1984 is here! Just 41 years late - Big Brother is watching and censorship is increasing.

The UK's Online Safety Act went live July 25th, 2025. VPN usage exploded 1,400% overnight. Teenagers are using PlayStation screenshots to bypass age verification.

Join Noel Bradford and Mauven MacLeod for an emergency breakdown of Britain's most expensive digital policy failure and why every tech-savvy teen is already laughing at it.

Warning: Contains passionate commentary about government digital policy

The Spectacular Failure (0:00-4:00 )

• ​ProtonVPN's 1,400% UK signup surge in 48 hours
• ​Death Stranding character defeats government AI systems
• ​Why teenagers always win the circumvention game
• ​Digital cavity searches for legal content access

The Authoritarian Agenda (4:00-7:00 )

• ​Pattern of moral panics from rock music to the internet
• ​Surveillance infrastructure outlasts the panic that created it
• ​Ministers' unprecedented power to designate "harmful" content
• ​International platforms blocking UK users entirely

The VPN Danger Zone (7:00-10:00 )

• ​Millions of non-tech users suddenly need VPN services
• ​How to avoid data harvesting and malware traps
• ​Red flags in free VPN services
• ​Recommended providers with proven track records

The Bottom Line (10:00-12:00 )

• ​Why this was never about protecting children
• ​Essential digital literacy in the circumvention era
• ​The only rational response to broken digital policy
• ​1,400% increase in VPN signups within hours of enforcement
• ​Over 280,000 signatures on petition to repeal the Act
• ​6+ years from conception to failure by video game screenshots
• ​Zero responses from some platforms to compliance requirements