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Wikipedia could shut down in UK after online safety law passes, Government told(www.independent.co.uk)

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I’m waiting for them to go after personal VPNs and Tor. I’m surprised they haven’t already.

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I use a business VPN which allows me to securely connect to my works network using only my work equipment. All legit.

I host my own VPN at my home so I can connect into my network while out and about. All legit.

I then do sometimes use a VPN for bypassing regional restrictions. This is the one I assume they would target but I don’t understand how.

Surely they can only ban the use of it and not the technology. It would only add to a list of crimes to somebody the police has been targeting already. A bit like in my local area where the only people charged with illegally using an electric scooter are drug dealers.

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Oh it will be personal VPN companies they go after. They can’t do much about the technology. They will try to block Tor though at some point.

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