Non-paywalled link: https://archive.ph/PJapz

The irony of the chancellor announcing today that they are promoting innovation in the UK tech industry while simultaneously implementing the innovation-crushing OSA is fucking baffling.

Hey small group of people who want to communicate online to organise things, you’d better be monitoring everything that’s been said on your forum or face a crippling fine that you cannot survive. Oh cool you’ve moved to Facebook and now everyone needs a Facebook account to interact with you in any meaningful way because god forbid you read emails.

Next think you know, the UK will defederate and put up their own great firewall.