UK government states that 'safety' act is about influence over public discourse

>>JoshTr+(OP)
This sounds like a misinterpretation. The OSA is primarily about making online service providers responsible for age verification, if they supply adult content. No different in principle from having to prove one's age to buy cigarettes, alcohol, knives, etc.

No-one says "cigarettes are censored!", because, obviously, they're not. Same for adult content online. It can still be accessed, as long as proof of age is provided.

>>icarou+S1
> obviously, they're not

No, you are just tracked when you access them - «cigarettes» being, of course, all """controversial""" expressions.

(Already putting children as an excuse for that...)

*** They have censored lobste.rs . The "for adults only site" lobste.rs ***

https://www.blocked.org.uk/osa-blocks

>>mdp202+F2
The owner of lobste.rs decided to censor lobste.rs. And then changed his mind. It's accessible from the UK as it was before.

>>icarou+S2
I see. I only came to know it from the list.

Now what about the rest of the list.

>>mdp202+75
Is this you?

    news.ycombinator.com | Hacker News
    https://news.ycombinator.com
    Reported: 15 August, 2025 at 10:09
    Shut down on: 15 August, 2025
    Shutting down due to OSA
    Discussion site for insufferable nerds.
    Submitted

>>tgv+Ea
It is nice of you to do community bond building by being jocular, tgv, but I do not see context nor content.

I do not see context because this is the beginning of "present an ID to access the web", and I do believe in slippery slopes, especially in a world where societies have lost the basics.

And I do not see content because I am not sure you want to suggest anything relevant with that.

For the rest, we can joke whenever we are both here fondly mate, but you have probably picked the worst topic for it.

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Edit:

> where societies have lost the basics

And that's why I feel your use of "nerd" is so out of current reality (besides its application to the attending). A world of voluntary subjects, and the term for the sieged would be "nerd"?!

>>mdp202+ji
I copied that entry from https://www.blocked.org.uk/osa-blocks. It's clear this site hasn't been blocked. "The rest of that list" is not relevant. Most of it seems trolling, to give somebody a headache, I presume.

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