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[–] biotin7@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Apparently according to the users here I2P is a good tool, so any good guides on I2P ?

Would appreciate it. Been meaning to learn about I2P for a long time.

[–] mudkip@lemdro.id 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

They want to stop us from gooning This is how it starts Then they move onto full internet censorship

[–] biotin7@sopuli.xyz 5 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Yes, porn is basically the "canary of the coal mine" of the internet & please use "masturbation", we are the sane ones here.

[–] Petter1@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 6 days ago

Buy those VPN shares, lol

[–] wuffah@lemmy.world 157 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Sexuality is a human right, and controlling sexuality is an authoritarian tactic to manufacture compliance.

“Age verification” is not just a tool for elimination of Internet privacy, it’s also a tool for sexual control.

[–] manualoverride@lemmy.world 39 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Someone has been reading 1984… I’m not disagreeing with you, just saying ‘hi fellow doom reader’.

[–] danh2os@piefed.social 67 points 1 week ago (1 children)
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[–] DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 108 points 1 week ago (6 children)

Hey I heard that theres a Very Pretty Neat trick for Brits to "travel abroad" effortlessly

[–] SlacksMcTavish@lemmy.ml 70 points 1 week ago (19 children)

House of Lords voted for age verification on VPNs. Not for them of course.....

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[–] warm@kbin.earth 85 points 1 week ago (5 children)

Good job UK, you will push children to dangerous unmoderated sites instead! All in the name of state surveillance!

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[–] yetAnotherUser@lemmy.ca 55 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (29 children)

If you live in the UK or in another country where porn is being restricted:

  • Talk with friends and family about getting a VPN (EDIT: Some recommendations I've heard are Air VPN, Private Internet Access, and, despite not having port forwarding, which is essentially one less major feature, Mullvad VPN. A thank-you to @jmf@lemmy.dbzer0.com for suggesting the former two.)
  • Learn to use the Tor network (it's really easy to start, and unlike popular belief, Tor isn't only for illegal activities)
  • Pressure MPs that didn't vote in favor of the age verification bill by sending emails to them about it so that they fight (or keep fighting) this age verification nonsense.

You don't need to be a porn addict to do these things. In fact, they have started with porn, but they may as well keep going and fight for age verification in other types of content, making access to said content way more difficult. The best thing you can do right now is to learn to fight back.

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Yall may wanna step in and nip that kind of authoritarianism in the bud because it doesn't get easier when it's matured.

[–] tidderuuf@lemmy.world 40 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Oh no... Let's just Google what other porn sites are out there. Oh look 1,642,000 results found...

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