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.
18M or 10% OF REVENUE, "whichever is higher", is a preposterous amount of money too. it's a "go bankrupt, instantly" amount of money, for basically ANY company.
The UK is saying "submit to our petty spy plan wills with the blessings of Palantir Corp, or shut down in ignominy!". They sound like crackpot tinpots.
My vote it for walling off the UK, and trying to get buy-in from Amazon and Google and Musk to all join in the wall-off, with a nice splash page explanation of "your politicians voted for this, in your name. If you don't like it, vote smarter, not Starmer, next time."
The ironic thing is, this was being recommended while the Tories were in power. If they won, this would still be a thing. Even Reform UK are on the side of "protecting the children".
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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.
18M or 10% OF REVENUE, "whichever is higher", is a preposterous amount of money too. it's a "go bankrupt, instantly" amount of money, for basically ANY company.
The UK is saying "submit to our petty spy plan wills with the blessings of Palantir Corp, or shut down in ignominy!". They sound like crackpot tinpots.
My vote it for walling off the UK, and trying to get buy-in from Amazon and Google and Musk to all join in the wall-off, with a nice splash page explanation of "your politicians voted for this, in your name. If you don't like it, vote smarter, not Starmer, next time."
The ironic thing is, this was being recommended while the Tories were in power. If they won, this would still be a thing. Even Reform UK are on the side of "protecting the children".
As an ignorant Yankee looking in on Britbongistan, I think Torries are the British equivalent of my mantra that Republicans are the enemy too.