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damien c 17-03-2026 06:31
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This video should help to understand why the Government regardless of which party it is, should not be trying to make the internet safer, when they cannot keep our information safe!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWnnmr9NN9M


Just wait till you cannot use a computer without proving your age, or making a phone call without proving your age because that is coming, it's already in iPhones, it's being added to Windows, Linux, Macos and others, it's being added to Android and there will be a removal of all "Non-Smart Phones" from the market so you cannot just buy the likes of an old Nokia 3310 etc to get around it.

This is currently going through the motions in the lunatic state of California with the as equally insane EU planning to implement it, and apparently Dictator Starmer also looking to have it implemented.


The annoying thing is I tried to set up a road tax reminder yesterday and you cannot do that now without having a government digital id, I wonder how long it will be before you cannot tax a vehicle without one or even buy fuel without one.

This whole world is going mad for mass surveillance, monitoring and control.

RichardCoulter 17-03-2026 22:53
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Originally Posted by damien c (Post 36212558)
This video should help to understand why the Government regardless of which party it is, should not be trying to make the internet safer, when they cannot keep our information safe!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWnnmr9NN9M


Just wait till you cannot use a computer without proving your age, or making a phone call without proving your age because that is coming, it's already in iPhones, it's being added to Windows, Linux, Macos and others, it's being added to Android and there will be a removal of all "Non-Smart Phones" from the market so you cannot just buy the likes of an old Nokia 3310 etc to get around it.

This is currently going through the motions in the lunatic state of California with the as equally insane EU planning to implement it, and apparently Dictator Starmer also looking to have it implemented.


The annoying thing is I tried to set up a road tax reminder yesterday and you cannot do that now without having a government digital id, I wonder how long it will be before you cannot tax a vehicle without one or even buy fuel without one.

This whole world is going mad for mass surveillance, monitoring and control.
In the UK parents seem to be going back to non smartphones in order to keep their kids safer.

Paul 18-03-2026 01:46
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Originally Posted by RichardCoulter (Post 36212615)
In the UK parents seem to be going back to non smartphones in order to keep their kids safer.
Which is fine as a choice, what is not acceptable is trying to force it.

damien c 18-03-2026 06:06
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Quote:
Originally Posted by RichardCoulter (Post 36212615)
In the UK parents seem to be going back to non smartphones in order to keep their kids safer.
You fail to understand.

In the UK they will remove the "Non-Smart" phones because the Government cannot force a "Age Restriction" on them nor can they track them as easily as a Smart Phone.

If the Government cannot force you to have a Digital ID, they will force you to hand over your current ID in order to use any device or service they possibly can.

You cannot trust this government or the previous governments to keep you or your children safe, when they cannot keep themselves safe or the information they currently have on you.

papa smurf 18-03-2026 07:17
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Quote:
Originally Posted by RichardCoulter (Post 36212615)
In the UK parents seem to be going back to non smartphones in order to keep their kids safer.
if a parent buys their child a none smart phone that child will become one of the none cool kids and get the hell bullied out of them ,that's the nature of kids, being the school dork will not make you safe

GrimUpNorth 18-03-2026 08:04
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Originally Posted by papa smurf (Post 36212624)
if a parent buys their child a none smart phone that child will become one of the none cool kids and get the hell bullied out of them ,that's the nature of kids, being the school dork will not make you safe
Ask Papa, he knows. Now come over here and let me whip you with this wound up towel ;).

Dingbat 18-03-2026 09:35
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When my late father in law was in a care home, we got him a basic mobile so he could keep in contact with his family. He wouldn’t have understood the tech on a smart phone. So there is still a market for them with the elderly.

Conversely, there also seems to be a demand for them as burner phones with drug dealers, as they are apparently not so easy to trace/track.

Sirius 19-03-2026 15:43
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This is how weak the online Safety Bill is and why it has no teeth when it comes to anything outside the UK.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c624330lg1ko

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The UK online safety regulator Ofcom has fined the US messaging platform 4Chan a total of £520,000 for failing to comply with various aspects of the Online Safety Act.

It includes £450,000 for failing to put in age checks to prevent children from seeing pornography on the platform.

However, a lawyer representing the company - which has previously said it won't pay such fines - has responded to the demand with an AI-generated cartoon image of a hamster.
https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standar...79701.jpg.webp

:LOL:

damien c 21-03-2026 19:19
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Dingbat (Post 36212632)
When my late father in law was in a care home, we got him a basic mobile so he could keep in contact with his family. He wouldn’t have understood the tech on a smart phone. So there is still a market for them with the elderly.

Conversely, there also seems to be a demand for them as burner phones with drug dealers, as they are apparently not so easy to trace/track.
I got the "Dorro" phones for my late Grandad, because they had the "Emergency Button" on them, but even they have started going to "Smart Phones" and adding the likes of Whatsapp etc to them.

Not many kids will want to use them phones though, so cannot see kids using them to get around anything, but if kids start with them, then I can see this clown show of a government looking to ban them.

OLD BOY 23-03-2026 10:15
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Maybe we should just ban children. Perhaps then this lot we leave us in peace.

But then of course, they will decide that the ‘oldies’ need protection….

Carth 23-03-2026 11:37
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I'd much rather ban 'experts' . . they don't half cause some problems :D

Itshim 23-03-2026 14:03
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Originally Posted by Carth (Post 36212900)
I'd much rather ban 'experts' . . they don't half cause some problems :D
I question the people that fall for the rubbish spoken, when being canvassed for their vote:shocked:

RichardCoulter 23-03-2026 17:28
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Quote:
Originally Posted by damien c (Post 36212623)
You fail to understand.

In the UK they will remove the "Non-Smart" phones because the Government cannot force a "Age Restriction" on them nor can they track them as easily as a Smart Phone.

If the Government cannot force you to have a Digital ID, they will force you to hand over your current ID in order to use any device or service they possibly can.

You cannot trust this government or the previous governments to keep you or your children safe, when they cannot keep themselves safe or the information they currently have on you.
No, I don't misunderstand, because this is merely yout conjecture and opinion, unless you have evidence of the ridiculous notion that the Government is to ban basic phones.

papa smurf 23-03-2026 17:35
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Carth (Post 36212900)
I'd much rather ban 'experts' . . they don't half cause some problems :D
expertly put:tiptoe:

RichardCoulter 26-03-2026 02:01
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I wonder if this will lead to amendments to the Online Safety Act in the UK? Although this was in America, the BBC said that it could have implications around the world.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c747x7gz249o

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Jurors found that Meta, which owns Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp, and Google, owner of YouTube, intentionally built addictive social media platforms that harmed the 20-year old's mental health.

The woman, known as Kaley, was awarded $6m (£4.5m) in damages, a result likely to have implications for hundreds of similar cases now winding their way through US courts.
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The LA verdict came a day after a jury in New Mexico found Meta liable for the way in which its platforms endangered children and exposed them to sexually explicit material and contact with sexual predators.


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