Hat tip to Imp who tipped me off to this. Other things to note that lying is now an offence if the victim and judge/magistrate believes you have lied. And anything deemed threatening depending on how the victim determines is also covered under the law. Both invite huge fines and jail semtences.
If you are outside the UK, contact your representative and ask them why is the UK imposing its jurisdiction on your territory.
The complete shitshow intensifies.
I think a Chinese or North Korean style Internet is their end goal.
That's what they ultimately want. They'll sell it to the public as fighting CSAM, abolishing hate speech, levelling the playing field for UK business (while still allowing Internet access for corporations) and other factors.
I think the UK Government genuinely believes that a free and open Internet as well as encryption was a grave mistake that needs to be reversed.
The UK government has done fuck all to protect the public from the real harms from tech companies but happily pass this trash.
Going from reports on thedonald kiwifarms is blocking UK users.
The second anyone in the UK accesses it with a VPN, Ofcom will take action.
They can still use tor.