Blocking UK users from your service does not put you out of scope of OSA, according to Ofcom.
4 days ago:
> "Services who choose to restrict access rather than protect UK users remain on our watchlist "
4 days ago:
> "Services who choose to restrict access rather than protect UK users remain on our watchlist "
My read on "remain on our watchlist" was them monitoring for if that block lapses, etc.
I do expect UK's internet insanity to reckon with VPNs sooner rather than later, though.
If the UK government bans VPNs, now they have more people in jail for speech violations than Russia and a more restricted Internet than China. The jokes write themselves at that point. It also becomes a virtue to dunk on the UK government worldwide. All to keep people from reading a site that the majority of people have no interest in. Its sad really...