The UKโs Online Safety Act is a draconian mess. It compels platforms to police legal speech, enable government censorship, and strip back encryption or face ยฃ18M/10% revenue fines.
Platforms must verify usersโ ages with ID and biometrics. Not just for porn this affects forums, social media, even health sites. Privacy? Gone.
The kicker? Many of the MPs who passed this donโt even understand the tech theyโre regulating. You canโt break encryption safely. Thatโs not a policy decision. Itโs math.
End-to-end encrypted apps like Signal and WhatsApp may leave the UK if forced to comply. The law asks for the impossible and punishes platforms if they fail.
Sites offering suicide prevention, sexual health, LGBTQ+ support already being censored. Meanwhile, actual pro-suicide forums linked to 50+ deaths remain live.
Sites like Wikipedia are being hit with unworkable compliance burdens. Many are now blocking UK users.
With vague definitions of โharmful,โ criminal liability for tech execs, and unchecked Ofcom powers, the Act incentivizes censorship at every level.
This isnโt child safety. Itโs authoritarian policy by tech-illiterate lawmakers.
Thank god I donโt live there anymore.
The UK has gone full Orwell.
The UKโs Online Safety Act is a draconian mess. It compels platforms to police legal speech, enable government censorship, and strip back encryption or face ยฃ18M/10% revenue fines.
Platforms must verify usersโ ages with ID and biometrics. Not just for porn this affects forums, social media, even health sites. Privacy? Gone.
The kicker? Many of the MPs who passed this donโt even understand the tech theyโre regulating. You canโt break encryption safely. Thatโs not a policy decision. Itโs math.
End-to-end encrypted apps like Signal and WhatsApp may leave the UK if forced to comply. The law asks for the impossible and punishes platforms if they fail.
Sites offering suicide prevention, sexual health, LGBTQ+ support already being censored. Meanwhile, actual pro-suicide forums linked to 50+ deaths remain live.
Sites like Wikipedia are being hit with unworkable compliance burdens. Many are now blocking UK users.
With vague definitions of โharmful,โ criminal liability for tech execs, and unchecked Ofcom powers, the Act incentivizes censorship at every level.
This isnโt child safety. Itโs authoritarian policy by tech-illiterate lawmakers.
Thank god I donโt live there anymore.
The UK has gone full Orwell.
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Woot said $WOOT will send it hard, Iโll need something loud to match.
Donโt ask if heโs bullish. Just trust the vibe. ๐
๐ https://t.co/OCagbuwFEe
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