[mellosouls]

But I imagine it’s a large deterrent because not many people want to call Vodafone and ask permission to look at pornography.

True, and particularly galling when the content you want to look at is not porn but (say) the internet archive or opinion sites that weenies in the provider have deemed offensive.

[Wildgoose]

I've had this happen when wanting to view US News Sites in the UK. Yes, they may well show photos of violence and wars. Sadly, this is still valid news.

But the verification process wanted my Driving License number, which I gave repeatedly, but which it never accepted.

I scrapped that mobile contract ("Three") as useless.

[nindalf]

TIL why the internet archive wouldn’t load for me sometimes. I am so grateful for having being protected from the evils of the internet.