[RealCodingOtaku]

There is a petition to repeal the Online Safety Act[0].

The initial government response can be read as “lol, no”.

[0] https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/722903

[raincole]

Whether age verification is a justified idea or not, it feels awfully like the UK is createing a new generation of single-issue voters here.

Even wilder, they're lowering voting age to 16 [0]. So there would be a demographic group who can vote but cannot watch porn...?

[0]: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c628ep4j5kno

[padjo]

Or watch certain films because they can’t be trusted to contextualise them correctly. It’s pretty absurd.

[pfortuny]

Well, you cannot drink alcohol if you are less than 21 in the USA, but you can vote.

[jonathantf2]

I'm not sure I've ever seen a petition on that website with a positive outcome.

[Jigsy]

Online petitions aren't worth the paper they're written on.

If people want change, they'll need to find alternative avenues. (Like civil disobedience.)

[IshKebab]

Or write to your MP. They care slightly more about that.

[vorticalbox]

> The Government has no plans to repeal the Online Safety Act, and is working closely with Ofcom to implement the Act as quickly and effectively as possible to enable UK users to benefit from its protections.

[koakuma-chan]

Government responded

"I would like to thank all those who signed the petition."

Who "I" ?

[bloqs]

i dont understand after (15?) years of petitions with zero results, how anyone is stupid enough to keep thinking they should be mentioned