#online-safety-act — Public Fediverse posts
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Ofcom's recommendation is limited to:
1) Providers of user-to-user services that are high risk for intimate image abuse and either:
a) whose principal purpose is the hosting or dissemination of regulated pornographic content; or
b) are file-sharing and file-storage services; or
c) have more than 700,000 monthly active UK users.2) Providers of large (more than 7 million monthly active UK users) user-to-user services that are medium risk for intimate image abuse
3) Providers of large general search services.
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Quite big (albeit entirely expected) #OnlineSafetyAct news from Ofcom for a Monday morning:
> Given the urgent need to better protect women and girls online, we are now adding a recommendation to our codes that certain sites and apps expand their use of automated technology – known as ‘hash matching’– to detect illegal intimate images shared without consent, such as explicit deepfakes.
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" we need to consider whether additional measures could build on our existing approach and ensure the UK remains the safest place for children to be online.
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What happens nextThis consultation will close on the 26 May 2026. The government has committed to taking swift action on its findings. On 16 February 2026, the Prime Minister announced new legal powers to allow the government to act swiftly after the consultation response, without waiting for new primary legislation. We will publish our response in summer 2026. "
https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/growing-up-in-the-online-world-a-national-consultation
#UK #UnitedKingdom #OnlineSafetyAct #SnoopersCharter #OnlineSafety #internet #DigitalID #Age #AgeVerification
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@ people with kids, wards, young people, duty of care, friends of, family of, neighbours of, and whatever else:
https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/growing-up-in-the-online-world-a-national-consultation#UK #UnitedKingdom #OnlineSafetyAct #SnoopersCharter #OnlineSafety #internet #DigitalID #Age #AgeVerification
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Does this remind you of anything? #onlinesafetyact #socialmediaban
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"Our submission suggested that Ofcom should consider whether the provider may violate the laws of a third country in complying with a technology notice. There is no such requirement in the Act, and it was not mentioned in Ofcom’s guidance. The guidance did note that a technology notice will only be imposed in relation to the operation of a service in the UK or as it affects UK users of the service. But there are serious concerns over whether an accredited technology could target only UK users on a global communications service without sweeping in the communications of users in other countries (and thus triggering a potential conflict of laws). We advised that a requirement should be added to the guidance that Ofcom should consider conflicting liabilities on the service provider before issuing a notice. In response, Ofcom amended the guidance to state that it will consider a potential conflict with foreign law, so long as such a conflict is raised by the provider.
This is an issue which I think has been overlooked in much of the commentary (academic and policy) on this power and similar proposed powers debated in the EU child sexual abuse regulation. Most of the services that are within scope of technology notices (and the proposed EU ‘detection orders’) are global services. I expect it would be technically difficult, not to mention costly, for these service providers to figure out how to scan the communications of only UK users. Further, how are we identifying a ‘UK user’—someone who is in the UK, a UK citizen, a UK resident, etc? Limiting the interception or scanning of communications to UK users may play politically, but in practice, it seems infeasible."
https://issuesincybercrimelaw.substack.com/p/uk-digital-surveillance-through-platform
#UK #Ofcom #OnlineSafetyAct #OSA #DigitalSurveillance #Privacy
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PSA: The UK has a national consultation on "online safety" and the Online Safety Act.
It's a chance to say "Deal with the problem (social media companies), don't censor and control the users!"
https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/growing-up-in-the-online-world-a-national-consultation
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Ofcom has fined the unnamed (by it; the name is readily discoverable) "suicide forum", which is neither operated from nor hosted in the UK, £950,000 for alleged breaches of the Online Safety Act 2023.
This, or perhaps one of the porn sites in Ofcom's sites, will become the first UK court-ordered ISP blocks, IMHO.
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"Forcing users to verify their identity before accessing #VPN services could significantly weaken anonymity protections and create new risks around #surveillance and data collection. VPN providers and other #privacy advocates have already expressed their objections to this approach in a letter sent to the UK policymakers."
