You might have already heard about the backlash following the new Online Safety Act (2025) being rolled out by the UK government, but to get you up to speed, it essentially involves a huge blanket of censorship online and requires websites, search engines, and social media platforms to protect children by removing any illegal content.
While this sounds very reasonable in theory (and I'm all for keeping children safe), critics aren't happy that perfectly legal content is getting caught in the crossfire, and any type of mature content is being age-gated, meaning users will need to supply ID to obtain access.
