This utter bullshit has finally reappeared:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-60293057


Precisely how they plan to levy fines on sites not hosted, or firms not based, in the UK isn't mentioned, presumably because its utter garbage, plus of course technology has moved on since the last time this idiocy was proposed, I'm fairly sure dns-over-https is what finally buried the idea a few years back, and since then the Mastercard clampdown has largely negated the pirate sites which would have been the main beneficiaries of the original proposals.

To the seven hells with incompetent, technically illiterate politicians.

I suspect it is something that they have thrown out onto the table again to try and deflect from the corruption, lies, incompetence, law breaking and smears from the clown in chief... Either way, without outlawing VPNs, TOR, and countless other ways, it is still unworkable, but gives them a way of trying to change the subject to this. Then, when it comes time to actually start working on it, and getting the law passed, it will be quietly shelved again until the next crapshow

You forgot the part that a certain Government favourite (begins with "C" and ends in "(r)apita") receives a very large sum of money to do some consultancy work.

Oh, giving money to party donors, Crapita and other "leading companies" is a given - I'm waiting for a massive contract to go to the johnson pooches vet... I'm sure they are suitably qualified

Oh just wait until you hear about the fuckery congress here is trying to pass. Under the guise of being more safe for children, they are considering a bill that would put an end to end to end encryption between your local machine and the website you are on. People that owned websites on their own servers will have to use government sponsored apps to scrub through the communication on the website to make sure that it is ok for kids. They are also taking this to the picture level. Any site hosting photos will have to have this shit to scan photos to make sure that there are not any kids in them that are inappropriate. This will apply to like AWS sites etc. We already have laws in place to protect children and punish people and shit like that. But nothing that removes the end to end communication encryption.

A side note. My state instituted a law for porn sites that they have to show a verification screen to make sure that you are old enough to visit the porn site you are going to. Because our idiot fucking politicians think they can police the internet and fine sites that do not put up the warning LOL.

An to the foiks from the UK, let's not forget the gloriously named Chief of Police Cressia Dick.

She's only chief of the Met. Just London.

In addition to this, it seems to be part of a plan and media blitz (M&C Saatchi have already been hired by the UK government) to try and nudge public opinion to be against end to end encryption in messaging apps (starting with 'Meta'/Facecrap messenger and the decision made to finally introduce it).

In terms of enforcement, they can - through a court order- force ISPs to ban access to certain websites (As far as I know this done semi-regularly for piracy sites). Essentially if porn site want the UK market they'll need comply with the law.

All politicians should spend a year in prison to understand the experience of it,
since they force others into prison. Spending a year in prison should be a requirement of all politicians.

And not even that for much longer, as they are saying on Twitter, #DickOut
https://twitter.com/i/events/1491848570164563980

I have been calling all my medical doctors, spreading the word, telling them to deny all medical care to fascist anti-freedom anti-porn politicians. (So that means all republicunts and most democraps in the USA.) Let's see how much they really care that a kid stumbles across pornography when they are dying of trivial things like pancreatic cancer.

I like mocking these politicians' death, either by cheering them dying or by expressing alternative beliefs about whether they died or not.
It's really quite funny how you don't see Ronald Reagan any more pushing
anti-free speech anti-pornography rhetoric dogma any more. Why is that?

I am with you Zoidberg. I lost a twitter account for hoping for the death of certain people. I do want my cremated remains shot out of a cannon at certain politicians houses.

Proof that twitter hates freedom of speech.

Zoidberg, I thought you were smarter than that. When I chose to play in twitters sandbox I chose to abide by their rules. There is no freedom of speech on an online server. Not even here will you find freedom of speech. The rules here are pretty lax in comparison, but still there all the same.