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It's almost certainly a) imaginary and b) performative. Like;

> After this, I know I will think twice about visiting the UK

Reallllyyy? Over a bit of porn blocking? Do we not think maybe this is just for show? What do they imagine is going to happen at the border -- their iPhone gets frisked for Page Three nudes?

More to the point, are they banning Texas? Indiana? Oklahoma? Georgia? North Dakota? France?

Or are they just hyperventilating about the latest thing from Britain? Perhaps they think unless Tommy Robinson saves us no-one can.

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> their iPhone gets frisked

You've apparently not crossed international borders that often.

> just hyperventilating about the latest thing from Britain?

They've simply decided doing business with the UK is no longer worth the risk. This is no more "hyperventilating" than the people who passed this law in the first place, who are "hyperventilating" over pornography sites when there's no evidence they're a significant social problem.

it's not just porn blocking. That's just what is in newspapers. Porn blocking is only small part.

Essentially, you have to preform risk assessment if your site contains any child inappropriate content (according to new law that is defined kind of vague ), you have to age verify all the visitors from UK or risk getting fines.

Since service allows for user upload, this means that their site could protentional qualify. And even if it does not, you need a lawyer to go through everything, to make sure you don't. Sure the chances their site get targeted is small, but not zero.

Suggest you read up on that law a bit more, they're not responding to targeting of porn, nothing of the sort.

I have read up on the law. They have no reason to worry and even if they did, given the extent of non-compliance in the porn industry, they are so far down the pecking order that this reaction looks like what it is: activist narcissism.

Fair enough, don't share your confidence, nor the service's reticence to visit in person (at least over this issue).

If it is only imaginary then it should be no problem for you to write them a contract to take on all legal and panelty costs linked with it for.. lets say 50$?

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