Fedi admins: what are you planning to do about the Online Safety Act from the UK government?
If your instance is hosted elsewhere but with users, visitors or federating servers in the UK, what are you intending to do about it?
Geoblock the UK?
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Not currently a fedi admin, but if I was ...
@cadusilva
> what are you planning to do about the Online Safety Act from the UK government?
Make sure I'm not under UK jurisdiction. Choose hosting outside the UK, by a non-UK company. It's not their IT sector's fault, but the govt needs to see this regressive policy having economic costs.
> If your instance is hosted elsewhere but with users, visitors or federating servers in the UK, what are you intending to do about it?
Nothing. See above.
See also, from a link by @jaz;
"Ofcom understands that independent platforms serve community needs and do not necessarily pose the same systemic risks as profit-driven networks. Their message was consistent: low-risk, volunteer-run services are not the focus of enforcement. If you are operating in good faith, acting proportionately, and keeping your community safe, you are already on the right path."
#IFTAS, 2025
https://about.iftas.org/2025/07/30/navigating-the-uk-online-safety-act/
This may be the case now. But ...
@cadusilva I have too few UK users, so the OSA does not apply here. (metalhead.club is hosted in Germany).
But the situation for UK instances is ... terrible 😡 afaik some have already been shut down?
Also see this to check if you're affected as an instance operator: https://ofcomlive.my.salesforce-sites.com/formentry/RegulationChecker
@cadusilva (if I was affected, I'd probably geo block the UK)
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