From: user8921@newsgrouper.org.invalid   
      
   anon@urmom.com posted:   
      
   > On Sat, 18 Oct 2025 10:07:45 GMT, Colin Macleod wrote:   
   >   
   > > Sorry to break it to you, but Newsgrouper which you posted through   
   > > is also proxied through Cloudflare, as a layer of protection against   
   > > some kinds of attacks.  I also have to geoblock the UK, since it's not   
   > > practical for me to jump through all the hoops required by the UK's   
   > > Online Safety Act, and it would be risky to ignore it since I'm UK-   
   > based.   
   >   
   > It really is a terrible position they have put you in.   
   > It will be interesting to see what kind of backlash this brings about.   
   > I never though I'd see something like an Anglo Spring because of internet   
   > censorship, but it sure looks like it will end up that way.   
      
   Current UK regime pushed through "votes at 16" (from 2029) the exact same time   
   they hammered users with age verification.   
      
   There are 12-year-olds out there who won't be voting they way they want them   
   to in 4 years time.   
      
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