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UK Online Safety Act comes into force today

by intunderflow on 3/17/25, 4:34 PM with 12 comments

  • by jonathanstrange on 3/17/25, 4:54 PM

    The solution is to geoblock the UK, prohibit sales to UK citizens, and strictly forbid any use of your software by UK citizen anywhere in the world.
  • by cynicalsecurity on 3/17/25, 5:02 PM

    Is UK slowly committing a suicide? First leaving the EU, now introducing Stasi-like spying practices on its citizens and royally screwing every small business in the IT?
  • by ksajadi on 3/17/25, 5:09 PM

    how are we supposed to identify "Hate Speech"? If someone says something nasty about someone is it hate speech? what if they say it about a group of people? what if they express an opinion about a group of people (like bankers or sailors, or perhaps immigrants from a certain region)? is it bigotry, hate, debate, discourse? this only leads to self-censorship.