What societal "harm" is the UK actually trying to reduce with this age verification? It almost feels like the amount of effort they're putting into this is out of balance with the actual harm.
political dissent. Uncomfortable truths. Any speech that does not align with the official narrative.
A Labour MP foolish attended a GB News show and when pushed admitted that the Online Safety Act was also about identifying speech by adults [0].
Sorry about the quality of the link, but the video is there (higher quality is available on X) and its not like the paragon of truth that is the BBC reported on this.
It takes just a few seconds to see that it's a random backbencher who is not in the government. We have a whole range of MPs, and some of them sometimes talk about things they have no idea about. The website you're citing is little more than propaganda, since it explicitly makes it seem like the MP has any connection to the government.
RansomStark|1 month ago
A Labour MP foolish attended a GB News show and when pushed admitted that the Online Safety Act was also about identifying speech by adults [0].
Sorry about the quality of the link, but the video is there (higher quality is available on X) and its not like the paragon of truth that is the BBC reported on this.
https://europeanconservative.com/articles/news/uk-government...
dgroshev|1 month ago
chrisjj|1 month ago
No, this age verification is not against that.
jacquesm|1 month ago
chrisjj|1 month ago
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/online-safety-act...
Harmful accurate info is allowed, note.
pjc50|1 month ago