/07/2025 6:12 pm
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Posted by: drlex

If lacking VPN or copy of “Death Stranding”, one can always offer up one’s M.P.’s driving licence as verification - enter a postcode here: https://use-their-id.com and screen grab the output. A slightly different way of getting your elected representative to work for you.

 

Haha, that's brilliant.

You know this must be going well when ofcom employ the services of influencers to promote it

https://web.archive.org/web/20250802002505/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/08/01/influencers-promote-britain-new-porn-age-checks/

 


 
Posted : 02/08/2025 5:55 am
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May I suggest OrNET Browser… it seems to happily allow browsing of websites frequented by gentlemen with… discerning tastes, without having to worry about being asked embarrassing questions about their age. 😙


 
Posted : 02/08/2025 10:47 pm
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"You know this must be going well when ofcom employ the services of influencers to promote it"

 

Have they asked Bonnie Blue?


 
Posted : 03/08/2025 12:03 am
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El Reg has an insightful write-up.  (I know one of the guys interviewed for the piece.)


 
Posted : 03/08/2025 3:57 pm
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