I did read the article. I don't see anything in it that would cause somebody with no ties to the UK to block traffic. If I'm to believe this article, it's a pretty terrible law for UK residents, but as a US webmaster I am not bound by their laws. I can continue to serve user-generated content without any age verification and Her Majesty's government can't really do anything about it aside from blocking my web site. In an extreme case they could issue an arrest warrant should I ever decide to visit their kingdom, but that doesn't really worry me either.
If this becomes UK law and I continue to run onionisafruit-forum.net without age verification or blocking UK traffic, these are what I consider the possible outcomes from most to least likely:
- It never comes to the kingdom's attention, and everything continues as before.
- Some vigilant Brit reports it to their government. An email is sent to the support address. I do nothing, and the matter is dropped.
- My site gets reported and is added to a blocklist for UK ISPs.
- My site gets reported and Her Majesty's government convinces my ISP to cut me off.
- My site gets reported. Her Majesty's government puts in the effort to identify me personally and issues an arrest warrant. I never get to fulfill my lifelong dream of drinking warm beer in a London pub for fear of arrest.
