Techgrumps 3.30 – We Did It For The Children

Look upon the rain soaked valley, see the innocent children gambol in the poppies. Only age verification can keep this bucolic vision of Britain real – and if you don’t agree you must be a pervert. So says Tech Bro Pete Kyle.

Naturally, the techgrumps are backing this all the way. Ian Forrester, David “Andy” Eastman, and Wendy Grossman fall over themselves to ensure Our Children stay in the fields where they belong.

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• Techgrumps 3.30
  • UK’s online safety act requires users to verify their age for adult content
    • VPN usage massively up! – https://mashable.com/article/proton-vpn-uk-age-verification-signups
    • The gated internet – https://reason.com/2025/07/28/the-age-gated-internet-is-here/
    • https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/the-great-british-firewall-age-verification-has-failed/
  • What happened to hobbies?
    • https://youtu.be/OLQkNUjQPUo?si=M3b4wArK8ztUN3bu
  • Any other business
    • Empires of AI – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empire_of_AI
    • John Oliver on AI Slop – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWpg1RmzAbc
    • Silicon Valley’s sudden embrace of Christianity – https://www.vanityfair.com/news/story/christianity-was-borderline-illegal-in-silicon-valley-now-its-the-new-religion
    • Open rights group hits 20 years! – https://www.openrightsgroup.org/events/org-at-20-cory-doctorow-in-conversation-with-maria-farrell/
    • Derailed: The Story of HS2 – https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002fv8b
      • Kate Lamble investigates the extraordinary inside story of Britain’s most ambitious and controversial rail project.