We Are Witnessing the Death of the Internet As We Know It

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We Are Witnessing the Death of the Internet As We Know It - Slate slate.com/technology/2025/08/uk-online-safety-act-reddit-wikipedia-open-internet.html

305 sats \ 2 comments \ @Scoresby 14h tech

Understandably, the Brits are mighty peeved. Over 500,000 of them have signed a government petition demanding that the Online Safety Act be repealed, far surpassing the threshold for triggering a fresh legislative debate.

Is it better to have citizen pushback or to see an increase in the usage of tools for resisting government control of the internet?

I suppose it doesn't have to be an either/or kind of situation, but I'm hopeful that governments are going to push people out of their complacency.

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123 sats \ 0 replies \ @SwapMarket 12h

Yes, we are. The cage is closing. Looking into Reticulum/LoRa/RNode tech to bypass ISP entirely.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Tony 12h

I believe the people who push back are the same people who educate themselves on the dangers of digital gulag and therefore on the ways to bypass the totalitarianism.

With restrictions being arguably more tight in Russia their propaganda machine worked out great for the government — one can not protest without being sent to jail, which basically means being forced to go to war and almost certainly die — most people do not ask any questions any more and are confident that whatever the government is doing is meant to protect them.