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This type of regulation just creates a moat around the big social media platforms. Similar to bank regulations which push smaller banks out of business as they can't keep up with the increasing regulation burden, these regulations prevent new competition due to the regulatory burden that has an associated cost that a small start up will be unable to sustain.

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I would love spending a couple of years in UK.

I dont need freedom of speech, only freedom of bark?

If they decide to censor even the barking, then we need to bite it back

I don't think simply restrict certain speech or action is inherently authoritarianism. Authoritarianism to me means the law making process is determined by one or a few individuals. If one or a few individuals decided that certain things can't be said or done, then it is authoritarianism. Because their decision isn't approved by people.

However, if the society mostly agree that certain things can't be said or done, and voted for lawmakers to make such laws, then it is not authoritarianism. Because the restriction is the result of democratic process, and it is agreed by most people.

The core problem here is, if people in a society don't have a consensus on what is tolerable action or speech and what is not, then this society is inherently more divided. A unified society generally would have an agreement on what speech and action is acceptable, and where the red line should be.

I dont have a say in the UK laws, but their law threatens to change my experience on websites.

I would probably care less if the consequence for not compiling was some type of national IP ban there by disabling the website's ability to "harm" UK citizens. rather than some crazy fine that they expect them to pay.

I would like to see the sites just ban access from the UK region as a result, to avoid dealing with the threat of the fines by meeting the demands.

Facebook largely does this and people still spew that nonsense. In fact, I see considerably more toxicity, racism, etc on FB where people are posting under their own names than I do on forums like this one and others I follow/post in. This is probably a moderation problem, but it dispels the idea I grew up with that people on the internet are toxic because they are anonymous - turns out groups of people are just toxic in general.

I agree in theory, you'd think the risk of posting that ***under your real name would deter people - but it doesn't, it's all over the place, under real names (mostly).


I've been playing 33 Immortals lately and the best part about it - there is no chat feature. It's a multiplayer game where everyone has to kindof figure out what others are doing without actually talking, kindof like some of the MP features in Dark Souls games, and it's really nice because you don't have to deal with toxic *** - adults or children.

I am extremely hesitant to play most online games purely because of the toxicity. It may seem soft, but I have enough negativity going on - I don't need to inject more in my free time/hobbies than I already do to myself. This is especially bad in the FPS community, but you see it in other games too.

Feels like fearmongering. The US had a Kids Online Safety bill sail through the Senate last year, 91-3. Even the current authoritarian in the WH supported it. This UK bill is almost an exact replica. It's not censoring "things they don't like," (this is where the part about lying comes in) but rather making sure things like porn and terrorist links aren't allowed on a website accessible by minors. How is that gonna change your experience?

FFXIAH is designed to have all swears and offensive text bleeped out when an anonymous scrapper comes along from a company, so they should not find any issues with us, no worries Arcane

I can't go to Sesame Street and be like
A is for Atomic
B is for Bomb

The worst offenders I've seen on FB all use fake accounts. Unless their parents really did name them Ilene Eulick.

That's quitter's talk, Richybear! You go on Sesame Street and up pump the jam!

Dogs are required to be muzzled in public places, Panta.

And the "online safety bill" has nothing to do with "protecting children".

You are already required to put your name on a list if you want unfiltered internet in the uk. The filter is not just for porn, though that was the claim.

The ISPs have put everything they don't like into the "porn filter" including proxies, VPNs, live sports websites, P2P sites, anime sites, basically anything that does not pay the ISP money for bandwidth.

And it's a network level block not a DNS that can be bypassed trivially.

The net situation in the UK is worse than china even. At least in China you can access anything in China without blocks.

In any case, the law is about as relevant to any company or site outside the UK as their existing porn filter is.

Which is to say not at all. UK laws do not apply outside the uk. They have no claim to any compensation or anything requiring a site to make any changes from this.

Yes, they could force ISPs to block access to any site that does not comply. Good luck with not having internet.

Sounds dystopian

Idk, there's a certain charm to teaching the youth about atomic bombs simultaneously with the alphabet.

W is for waterboard
I is for infidel

"today I learned about the alfbet, and the guneeva convention"

Sounds like political discourse

Stumbled upon a new type of uncanny valley today,

you have all been warned.

No not really, in China you have to provide real name just to use internet, not just the filtered content.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_real-name_system_in_China


On top of that, any content in the firewall are heavily censored. What's being censored or not depends on the mood of the higher ups. Like sometimes you may find talking about egg prices being too sensitive because it could sound like criticizing government, then you may find your posts about egg prices disappear.

That being said, vpn is popular, so you can technically have freedom if you use vpn to visit foreign sites. Except the law* says only government approved vpn is legal. In other words, even if you use vpn, you are still sending data to the government.

Oh and btw, no porn within the Chinese firewall because porn is bad according to the government. Except the one that hasn't get caught and shut down.

tl;Dr: if you think any of the western democratic country is anywhere close to China when it comes to freedom, then you need some real experience living there lol.

*Wiki says this law is from the interim regulations of PRC on Administration of international networking of computer information networks order 195 of the state council.

Its bad.

One thing that's inherently tied to Internet real-name system in China is that because you can't use internet anonymously, so rl harassment from your internet post is a common weapon being used by internet haters. There are all kinds of tools or insider leaks to search for the user's real name and id.

So you still think China has good internet environment? Lol.

Well its a good thing we play a Japanese game here and not a Chinese game.

Nynja simping for cardboard cutout hologram lady? :O!

There is potential for a way to keep information private as a form of this

Have everyone get provincal,prefecture/state ID at a pre-determined age like 18 (similar to real ID or a driver's license, allow it to function for those once you unlock them), registering with the state their age, online name chosen, address etc. The state then sends the certified name to the database with nothing more. Just that the name exists in database is proof that you've been certified as a real human of age.

That way only people with these registered names can use websites by creating an account with that forced username, and the website has no idea who you are or your personal info, they only know "this person has an ID that is in the database, so they have been certified so they are safe to enter the website" etc

That way kids will not be able to access any of the age restricted websites because they haven't registered a username yet, and anyone with a username chosen means "you dont need to know anything about me except I have been certified in person as old enough to use your service" so the individual stays anonymous in the website's eyes. And the website cannot ask any personal information about you, to exploit or sell etc (which means it would also require a lot of cookie retention reform too for this aspect of it to be plausible)

Did i stutter???

What are your guys favorite original Playstation and PS2 games?

Playstation > Final Fantasy Tactics
PS2 > Disgaea

This is a guy who loved the new snow white movie

More like this is a guy that never believes RA's idiocy. And as it turns out, I was right.

PS1 > FF7
PS2 > I could say FFXI, but as I played it on Xbox, then FFXII.

But in terms of hours, Winning Eleven on both consoles would be a possibility too