The Online Safety Act is both completely ineffective in its goals, and is also going to be a nightmarish data leak time bomb.

As of today, if you're in the UK, you can't even access Reddit/beer without submitting your birthday and then ID.

Purely by coincidence at this point, I decided to activate my VPN, nostr:nprofile1qqsdru78zcu6uwa6zlludjx7k87m8ft9q6e5jgsn6qe49rxzj9frwpqpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumt0wd68ytnsw43qdgkgx7.

Strangely, I was then able to access Reddit/beer with no issues at all

I wonder if others will have the same experience on these kinds of sites?

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Probably big VPN pushing the regulations 🤣

Ha ha ha good one. Inagine the spike in income!

How long till VPNs are banned

Don't give them ideas!!

Good question... Anyway, it's just a matter of time. When I am thinking what is going to happen next in Europe, I ask myself "What would Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin do?". It's a mental model that helps me to see the big picture.

Seems to allow me to access the Reddit site with VPN off.

Depends on whether you are heading for the main site or a subreddit tagged as 'harmful', I think