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I had a strange dream last night. In the UK it was now illegal to buy a hot drink unless you could provide photographic evidence that you had a flat surface available on which to place the drink. Cafes & restaurants were not exempt.
Whilst no sane person would consider enacting such a ridiculous law, it's flawed logic appears to have a remarkable similarity to the #onlineSafetyAct
UK Govt to demand AgeVerification of “ALL regulated user-to-user” services, and VPNs for anyone under 18; well that would end online anonymity in the UK…
https://alecmuffett.com/article/146692
#AgeVerification #OnlineSafety #OnlineSafetyAct #censorship #ofcom #surveillance
UK Govt to demand AgeVerification of “ALL regulated user-to-user” services, and VPNs for anyone under 18; well that would end online anonymity in the UK…
https://alecmuffett.com/article/146692
#AgeVerification #OnlineSafety #OnlineSafetyAct #censorship #ofcom #surveillance
Another casualty from the UK's misguided #OnlineSafetyAct
"The repo.or.cz site is no longer available in the UK."
Home of lots of useful projects, including socat
One for your in memoriam site. @neil
Another casualty from the UK's misguided #OnlineSafetyAct
"The repo.or.cz site is no longer available in the UK."
Home of lots of useful projects, including socat
One for your in memoriam site. @neil
“The UK war on VPNs is an embarrassment” | Jimmy Wales
https://alecmuffett.com/article/143312
#AgeVerification #OnlineSafety #OnlineSafetyAct #vpns
“The UK war on VPNs is an embarrassment” | Jimmy Wales
https://alecmuffett.com/article/143312
#AgeVerification #OnlineSafety #OnlineSafetyAct #vpns
Stupidity of the online safety act. I have to provide ID to Microsoft for my Xbox live account to continue to have full access. The account is 22 years old.
#OnlineSafetyAct #politics #gaming
Stupidity of the online safety act. I have to provide ID to Microsoft for my Xbox live account to continue to have full access. The account is 22 years old.
#OnlineSafetyAct #politics #gaming
@neil part of me hopes they do end up accidentally banning kids from shared calendars, conference calls and using iMessage.
It might anger enough people to get the whole #OnlineSafetyAct scrapped.
@neil @chrisgerhard devil will be in the details. Likely unenforceable fines will be levelled anyway. Are #ofcom then *really* going to deprive "almost a quarter of people" from access to news and ban #Twitter?
According to Newsnight, the UK government say they can't block X—despite the deepfake CSAM—because people could evade such a ban using VPNs.
But the #OnlineSafetyAct is working just fine even though people can use VPNs to avoid having to upload photos of their passport (etc.) to some shady unregulated age verification company.
The UK government's internet policies are totally rational and coherent. Nothing to see here. Please don't ask us any more annoying critical questions.
RE: https://cyberplace.social/@GossiTheDog/115826683070912702
The UK government’s official internet policy:
1. if you run a web forum or fedi instance, you need to do a bunch of paperwork to comply with the #OnlineSafetyAct to protect the kids.
2. if you are rich and run a neo-nazi website with officially posted virtual CSAM, politicians won’t leave despite that being a million times worse than anything you’d read on a forum about fixed gear cycling or a mastodon server run by some queer furries running arch for their polycule.
Incredibly coherent.
Twitter’s Grok AI is now being used by people to undress women, as verified by the BBC. Twitter refused to reply, simply saying “legacy media lies”. It isn’t a lie.
In the UK it is illegal to create or share non-consensual intimate images, including via AI. The UK gov say they are investigating.
According to Newsnight, the UK government say they can't block X—despite the deepfake CSAM—because people could evade such a ban using VPNs.
But the #OnlineSafetyAct is working just fine even though people can use VPNs to avoid having to upload photos of their passport (etc.) to some shady unregulated age verification company.
The UK government's internet policies are totally rational and coherent. Nothing to see here. Please don't ask us any more annoying critical questions.
