Gab is blocking UK users now following kiwifarms and bitchute.
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At the end of day: Torba complied.
He can spin it however he likes, but he didn't tell the UK to Fuck Off, despite having no presence there. He did, as he was told.
Sad.
I just want to know what kind of pressure a partially-bankrupt, overrun with rapefugees shithole like the british government can actually wield. It's clear they have something up their sleeves, but what?
Money: the one chokehold they can use to ensure compliance across jurisdictions. They can say to banks or credit cards "if you keep allowing X then we will treat you as though are X" and money men don't care they will shut out X
And power too. They may be a shithole, but they still have remarkable pull over things.
They just dont exercise their authority to benefit their citizens. They only exercise it to benefit theirselves.
Hordes of NPCs waiting for the attack signal.
I think they mentioned something about coming under attacking from financial angles before this so that might be why.
From what I can tell, Ofcom intends to pressure payment processors and businesses who do business in the UK to deplatform websites outside the UK.
Also, if they allow anyone to visit from the UK using a VPN, the law considers them as a website accessible in the UK and liable.