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[–] 54 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I live in the UK, and this is something I was saying about the Online Safety Act. It puts all the onus on the websites and not only do some websites not have the money or resources to comply, but with something like Mastodon, it doesn't really work. Like this bill was written and passed by people who don't know shit about fuck about tech. Several Lemmy and Mastodon instances have shut down/Geoblocked the UK because of this, and other jurisdictions don't seem to understand that either.

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  • [–] 22 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    It's almost like this law was made to preserve the Meta monopoly. Starting a social media platform just got more expensive and complicated.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago

    They consulted with MindGeek, who own Pornhub etc.. They're one of the few companies big enough to comply. It was designed to preserve their monopoly, not Meta's. The politicians voting on it didn't necessarily understand that, but the law had been approved by children's charities and (a single representative of) the industry, so there'd be no reason (if you didn't understand how technology works) to question it.

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