• SwizzleStick@lemmy.zipEnglish
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      16 days ago

      UK is implementing law for age verification on nsfw content, that’s the jist of it.

      Some services are choosing to simply not serve the UK rather than deal with the faff and/or the privacy concerns. lemmy.zip where I am from is one of them.

      Blame lies squarely with the UK gov & Online Safety Act. It’s a shit law made to pander to the ‘think of the children’ types that are incapable of parenting, also coming with the bonus of grift and doxxing concerns by companies that move in to provide the service.

      I don’t blame any site operator that chooses to simply not play. VPN goes on, normal service resumes.

        • deadcatbounce@reddthat.comEnglish
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          15 days ago

          Whenever someone says that there law is to protect:

          • the children
          • old people
          • the vulnerable
          • …

          You know that it’s full of hidden shit.

      • Korhaka@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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        15 days ago

        It’s also several hundred pages long. Fair few web forums are closing because of it if they are UK hosted too.

        It would be interesting to get a legal opinion on what about it actually impacts lemmy instances tbh. Obviously one option is to go “lol fuck off” if the UK complain and you are not in the UK.

        • Jerry on PieFed@feddit.onlineEnglish
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          15 days ago

          They can notify the hosting company that the server is violating UK law, the registrars, and payment services. This is the fear for sites not hosted in the UK. There are inter-country agreements to support civil actions.

          • Korhaka@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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            15 days ago

            Doesn’t that sort of thing take quite a bit of time though? And they need to find out about it too.

            That said I don’t know if the free and open internet has much time left.

            • Skavau@piefed.socialEnglish
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              15 days ago

              I highly doubt the US government would look fondly on a US-based service taking down a US-based social media site because Ofcom complained to them about them not adhering to local laws. Especially under this administration. It would be seen as foreign interference. And for that reason, I very much doubt Ofcom would ever do that. They’d just block the site violating OSA.

              • Korhaka@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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                15 days ago

                Quite a few have suggested the OSA is intended to further centralise the internet. Looking at the impact so far and they are not wrong…