Not mentioned in the article is when it is due to be implemented. From my understanding, websites will have to implement it by the middle of March 2025. And it doesn't just apply to adult websites and social media, every website accessible in the UK will have to implement it and for every visit, not every account like how gambling websites work today after age verification. Otherwise you shut down if you're in the UK, block the UK (and VPN's) if you're outside the UK or risk a fine of £18m or 10% of your worldwide revenue, whichever is higher.
Otherwise you shut down if you're in the UK, block the UK (and VPN's) if you're outside the UK or risk a fine of £18m or 10% of your worldwide revenue, whichever is higher.
Is this globally subject to "undue efforts" kinds of language? Since it would be such an onerous undertaking for the whole rest of the world to manage the ID system for the UK alone, will it be disregarded when the UK tries to fine foreign countries for not participating? Will the entire UK just become its own walled garden internet like the North Koreans? What a joke this all is.
Is this globally subject to "undue efforts" kinds of language? Since it would be such an onerous undertaking for the whole rest of the world to manage the ID system for the UK alone, will it be disregarded when the UK tries to fine foreign countries for not participating?
They'll try to come after companies, Brazilian style, who break the law while outside UK jurisdiction. If you remember what happened to X. ISPs and VPN's who operate in the UK will also have to block websites ordered to by Ofcom and the courts in the same manner as Russia's Roskomnadzor.
Will the entire UK just become its own walled garden internet like the North Koreans?
That's ultimately what the UK wants but they can't just disconnect from the Internet entirely unlike North Korea because it would decimate their economy. So they'll need time to think of a two tier network - an Intranet for the masses and a heavily restricted Internet for the elites and business.
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Not mentioned in the article is when it is due to be implemented. From my understanding, websites will have to implement it by the middle of March 2025. And it doesn't just apply to adult websites and social media, every website accessible in the UK will have to implement it and for every visit, not every account like how gambling websites work today after age verification. Otherwise you shut down if you're in the UK, block the UK (and VPN's) if you're outside the UK or risk a fine of £18m or 10% of your worldwide revenue, whichever is higher.
This is going to be an absolute nightmare.
Is this globally subject to "undue efforts" kinds of language? Since it would be such an onerous undertaking for the whole rest of the world to manage the ID system for the UK alone, will it be disregarded when the UK tries to fine foreign countries for not participating? Will the entire UK just become its own walled garden internet like the North Koreans? What a joke this all is.
They'll try to come after companies, Brazilian style, who break the law while outside UK jurisdiction. If you remember what happened to X. ISPs and VPN's who operate in the UK will also have to block websites ordered to by Ofcom and the courts in the same manner as Russia's Roskomnadzor.
That's ultimately what the UK wants but they can't just disconnect from the Internet entirely unlike North Korea because it would decimate their economy. So they'll need time to think of a two tier network - an Intranet for the masses and a heavily restricted Internet for the elites and business.
UK is going to need it's own starlink pirate internet now.