Whoever didn't renew their cellphone license won't ever see this

Never thought I'd see the day that Labour would be higher than the Tories on my list of parties to never vote for. David Cameron's government was a liberal utopia compared to Starmer's.

It's very ironic, that this is being posted by a so-called conservative here.

You sleep in the bed you make yourself. Don't complain when you push "liberals" so far to the right with constant moral panic about "communism" they implement the very thing your side always wanted.

We don’t have cellphones. We just have cells.

moh-biles

predatory gambling cunt

I feel more justified by the unnecessary i2p, vpn and portmaster layering on my pc every day.

Ok but unironically the goal is always blackmail. It's what they did for MLK and they're doing it to us right now. Look up cointelpro. The gov thought he might inspire leftist revolution so they recorded MLK in his private life and told him to kill himself. With republicans cracking down on political rivals, it's merely part of the fascists equation.

Ideally companies would just block the UK, like they did to the EU to avoid GDPR regulations.

That would put other nations (and the EU) off doing this nonsense themselves.

But it seems like the corporations have been brought to heel. Just when their usual attitudes would have come in handy.

I don't think the corporations see it as being brought to heel, generally speaking. It's like net neutrality; those who are already big will thrive because they can afford to implement the govs requirements while the littler guys can't afford it and will just pull out of the UK.
At least what will be how it is while the government scrambles to unfuck themselves for the young persons vote in the next election.
like they did to the EU to avoid GDPR regulations.
I dont get this part. Are you saying that the GDPR is a bad thing?
- No, the GDPR has a lot of benefits.
  I'm saying that the content companies could weaponise FoMO and say "you can't play with us any more, UK" then the government would probably have to pull back.
  And then the other places considering doing something similar would have to do the same. Before it becomes the new standard to have "age" gates.
- There are certain sites that don't follow GDPR regulations, and they decided not to allow EU traffic. So when I come on those sites they say: "Due to GDPR regulations, we are barring you from accessing our site"
- No, but it is expensive for companies to do properly.

UK residents and anyone else who needs ID for verification should look at this website https://use-their-id.com/ . I strongly suggest not doing it because you can create parody drivers licenses featuring your favorite UK politicians.

Absolutely yeah. We should never endorse using the likenesses of others or submitting fraudulent identification.
It definitely would not be funny or help frustrate the privacy invasion that this is intended to be.
Please, trust the masters. They know what's best for you.
If this actually works, it’s amazing.
It shows just how performative the ID checking systems are.
Wait, you submit a photo?? Is there no electronic ID card in the UK?
- Can confirm we don't have an official identification card, let alone electronic ones.
  We use driving licences for that purpose. And kids in my area get child identification cards, but I'm not sure if that's a national thing or not. (The name of the card has the county in it, hence why I'm not sure).
- I don't live in the UK, so i don't have the answer.

Europe and UK people have been so busy pointing and laughing at the US that they don't see their own governments quietly following suit.

Its not quiet. Im pretty sure its illegal to go to the bathroom if your trans in the UK too but you'd never hear that from them so long as Trumps around for a good chuckle.
- Unfortunately, that's because a majority of British people are casually transphobic, so see the recent Supreme Court ruling as common sense rather than something bad. It's pretty common for brits to accept that trans people are real, and assume that means they can't be transphobes, despite advocating for treating everyone as their AGAB in the eyes of the law and sport and every other way that isn't whether they can wear a dress.
It's a new world order... USAs fuckery is just part of the process.
- As George Carlin once said, "In WWII, the Nazis lost, but Fascism won."
  We're seeing the ramifications of that play out in real time.
Following suit? No the UK makes the USA look tolerable
- nothing spells tolerable quite like concentration camps.

Americans:

The UK makes The US look like adults

I think you mean their listener's license. Wow, that takes me back.

Non-Brit, non-American here: what's this about?

tldr; new UK laws are extremly privacy invading requiering ID and face photos to acces any explicit material including sites like Wikipedia, similiar to some USA state laws and it looks like EU might just follow.
- I am not advocating for it, but the EU at least tries to make it as anonymous as possible. They want to allow different trusted parties like banks or government agencies to give out certificates that can then be used to verify your age. So at least the end platforms don't get any private information
- Oh. Thanks. But I knew that. "Cellphones" threw me off I guess.
The UK government have effectively repressed protests against the genocide in Gaza by classifying Palestine Action as a terrorist group.
- Careful mate. Once they're done arresting grannies they'll be coming for you.

Americans when they realize that GAFAMs are foaming at the mouth at implementing the exact same thing in the US A without even being mandated to do so....

Also Brits: America, for some baffling reason