“unexpected”
LOL
But tech and privacy experts have warned that the laws bring with them some unavoidable downsides, including potentially driving people to seedier corners of the web.
Hmm, if only there was something in history (cough Prohibition cough drug bans cough piracy cough) that could’ve predicted this. It’s almost like people will do the easier thing when the legal thing is harder to do.
Totally expected but just ignored by those in power.
When the United Kingdom began requiring thousands of websites to verify their users’ ages last month, one group saw an enormous burst of traffic: pornography sites ignoring the law.
who could’ve predicted this? 🙄
Nerds. But not the elderly who are in charge of this country.
Got you: https://archive.is/HKOfK
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