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Everything the right - and the left – are getting wrong about the Online Safety Act (www.theguardian.com)
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Dubbed the UK censorship act these days, will it survive the political backlash we are witnessing? Will big tech work to get it right rather than cut off the UK? Can the UK put a stopper back in the bottle? Is this really about social media when it is pornhub doing the blocking? No mention of the fediverse in this article either sadly, but a good read nevertheless. And he has got something right: the US megas have been extreme amplifiers. But Pornhub is Canadian

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[–] 9 points 1 year ago (3 children)

It's not about censorship. If I can still access everything then it's not being censored, it's about being able to use the internet without having to hand over personal information. If I walk into a shop to buy a porn mag the shopkeeper doesn't take a photo of me and my ID and promise to get rid of it later.

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  • [–] [S] -3 points 1 year ago* (2 children)

    But the shopkeeper can check your ID, and could remember your name and face. How do you propose doing that instead online? Because like it or not, the UK government were elected to do this

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    like it or not, the UK government were elected to do this

    that feels a bit of an overstatement ... the OSA is a Tory invention, so not electing Labour would not have changed that

    It's not like there would have been any point voting for the Pirate Party or some other party just because you didn't want the OSA to come into force.

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  • [–] [S] 4 points 1 year ago

    Labour have been authoritarian and anti-freedom for many many years. ID cards were Blairites dream for years, but the Lords threatened to rebel every time. Section 44 anti-terror legislation was under Brown, and is still a shit-show. RIPA also a Blair act. And now this

    Labour are not champions of freedom

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