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The UK Online Safety Act comes into effect today.

Its onerous duties may cause many small sites, blogs and fedi instances to shut down or geoblock UK users when faced with potential fines and penalties.

This won't keep children safe. It'll benefit large platforms like Facebook and X that are laying waste to content moderation.

theregister.com/2025/01/14/onl

The Register · It's not just Big Tech: The UK's Online Safety Act applies across the boardBy Lindsay Clark

When it comes to blogs, Ofcom says one thing, the UK Online Safety Act says another.

This lack of clarity over whether blogs with comments are exempt will push small sites to shut down completely.

We need the UK government to tighten up the definitions and exemptions in the Act.

Read our explainer for more detail ➡️ openrightsgroup.org/blog/save-

Open Rights GroupSave our Sites: Deadline 17 MarchIncredible as it may seem, thanks to the Online Safety Act, dozens of harmless, safe, small websites are closing down by 17 March, rather than face threats of fines that could lose their operators their homes.

Under the UK Online Safety Act, small blogs, forums and fedi instances are faced with disproportionate requirements to:

⚫️ Check if they have UK users

⚫️ Do a risk assessment on whether kids might access the content, or if CSAM or terrorist material might be posted in the comments

⚫️ Put themselves at the risk of fines, and even prison sentences, if they fail to comply with Ofcom’s future directives

#SaveOurSites 🌐

New #Documentation: Geo-blocking UK users in #BunnyCDN

I've got a site that, I think, #Ofcom _could_ decide falls under Part 5 of the #OnlineSafetyAct (actually, more accurately, I can't say definitively enough that they wouldn't).

I'm not willing to pay any money to the Age Verification industry, or let them have visitor data.

So, I've decided to move the site definitively out of scope by ensuring it doesn't have UK users

The post describes how to geoblock the UK

bentasker.co.uk/posts/document

www.bentasker.co.uk · Geoblocking the UK with BunnyCDNShort documentation covering how to geoblock the UK (or any other country) using an edge rule in BunnyCDN. It also covers how to redirect to a block page and override the status code used for that blo

Save Encryption. Save the World 🌐

Only by blocking message scanning technology on messaging apps can we ensure online safety!

End-to-end encryption prevents predators and hackers from weeding their way into our private lives.

We must #PracticeSafeText 💬

openrightsgroup.org/blog/the-c

Open Rights GroupThe Case for EncryptionSpying on private messages has long been on the security services’ wish list.

❌ No safe message scanning technology exists.

⚠️ These powers would force a cybersecurity weakness onto apps like WhatsApp and Signal.

‼️ Hackers, predators and spies could crowbar their way into everything you send.

✍️ Tell Ofcom: End-to-end Encryption Means Online Safety ➡️ action.openrightsgroup.org/48-

⏰ CLOSES Monday 10 March at 5pm.

#PracticeSafeText 💬

the ongoing tradition of Online Safety Act backfiring against small forums and playing in the hands of centralised social media platforms continues. now Hexus's forums are closing down forums.hexus.net/hexus-news/42

this is truly self-sabotage of the highest level. completely idiotic

forums.hexus.net It looks like the end for HEXUS Forums :(Update On March 1st, all data will be deleted, except: Comments on news and reviews. Usernames won't be attached to them. Original Annoucement: With

All the discussions about the #OnlineSafetyAct , but do we know if #Ofcom will actually take any action on anyone other than big tech?
I know legally, sitting in a risky area isn't great, but there's a difference between what a law says and what organisations are able/resourced to act on.