The above image is all us folk in the UK see when you do, and if we try to use a VPN + incognito, we get this:

403 means forbidden, so the message is disingenuous.

They must have put some effort into block lists for VPN servers. Even if it works for some of us, it’s not worth it.

For more information on this, see this article: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4gzxv5gy3qo

  • ᓚᘏᗢ@piefed.socialEnglish
    112·
    2 days ago

    Why? I don’t post stuff so I don’t really care either way, but free vpns are so easy to find and use and the paid options aren’t that expensive either.

    • Anomnomnomaly@lemmy.org
      5·
      2 days ago

      Let’s give this classic poem a tweak shall we…

      First they came for the Communists And I did not speak out Because I was not a Communist

      Then they came for the Socialists And I did not speak out Because I was not a Socialist

      Then they came for the trans community (The UK is currently here) And I did not speak out Because I was not trans

      Then they came for all people of colour (The USA is now here) And I did not speak out Because I was not a person of colour

      Then they came for me And there was no one left To speak out for me

      Not caring because it doesn’t directly affect you is how you end up on this road to fascism to begin with. It’s why there have been thousands of arrests of innocent people in the UK for simply protesting about a ban on a group of people who threw paint on some RAF planes and vandalised some genocide supporting israeli weapons manufacturer… because some people do care about others, because they have compassion and a conscience.

      If the UK goes ahead with plans to ban protests entirely as they saying… those numbers will increase because it won’t stop the people and the numbers continue to grow and if you try to stamp it out, there will only be one way it ends… with state authorised violence and death against people protesting the killing of innocent civilians.

      That’s the road you are on with that attitude, and then you’ll be screaming that last line and playing the victim.