If only there was some way the government could have predicted this would happen and maybe not rushed a poorly thought out law in the first place!
maybe then they would not have:
forced big tech companies to withdraw service to the uk
forced uk-based small forums and message boards to close
given free vpn providers tons more data to sell
reduced the overall cyber resilience of the country by forcing people to choose between giving photos of their passports to some weird online service or signing up for a free vpn which sells their data, may inject their own unregulated adverts etc
reduced uk based advertising effectiveness and thus investment and marketing spend
pissed everyone off while doing it, scoring yet another win for the far right
If only there was some way the government could have predicted this would happen and maybe not rushed a poorly thought out law in the first place!
maybe then they would not have:
absolute roasters the lot of them
Well, hold your beer because Brazil is just passing a similar law at this moment. Expect other countries to follow.