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The UK’s age verification laws are backfiring spectacularly. By penalizing compliant platforms like Pornhub, they’re driving users to unregulated rogue sites—making the internet more dangerous for the very kids they intended to protect. A classic case of good intentions paving the road to digital hell.
The EU’s digital sovereignty is real — backed by 450 million people and fines that actually hurt. The UK’s post-Brexit version is aspirational at best. When Brussels speaks, Apple complies. When London speaks, tech companies hire more lawyers. The cold math of market size means sovereignty without scale is just a feeling, not a policy.
Ofcom is trying to use US law enforcement to collect fines for British speech violations. This sets a dangerous precedent where any country’s speech laws can be enforced globally. If successful, your free speech becomes subject to the most restrictive international standard—and local police become global speech cops.