Anonymous
6/14/2025, 11:25:06 AM
No.105589935
entire point of online safety bill was supposedly to go after facebook et al
instead the legislation is so wide-reaching that ofcom is going after every open forum threatening them with a fine thats a thousand times most of their annual revenues.
it directly benefits huge platforms like facebook and discord because they're the ones that can afford to play ball while average hobbyist forum risks an £18m fine if moderation doesnt catch someone doing a "hate speech" or whatever fast enough.
>Any site that allows users to share content or interact with each other is in scope of the Online Safety Act
the outcome of this remains to be seen but i would not be surprised if the majority of sites just block access from the UK preemptively while facebook et al do nothing and get away with it
>>105589812
gdpr applies to any company collecting uk/eu citizens' data, whether they like it or not
the point is protecting citizens' rights to privacy from foreign adtech companies
im not going to argue that its easy or even really possible to enforce gdpr
irrelevant anyway, as it is not what is being wielded here
instead the legislation is so wide-reaching that ofcom is going after every open forum threatening them with a fine thats a thousand times most of their annual revenues.
it directly benefits huge platforms like facebook and discord because they're the ones that can afford to play ball while average hobbyist forum risks an £18m fine if moderation doesnt catch someone doing a "hate speech" or whatever fast enough.
>Any site that allows users to share content or interact with each other is in scope of the Online Safety Act
the outcome of this remains to be seen but i would not be surprised if the majority of sites just block access from the UK preemptively while facebook et al do nothing and get away with it
>>105589812
gdpr applies to any company collecting uk/eu citizens' data, whether they like it or not
the point is protecting citizens' rights to privacy from foreign adtech companies
im not going to argue that its easy or even really possible to enforce gdpr
irrelevant anyway, as it is not what is being wielded here