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Imgur blocks access to UK users after proposed regulatory fine (www.bbc.com)
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[–] 16 points 1 year ago (6 children)

How long until parliament decides to push the undo button on this stupid law?

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    I can’t see them actually undoing it. It will just become a thing that is no longer enforced. Once one company stands up to it and refuses to pay the fine, and the uk can’t force them to pay, others will do it. Once enough do it the UK will stop trying (hopefully)

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Can't happen soon enough. However this is actually about control so any collateral damage is irrelevant

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (2 children)

    Well it is about control they have to at least maintain the illusion that it's about child protection. They have to at least maintain the veneer of legitimacy. So if enough people make enough noise about how this is actually a privacy violating nightmare (even though that's actually the point) they will have to pretend to be concerned about that.

    Anyway they have an out, this is mostly a Tory policy anyway that just got implemented under labour, so if it becomes a noose around there necks they can just get rid of the unpopular Tory policy and now they're the heroes.

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