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UK porn block law: How the creepy age verification systems will work
The age verification systems will include online account based verification, app and voucher based verification, and facial scanning verification.
The UK government will start blocking internet porn and tracking porn consumption habits from April 1
In its latest online surveillance effort, the UK government is requiring all citizens who access porn sites from April 1 to register with its age verification system or purchase an ID card which links to an app.
Facebook lobbied the former UK Chancellor of the Exchequer to influence GDPR legislation
Sheryl Sandberg, the COO of Facebook reportedly invited one of Osborne’s children to the Facebook office as a part of lobbying efforts.
Tech companies will get heavy UK fines if they don’t crack down on so-called “hate speech”
Uninformed government ministers seem intent on regulating “hate speech” without even defining what it is.
The Daily Caller Has Been Banned as a Reliable Source on Wikipedia
The popular conservative news site is now a “deprecated source” on Wikipedia which means citing it is generally prohibited.
The UK’s Proposed Online Forums Bill Is Another Example of Why Hate Speech Laws Shouldn’t Be a Thing
these terms could easily be used to suppress free speech and censor people through the legal system.