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[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Whoever came up with this idea is a moron

I'm actually glad that they're a moron. They'd be terrifying if they were even slightly compotent.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

We can't just rely on that. We need to fight politically or get into a right old mess. Laws need to enforceable, not only selectively enforceable.

Millions will just use a VPN, but if there is an MP the media wants gone, "MP found on darkweb!". We all know Gove and others are coke heads, but at the moment, no drug charges are brought. But you can bet some poor kid, especially if ethnic, if caught by police doing coke, will have the book thrown at them. Laws need to universally enforced or they make an ass of the law.