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Prominent backbench MP Sarah Champion launched a campaign against VPNs previously, saying: “My new clause 54 would require the Secretary of State to publish, within six months of the Bill’s passage, a report on the effect of VPN use on Ofcom’s ability to enforce the requirements under clause 112.

"If VPNs cause significant issues, the Government must identify those issues and find solutions, rather than avoiding difficult problems.” And the Labour Party said there were “gaps” in the bill that needed to be amended.

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[–] DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 31 points 3 days ago (1 children)

And there's the other shoe dropping with VPNs now. Didn't even take them an extra fucking year

[–] ragas@lemmy.ml 19 points 3 days ago

Didn't even take a week.

[–] ColdWater@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 days ago
[–] cupcakezealot@piefed.blahaj.zone 43 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

apparently having a functioning brain isn't a requirement of being an mp

but of course we knew that when she did this in 2019:

On 16 July 2019, Champion stated: "If my party comes out as a remain party rather than trying to find a deal or >rather than trying to exit, I can't support that, it goes against democracy". She said she would rather support a "no-deal Brexit" than remain in the EU, as she believed Labour had to deliver the result of the 2016 referendum.

[–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 6 points 2 days ago

Can't wait for the next election to kick out the Tories so can roll back all their draconian bills.

[–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 34 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Labour are not governing for the people, and they are not the Labour party anymore.

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[–] Archangel1313@lemmy.ca 52 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Isn't this currently what Russia is trying to do with their internet?

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[–] JK_Flip_Flop@lemmy.world 44 points 3 days ago (1 children)

If this comes to anything I'm moving to somewhere in the EU and pursuing citizenship there. This is clearly not about protecting the children anymore (not that it ever was).

[–] Perspectivist@feddit.uk 42 points 3 days ago (7 children)

EU is about to do the exact same thing. Norway is the place to be. That's where I went - at least according to my ip address.

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[–] Zoldyck@lemmy.world 46 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Why not just ban all human rights while you're at it?

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[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 37 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Not even China can ban VPN entirely, because businesses use it as a security measure.

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[–] MehBlah@lemmy.world 23 points 3 days ago (17 children)

There are ways around this even if they do ban vpn. Its a hopeless battle being fought by the ignorant.

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[–] kemsat@lemmy.world 33 points 3 days ago (2 children)

The UK is the testing grounds. After they figure it out, they’ll be rolling it out everywhere else.

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[–] MU5T4N6@feddit.org 18 points 3 days ago

Labour was supposed to destroy the Tories, not join them!

[–] WaffleWarrior@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I though the UK was a Western democracy. What the hell are you guys doing over there?

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[–] thenose@lemmy.world 37 points 3 days ago (6 children)

Show me a ban that didn’t came with 10x problems. People have their needs even the filthy ones. Especially the filthy ones. Hence will find a way to fulfill it. If there’s no legal way to do so the demand will create an alternative market for it to match the demand…more trouble on the way if that’s the lane the UK choose

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labour really doesn't want people to access lgbtq safe spaces and resources huh?

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