Even though LemmyNSFW is outside of the UK the admins of any instance will be responsible for verification of UK users because of this law. This is why .zip (Lemmy and PieFed) have geoblocked the UK. It’s a lot of work and responsibility to take on.

Here’s the post from Demigodrick explaining this situation better than I can.

Important News - Geoblocking of the UK

There’s also this article from TechCrunch.

Grok 4 seems to consult Elon Musk to answer controversial questions

They tried it out themselves and have reports from other users as well.

You’ve covered the basics. Sorry you’re still having issues. Another thing to check is if your using iCloud private relay. That can get funny at times.

Good luck!

No iPad experience, but Safari on iPhone is working without any noticeable issues.

Have you tried clearing history and website data in Settings>Apps>Safari along with closing all tabs? It’s a button down near the bottom.

Another thing that causes slow down is lack of storage space. Is the iPad close to full?

I realize these are basic suggestions but sometimes it’s the simplest things that can be the issue.