TimR

I'm not sure it's supposed to be 'sneaky', it's just down to incompetent design. I don't credit any local councils being that clever. We have a three lane carriageway near here where they redesigned the inside lane to be a bus lane, everything turning left couldn't, and no one exiting the supermarket could get out. They've since shut down the bus lane due to the chaos it was causing. So now a three lane road is down to two. A complete mess with no explaination of why it was changed in the first place, no applology and no plans to change it back. I was caught on a box junction when a bus pulled out of a bus stop in front of me. My exit was clear when I entered, but the bus took that space. It was 15 years ago, I would appeal if it happened now. There was nothing 'sneaky' about it. Anyway, I'm not sure how road fines have anything to do with online abuse or hiding your online identity so that you can abuse people anonymously.

Well, most of us less intelligent members remember to look it up when we get to our destination. 🤣🤦‍♂️ The rest of your post just reads as if you're frustrated in having to pay what the rest of us have to pay and are looking for excuses and don't like being called out.

You saw the sign but didn't look up what it meant?

Yes. You don't get fined for stopping in a box junction, you get fined for entering a box junction if your exit isn't clear.

Those are fines for not paying charges. Not fines for doing those things.

I think a booked gig sends two messages. 1. You're comitted to performing. 2. You expect band members to be interested in performing. It eliminates anyone who thinks they can join a 'rehearsal band' and drag it out to avoid playing out. (These people do exist.)

That's the most ridiculous thing I've read for a while. If you have repeated trouble with certain activities then you can apply to the court to have a restriction put on those activities. The government has no role in that decision. You take your case to the court, present your evidence and the court decides whether or not to grant an injunction. It would be the same if you had loads of people regularly gathering by your front gate and harassing you so much to the point that you can't carry out your daily lawful business. You'd try and get it stopped.

Sounds like he was breaching a court order and that's what he got arrested for, not breaking a 'silly law'.

A quick reminder to check your gear. A loose neutral on a regularly used extension lead. Could have been the loose terminal or the terminal could have come loose due to overheating. Either way, there was no evidence of the problem, until there was evidence.

My fretless is in my loft, along with a photo of me when I had hair.

https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/review-of-the-computer-misuse-act-1990/review-of-the-computer-misuse-act-1990-consultation-and-response-to-call-for-information-accessible

I can't do that on my home router. So would have to actively and deliberately go out and buy a new router and set it up. You're being very obtuse, your average home PC user will not be doing this. Your ISP will still be doing the routing.

Where are the Basschat servers located? How do we know we aren't already in contravention some local laws in another country?

Really? https://www.gov.uk/government/news/life-saving-drink-drive-law-turns-50

Yes. The trend for these shows to go on for hours is a bit mad really. I guess at £180 a ticket, people are expecting a good return. I still remember all the times I saw them at Hammersmith Odeon in the 80s. Saw them once at the O2 and it just wasn't the same.

No. As has been said, banning VPNs would be counter productive. Controlling what people can access and shutting down websites that don't conform to standards (which is what the thread is about) is what is being proposed (all be it via the route of making sure everyone conforms by bringing in laws). The point is if UK VPNs are being complicit then they should also be subject to the new laws. How you extend that to people using offshore VPNs is another subject, but you just make it very hard for people to access offshore VPNs via the ISPs and onshore VPNs. Yes sure "It's easy to build your own VPN server and anyone can do it.", but I'm sorry, it's not, you need a certain level of IT knowledge. Most people I know have enough trouble creating a simple spreadsheet in Excel.

I think there's always an issue once a singer gets their foot in the door and (like a lot of relationships) appears to initially like everything you do, only to find a year or so down the line, their tastes are vastly different and they start changing the set list completely. If your band has a style, you need to make sure the front person (amd everyone else?) is on board 100% with that kind of music. Personally I'll play anything within reason and happy to learn an entire new set list in a few weeks for the right band/singer.

Nope. 'You' wouldn't have to do anything. The responsibility would be with the ISPs.

Not a true VPN and not 'anyone'. Your ISP will still be able to block websites.

The VPN we use at work is. But as @Bassassin points out, very hard to do as everyone would just use an offshore VPN server. Unless, of course, those VPN servers are also blacklisted.

You don't need to collect user data. You just need to block IPs. They already do this for known malicious Websites.

Ha. Yes. I'm not talking about banning VPNs. I'm talking about fixing a white list to VPN software. Although I'm not sure of the exact mechanics behind VPNs. Edit: you're essentially using the VPN services server as an ISP. So yes, it would be pretty simple to do.

You don't police it. You make it illegal to access it. And if VPN companies are creating software that allows its use, then they're also culpable.

All vulnerable people. Which is going to include old people and any of us who are open to be scammed etc. Effectively if you own a property and you knowingly allow undesirables to hang around and cause harm, you could be held responsible for failing to deal with it. Online should be no different other than the number of people could be exponentially higher.

I've not read it yet but that's my gut feeling from what I've been seeing. The number of small sports clubs and societies that have and rely on BBs amd small Web platforms runs to the thousands. You'll just need a policy in place and an audit trail to show you're following the policy. If your users step out of line then you just need a report function and then you need to show you acted on it. We did find it a struggle when facebook was new to moderate our group as certain people would pile on and in some cases be malicious. But that was swiftly dealt with and people calmed down. I guess the online bullying and harassment is their main reason for clamping down.