There calling it NoFap February.
I think it will be interesting to see what happens as a result of cuting a population off from porn.
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Texas did the same shit not long ago. VPN usage went through the roof, as expected.
UK is requiring age verification on VPNs too
If videos from other places with no porn are anything to go off of, they're going to start learning how to drive their cars on two wheels without the distraction of porn.
Also seeing how many times they can get the car to spin after pulling the handbrake at highway speed.
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Tally ho chaps. God hates wankers. 
sorry I don't know what any of these things are
This leaves citizens with a torrent of questions.
You really need a VPN to torrent safely, and the UK Government is in the process of restricting VPNs.
I guarantee there will still be VPNs accessible in the UK no matter what they try. My money is definitely on Mullvad still being accessible for one.
So that's why that back mirror episode with the pig was set in the UK. They knew.
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VPN industry .... EXPLODES!
I just found out today due to work needs that Vimeo already does this.
TBH I didnt know Vimeo was anything like this.
A lot of sites had to block the UK like Imgur, or completely shut down like Urban Dead, because they aren't the kajillion dollar companies the UK government thought the Internet was made of. I don't know why the UK didn't enforce parental control software instead. OSA is a solution for a problem solved 30 years ago and is just going to destroy the Internet since it's not possible for the vast majority of it to adhere to its laws.
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