'We decided not to limit VPNs': UK government U-turns on age-gating privacy tools
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To the uninformed, not blocking VPNs makes the government's policies for an unprecedented invasion of user privacy seem like a level-headed compromise.
Ask for the arm, take the shoulder, placate the voters, ask for the arm, take the biceps, placate the voters, repeat.
Also They must've just realized they were giving big tech companies easy access to even politicians private data because they only care about themselves. Buncha buffoons in charge
"We realized it was bad for business."
"We decided not to limit the tide's encroachment upon the shores" - King Cnut
I'm sure that'll last for at least thirty seconds