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>>ANewbu+(OP)
> Mr Capel said: “We have been clear that exiting the UK does not allow an organisation to avoid responsibility for any prior infringement of data protection law, and our investigation remains ongoing.

Block UK access now just in case.

>>nicksl+w1
As somebody from the UK, I think this is a great form of protest against the government.

>>bArray+1c
Same - frankly google/alphabet should just HTTP 451 the UK (and I say that as a brit/someone in the UK).

It'd be interesting to see how fast the policy would get reversed then.

This was always a stupid policy and so protesting it by pulling services is one way to draw attention to that.

>>noir_l+Zd
I do worry that the ability of people to understand that there is more than one law that affects internet services.

the first clue is that its the ICO that is running this. the ICO has nothing to do with the online safety act.

Secondly asking a commercial company to conform to basic data protection isn't that onerous.

Honestly its almost like HN has tumbler level reading comprehension.

>>Kaiser+za1
Yeah this is where i am getting mixed up because the article isn't saying what the cause was. I thought it was related to the digital id thing that every site need to make sure they check for minors..