{"id":5402,"date":"2017-06-22T13:21:56","date_gmt":"2017-06-22T20:21:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/?p=5402"},"modified":"2021-08-06T07:53:21","modified_gmt":"2021-08-06T14:53:21","slug":"british-isp-of-course-you-can-be-a-protected-anonymous-press-source-you-just-need-to-show-us-photo-id-first","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/british-isp-of-course-you-can-be-a-protected-anonymous-press-source-you-just-need-to-show-us-photo-id-first\/","title":{"rendered":"British ISP: Of course you can be a protected anonymous press source, you just need to show us photo ID first"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-size: 125%; font-weight: 600;\">The British Internet provider O2 disputed the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/britains-isps-already-censor-political-opinions-they-just-randomly-happen-to-disagree-with\/\">previous story<\/a> that they don\u2019t permit people to access tools that give them anonymity protection, like this VPN service. \u201cYou only need to show photo ID in one of our stores\u201d, they said, via a link provided. So in order to be an anonymous and protected press source, you need to show a photo ID. You couldn\u2019t make it up if you tried. Britain, what\u2019s happened to you?<\/p>\n<p>The previous <a href=\"https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/britains-isps-already-censor-political-opinions-they-just-randomly-happen-to-disagree-with\/\">story<\/a> detailed how Britain now has default-on censorship for political opinions, as Internet providers Vodafone, O2, EE, and Sky <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blocked.org.uk\/results?url=http:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/2017\/06\/finnish-court-cracks-down-hard-on-copyright-trolls-in-new-ruling\/\">censor this blog by default<\/a>. While this blog is on a corporate site, it is still highly political: we fight for liberty in many forms, such as freedom of speech, the right to privacy and anonymity, and last but not least, net neutrality. That\u2019s why it leaves a particularly bad taste that telcos happen to default-censor the political pieces on this site.<\/p>\n<p>The argument that \u201cbut you can identify to prove your age and have the censorship disabled\u201d, which some countered with, is not an excuse in this context. If anything, it makes the whole thing even more offensive to attempt justifying it by throwing in a <em>papieren, bitte<\/em> into the situation.<\/p>\n<p>The ISP <em>O2<\/em> was particularly tone-deaf in this context, even though they tried responding to the \u201cconcerns\u201d that they default-censor pieces of net neutrality:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Oh dear, that's not good. Are you able to verify your age using the link? More info can be found here: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QtAi9RrHfg\">https:\/\/t.co\/QtAi9RrHfg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 O2 in the UK (@O2) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/O2\/status\/876014983255076864?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 17, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Hi Rick, you'd only need to verify your age. Are you an O2 UK customer?<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 O2 in the UK (@O2) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/O2\/status\/876042591510437888?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 17, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">If you're an O2 UK customer, there are several ways to do this: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QtAi9RrHfg\">https:\/\/t.co\/QtAi9RrHfg<\/a> However, no info would be shared publicly<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 O2 in the UK (@O2) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/O2\/status\/876052164107436032?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 17, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The entire exchange goes as follows, in case you can\u2019t see it on Twitter:<\/p>\n<p>Andrew Terry says, \u201cO2, you\u2019re censoring a VPN provider landing page. Uncool.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>O2 responds, \u201cOh dear, that\u2019s not good. Are you able to verify your age using the link? More info can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/www.o2.co.uk\/help\/safety-and-security\/age-restricted-content-and-age-verification\">here<\/a>.\u201d Under the link, it makes clear that there are two ways to get off the censorship: either show a photo ID in one of their shops or provide proof of ownership of a credit card (in which case somebody else will have required a photo ID).<\/p>\n<p>I follow up, \u201cDear O2, did you miss the point completely? You\u2019re requiring that whistleblowers, ANONYMOUS PRESS SOURCES, must identify themselves.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>O2 responds again, \u201cHi Rick, you\u2019d only need to verify your age.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Responding to this, pointing out that they are either missing the point or lying outright, I say, \u201cAnd how do you verify your age, if not simultaneously identifying yourself?\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>They respond by providing the same link again, which says there are two ways to get off the censorship list and thereby being able to secure your anonymity when being an anonymous source to the press. One of them is to show photo ID to their representatives. Yes, really. The headline is not even exaggerated. O2 is <em>literally<\/em> instructing people, who want to be anonymous press sources for their own safety, to show photo ID in order to access anonymity tools.<\/p>\n<p>The link provided by O2 gives these instructions:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.o2.co.uk\/help\/safety-and-security\/age-restricted-content-and-age-verification\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5409\" src=\"https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/O2-age-verification.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1310\" height=\"603\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/O2-age-verification.png 1310w, https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/O2-age-verification-300x138.png 300w, https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/O2-age-verification-768x354.png 768w, https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/O2-age-verification-1024x471.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/O2-age-verification-1200x552.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The \u201cfor the safety of children\u201d is particularly revolting in this context. You can\u2019t remove people\u2019s ability to be an anonymous source to the press, and then claim you\u2019re doing it \u201cto protect the children\u201d. The whole situation is beyond Kafkaeque and Orwellian at the same time. O2, you need to start valuing <em>democracy\u2019s safeguards<\/em>, such as <em>privacy and anonymity<\/em>, which allows <em>power to be held accountable<\/em>, above random moral panics that shout \u201cfor the children\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>By the way, Vodafone, EE, and Sky, you\u2019re no better for not responding at all.<\/p>\n<p>Privacy really seems to remain your own responsibility.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The British Internet provider O2 disputed the previous story that they don\u2019t permit people to access tools that give them anonymity protection, like this VPN service. \u201cYou only need to show photo ID in one of our stores\u201d, they said, via a link provided. 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