>>511276889
>Like what are they specifically trying to hide.
Like the fact their country is increasingly becoming 3rd world status and the fact there's potential for serious civil unrest. It's been apparent since the last year's riots that there's a lot anger waiting to come out and the regime needed to crack down on information a long time ago. With these age verification checks they can monitor much more closely what kind of information people are trying to access and what they're being exposed to. This is not just a UK thing, it's down in the pipeline for Europeans and Americans as well with the bans on stuff like porn, wihch will still be accessible with at least a little know-how, but the main goal is to curtail free flow of information

The UK is part way through transmogrifying into South Africa
https://x.com/RMXnews/status/1948449515406852134