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Plurality online is being wrecked.
The UK Online Safety Act imposes heavy burdens on small sites, including risk assessments for a broad range of content, the threat of fines or the cost of checking the age of every user.
❌ Many small sites are shutting down or blocking UK users entirely.
✅ Change the categorisation of sites, so small sites and instances are exempt.
#OnlineSafetyAct #onlinesafety#OSA #privacy #ageverification #ageassurance #ukpolitics #ukpol #netplurality
Just look at what happened with the Tea app. I wouldn't trust ANY of these verification providers as far as I could throw them.
The BEST thing the user can do right now is use VPN's. Mullvad, Proton, Self Host Wireguard, whatever. DO NOT GIVE ANY OF THESE PLACES YOUR ID.
Age verification goes way beyond porn, impacting everything from Reddit to Spotify to Xbox.
❌ Content is being age gated when it shouldn’t, including subreddits for sexual health like r/STD, for health like r/stopsmoking, or news like r/israelexposed and an X post featuring a speech about grooming gangs by Katie Lam MP.
✅ Limit the scope of the UK Online Safety Act.
#OnlineSafetyAct #onlinesafety#OSA #privacy #ageverification #ageassurance #ukpolitics #ukpol #freedomofexpression #censorship
The Online Safety Act is technologically naive and ignorant to privacy risks, so people are finding ways around age verification. But...
❌ Teens could be pushed towards riskier things like the dark web, dodgy free VPNs or scams.
✅ Invest in a public information campaign to help people navigate online safety and learn about the privacy risks of age verification.
#OnlineSafetyAct #onlinesafety#OSA #privacy #ageverification #ageassurance #ukpolitics #ukpol #security #cybersecurity
Plurality online is being wrecked.
The UK Online Safety Act imposes heavy burdens on small sites, including risk assessments for a broad range of content, the threat of fines or the cost of checking the age of every user.
❌ Many small sites are shutting down or blocking UK users entirely.
✅ Change the categorisation of sites, so small sites and instances are exempt.
#OnlineSafetyAct #onlinesafety#OSA #privacy #ageverification #ageassurance #ukpolitics #ukpol #netplurality
The UK Online Safety Act is a hot mess 🥴
Drunk on boarding up more of the Internet than even the government's paedo test could justify.
Pushing people into riskier stuff online, enabling scammers and walking off with your ID.
Tell your MP to sort it out! ⬇️
https://action.openrightsgroup.org/tell-your-mp-online-safety-act-isn%E2%80%99t-working
#OnlineSafetyAct #onlinesafety#OSA #privacy #ageverification #ageassurance #ukpolitics #ukpol #netplurality #censorship #cybersecurity
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