#UKPol #EUPol #OnlineSafetyAct
https://cyberinsider.com/eu-calls-vpns-a-loophole-that-needs-closing-in-age-verification-push/
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@ondrejsevcik
Under the guise of protecting children, a goal we all share, Authorities are pushing for a "passport for the internet" Between the EU Digital Identity Wallet and the Online Safety Act, online anonymity is dying. This is "function creep" in action: what starts as age verification will inevitably become a mandatory requirement for all essential services. Are we trading our fundamental digital freedoms for mass surveillance? #EUWallet #OnlineSafetyAct #DigitalRights #AgeVerification -
The UK is introducing Offline Safety Act. You must use method and process capable of being highly effective against dying, or face prosecution. Stay tuned for upcoming guidance from the newly formed regulation body, Offcom.
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great breakdown of Sony's compliance with Online Safety Act's ID verification requirement (because it should be called for what it is) and awful choice of provider https://youtu.be/BU7NIVWJigM
one thing missed: as far as I understand, Sony's "age verification" by phone number is deceptive bc it clearly states that it'll use "owner of the phone contract" details. which means PAYG SIM card owners are locked out.
#AgeVerification #OnlineSafetyAct #OSA #TechPolicy #Tech #Gaming #Sony #UK #UnitedKingdom
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Don’t take away our freedom to play games when we want | 38 Degrees
Gamer’s Voice; and absolutely nobody is talking about “teaching our kids to laugh at, and circumvent, authority”. Quote:
If ministers use these powers, it could mean: Young people locked out of games like Fortnite, Minecraft, League of Legends or Counter-Strike after set times such as 9pm; Families losing the ability to decide for themselves how and when to relax together; Adults being forced to hand over sensitive personal data just to play games
https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/don-t-take-away-our-freedom-to-play-games-when-we-want
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UK regulator Ofcom probes Telegram under the Online Safety Act over alleged CSAM sharing, alongside teen chat platform investigations 📱
Case tests compliance powers like fines or blocking, raising tensions between enforcement, encryption, and user privacy rights ⚖️#TechNews #Telegram #Ofcom #OnlineSafetyAct #Privacy #Cybersecurity #Encryption #ContentModeration #DigitalRights #Surveillance #Regulation #Infosec #DataProtection #UK #Tech #CSAM #Teen #ChildSafety
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The UK government has put out a consultation asking about
- Social media age restrictions
- Age verification technology
- Restricting dark patterns like autoplay
- Phones in schools
- "Digital age of consent"
This is our chance to make our voices heard and influence legislation & guidance. Fill it out, and share it with your friends!
https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/growing-up-in-the-online-world-a-national-consultation
#OnlineSafetyAct #uk #ukPol #privacy #privacyRights #ChatControl #surveilance #socialMedia #adTech
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The UK is seeking to grant ministers wide-ranging new powers to rewrite significant portions of the Online Safety Act through amendments tucked into two unrelated bills.
The changes would allow ministers to amend the act by adding as much as a third to the regulatory regime using so-called Henry VIII clauses, limiting Parliament to a simple yes-or-no vote on an unforeseeable number of new rules, rather than full debate or amendment.
#OnlineSafetyAct #UKPolitics #AI
https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/uk-online-safety-act-ai-harms-government-labour-grok-elon-musk/
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I find it bizarre that the AgeVerification (AV) industry says “platforms don’t want AV because they don’t want private data” – BUT civil society says “platforms DO want AV because they want private data”
It’s like those criticisms of the BBC where they receive conflicting hate from both sides, so you have to start wondering whether the platforms aren’t simply doing the right thing to have pissed-off everybody.
Probably, yes, given the circumstances.
Compare
https://twitter.com/The_AVPA/status/2043608121768096227
Contrast
https://twitter.com/TaylorLorenz/status/2022428994596221081
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'UK looks to hold tech execs personally liable for intimate image abuse'
'A new government amendment, which is yet to be published but will be tabled to the Crime and Policing Bill and debated in the Commons next week, would mean senior executives who ignore media regulator Ofcom's enforcement decisions under the Online Safety Act face imprisonment and fines.'
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Please share & sign this petition: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/762236
We have an opportunity to tell them NO to age verification for all user-user services!
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📬 4chan blockiert britische Alterschecks
#Internet #Netzpolitik #Rechtssachen #4chan #Altersverifikation #Bußgelder #Forum #Ofcom #OnlineSafetyAct #Vollstreckung https://sc.tarnkappe.info/bc085d