As much as I hate Reddit this is just continuation of the UK government steamrolling and destroying the free Internet, ruining the adult experience.

One of the wonders of the Internet was that it was wildly unregulated - if you wanted it and you could disable safesearch you could get it, with the caveat of ISP-enforced content locks on all mobile subscriptions with data under the name of a legal child (under 18), workplace and school security and filters, unremovable Safesearch on most search engines etc. Broadband required an adult. I couldnt wait until I turned 18 so I could finally access many sites for porn, news, gaming, forums and anything containing keywords without being blocked.

In short there is significant existing protection in place and we know that this is simply more evidence of Orwellian enforcement.

The unregulated internet had literal child porn sites that were available to anyone.

I don’t disagree with some of your points but the “wild West” internet shouldn’t exist in society.

And how the fuck, exactly, are their new laws preventing CP sites from existing?

“There” are all sorts of laws regarding it.