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		BoxOfRain 8 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: EU Council Approves New "Chat Control" Mandate Pus... 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.

echelon_musk 8 days ago [–]

> can browse for example

can't browse?

gpderetta 8 days ago | | [–]

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

BoxOfRain 8 days ago | | [–]

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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