https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-65388255
Bit of a turn up for the books. Turns out, particularly if an amendment passes in the House of Lords, Wikipedia could fall foul of the age verification bill. Turns out it isn't just pornographic websites that will have to implement it. This could affect any website, including Twitter, that allows linking or hosting of NSFW content. Never mind the threat of all the instant messaging apps to block the UK when the law is implemented. Even this website will have to either age verify or block UK residents. And we still have the prospect of residential VPNs being regulated to the point of being pointless and effectively banned.
Unlike the similar EU Digital Services Act, there will be no exception for encyclopedic and educational content.
I can imagine a few people will not shed a tear if Wikipedia is blocked in the UK.
It'll probably pass but enforcement will be extremely patchy at best, the UK government is so weak that the slightest push and It'll fall off a cliff (which isn't a bad thing) and I'll bet forcing everyone to use VPNs to watch content then attempting to block VPNs will piss people off enough they'll pull another 'we don't give a fuck anymore' like they did with lockdowns.
If this proves anything, it's that the current governments and authorities are too old or incompetent to UNDERSTAND the internet and social media companies, the only ones that know how to use it is intelligence agencies like FBI, CIA, China's agencies etc by having backdoors and admin tools.
This has nothing to do with age. The censorship the "old ones" want pales in comparison to the demands of young leftists.
The older ones might want to restrict porn. The younger ones want to control and dictate what you are allowed to read, say and think.