I was wondering why so many stuff posted on Lemmy were just pictures saying "this is unavailable in your region"
Having broken assets reminds me of using the Web in China, when a lot of sites using Google Fonts had broken fonts. Lol.
this post was submitted on 01 Oct 2025
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What I wonder: are the majority of UK citizens OK with this law?
Not that it matters probably, as UK isn't a democracy in practice...
They're not but there's no recourse for it.
...it will be interesting to read the judgements when when they refuse to pay the fine. And I'd be willing to bet a fiver that a judge says that global blocking is not sufficient to remove a website from responsibility.
There must be a better source for this story than the revolting shitrag that is the Express, surely?
BBC any better?
Thanks I will update the link in the OP
These ads for VPNs are starting to get over the top.
Thank goodness rimgo exists.
Blows my mind that this the UK is doing this. I hope it gets reverted at some point.