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There's a similar bill working it's way through the Senate here in the US.
The Kid's Online Safety Act has the same problems as the one in the UK, and people here like the EFF have been sounding the alarm. I've written to my Congresscritter about it, but sadly, they're a bloody co-sponsor of the bill. Like the article said, they think the internet is made up of Facebook and Google, and they're ignoring the impact it will have on the small players, like Lemmy server operators.
In this case, I don't think just a VPN will help -- I think Tor might, as long as the small operators don't mind being borderline outlaws.
Yes. People interested in news about that should consider subscribing to !bad_internet_bills@lemmy.sdf.org where I regularly post news articles I can find about it. I don't always crosspost them here.
The Patriot Act wasn't enough already?
Good grief. It makes me sad that the internet is becoming a major source for data harvesting. It goes against what I think it should be about. Free, open, knowledge sharing.