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7/25/2025, 3:00:25 PM
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No. It also applies to all "user-to-user" services (e.g. social media) and even search engines. However, services which provide adult content have additional requirements.
The UK OSA covers many more types of content than porn, including racism, misogyny, antisemitism, self-harm, bullying, and violence. Some types of content are mentioned here:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/online-safety-act-explainer/online-safety-act-explainer
I remember ofcom had a PDF with well over a dozen different categories of prohibited content. I'll hunt for it if anyone's interested.
Some users of social media find the laws overbearing, and some companies worry about the risks of operating in the UK under these laws. Consequently, there's a petition which has been gaining signatures:
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/722903
But all the petition does is make the government *consider* the laws for *debate*. I'd be surprised if the laws are repealed, especially as other countries are following suit. For example, similar laws will come into effect in Australia within this year. Some states in the USA are also adopting similar laws, but I think it's a harder sell in the US, so I'm not sure what will happen in the long run there. But people generally accept laws despite complaining if they can still live fairly comfortably with those laws; Even without the ability to post edgy memes online, the peasants will still have their bread-and-circuses. They'll just be marginally less satisfied with the circuses.
No. It also applies to all "user-to-user" services (e.g. social media) and even search engines. However, services which provide adult content have additional requirements.
The UK OSA covers many more types of content than porn, including racism, misogyny, antisemitism, self-harm, bullying, and violence. Some types of content are mentioned here:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/online-safety-act-explainer/online-safety-act-explainer
I remember ofcom had a PDF with well over a dozen different categories of prohibited content. I'll hunt for it if anyone's interested.
Some users of social media find the laws overbearing, and some companies worry about the risks of operating in the UK under these laws. Consequently, there's a petition which has been gaining signatures:
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/722903
But all the petition does is make the government *consider* the laws for *debate*. I'd be surprised if the laws are repealed, especially as other countries are following suit. For example, similar laws will come into effect in Australia within this year. Some states in the USA are also adopting similar laws, but I think it's a harder sell in the US, so I'm not sure what will happen in the long run there. But people generally accept laws despite complaining if they can still live fairly comfortably with those laws; Even without the ability to post edgy memes online, the peasants will still have their bread-and-circuses. They'll just be marginally less satisfied with the circuses.
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