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The UK is perhaps less competent at it's authoritarianism




I genuinely think the public sector being a bit hopeless is a major check on tyranny in the UK.

Ofcom (the communications regulator charged with imposing the censorship laws) literally maintains a public list of non-compliant websites that anyone who doesn't want to give their ID to a shady offshore firm can browse for example.


> can browse for example

can't browse?


No, "can" is correct. It is neither illegal nor, currently, technically restricted to browse non-compliant websites. So

No they can browse them, Ofcom literally compiled the sites it doesn't want everyone to browse in an easily-accessible list.



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