Talk in English - UK at freenode #live
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James Watson room
Short URL: https://joind.in/talk/dcb5c
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The passing of the Digital Economy Act 2017 means that porn websites will need to verify that their UK visitors are over 18. Websites that fail to do so may be blocked by Internet Service Providers.
It is still not clear how this badly thought-out legislation can be implemented without putting the privacy and security of UK citizens at risk. Some of the proposals could leave people vulnerable to credit card fraud, blackmail or an Ashley Madison style hack.
Our free speech is threatened too - the blocking powers could set a precedent for censoring legal content on a massive scale.
The UK's leading obscenity lawyer and Legal Director of the Open Rights Group, Myles Jackman, will explain how this latest law is part of an ongoing attempt by the Government to 'control' the Internet, and how it puts our liberty and freedom at risk.
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