🚨 Wide ranging powers to restrict Internet access in the UK have been voted through 🚨

Ministers will be able to impose digital ID checks, curfews and VPN restrictions without Parliamentary scrutiny.

This can be used on websites, social media, apps and games with no need to show there's any harm to children.

Find out more ⬇️

https://www.openrightsgroup.org/press-releases/mps-give-ministers-powers-to-restrict-entire-internet/

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MPs give ministers powers to restrict entire Internet

MPs have rejected a Lords amendment to the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill that would allow a social media ban for under 16s.

Open Rights Group

So remember V for Vendetta?

You brits might want to start stabbing all your government bodies now.

@bussphomet @openrightsgroup I was scrolling the comments and only found one mention of this (yours). I’m really stunned by that, because it maps 1:1 to that movie.