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phlummox 10 hours ago

... is there any reason why I shouldn't be visiting Aphyr's site directly?

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DareTheDev 10 hours ago | parent [-]

Blocked in the UK. “Online safety act”

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GavinAnderegg 10 hours ago | parent [-]

Is this something you're seeing personally? If so, how do you know it's because of the Online Safety Act? This is a personal blog and it doesn't seem to have any adult content that I can find. The homepage of the site isn't blocked when I check it here: https://www.blocked.org.uk/check

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steveklabnik 10 hours ago | parent | next [-]

https://aphyr.com/posts/395-geoblocking-multiple-localities-...

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GavinAnderegg 9 hours ago | parent [-]

Thanks for this! Seems like a bold stance… but the Online Safety Act also seems like a poor piece of legislation.

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rwmj 5 hours ago | parent [-]

It is, but Kyle's "protest" is making absolutely no difference.

	▲	zdragnar an hour ago \| parent [-]
		What protest? If the site is illegal in the UK, he has three options: 1) add age verification to comply 2) cease operating in the UK by blocking traffic 3) operate in violation of the law, making travel to anywhere the UK has jurisdiction dangerous I don't think he's intending on changing UK society by blocking their traffic because, as you point out, that's not a good way to effect change.

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multjoy 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

The author is blocking UK ip addresses, presumably out of principle rather than because they’d fall foul of it.

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tom_ 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

It tells you when you visit.