House of Lords proposes bill ammendments to 1) age verify vpns 2) mandate "tamper proof" CSAM client side scanning on all mobiles and tablets with internet connectivity [1][2]
Also the government’s Independent Reviewer of State Threats Legislation and Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation has stated that those who make end to end encrypted apps could fall under "hostile activity" (basically terrorism)[3]
You can fight 1) by using tor or i2p, which are internet traffic anonymisation tools similar to vpns but even more anonymous. Whereas vpns require you to sign up somewhere and have specific servers courier your traffic, tor and i2p operate on a kind of mesh network where thousands of servers engage in a complicated dance to obscure who is even handling your traffic, i2p even more so because every user is automatically a node
To fight 2) I also suggest looking into open hardware such as the mnt reform (although laptops aren't the purview atm ofc theyll expand the powers later). When companies are forced to put spyware at the hardware level to bypass open source operating systems we need to dig our heels in and promote and make accessible even stronger privacy protecting methods. Ideally you could buy a few smartphone or laptop parts and put them together in an hour with a video tutorial and a screwdriver then no one would technically be selling you a device that flaunts the regulation
You can fight 3) by continuing to use all methods at your disposal to become invisible. Get as much proprietary software off your devices as possible, use vpns tor i2p whatever you can to hide your internet traffic. Prefer local and encrypted solutions to cloud services whereever possible. The idea being that if the govt cant see you're using e2ee apps then they can't stop you.
I have way too much privacy and anonymyity advice to put in one toot, but if anyone in the replies is interested I'll write it all up with subsections I've done it before I'd just need to update it with what I've learned since
[1]
https://ukreloaded.com/uk-lawmakers-propose-mandatory-on-device-surveillance-and-vpn-age-verification/
[2]
https://bills.parliament.uk/bills/3909/publications
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Ammendment 18th Decemeber 2025 pg 24-26
[3]
https://www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-privacy-security/creating-apps-like-signal-or-whatsapp-could-be-hostile-activity-claims-uk-watchdog
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