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I love you, Byline, but you missed the plot here.
In a techworld with a history of dramatic under-caution, using #OSA as an excuse for over-caution and data grabbing is a corporate decision.
You were right there, with the section on Bluesky age-gating its messaging feature, and missed it.
If we're going to talk about the #OnlineSafetyAct we need to talk about how tech (esp Musk) is creating rage-bait to get it overturned (which grabbing more data)
UK users are cut adrift from current events by the Online Safety Act.
Platforms must moderate content that’s ‘harmful’.
A term that bursts the banks of porn to submerge news, advice and debate… it’s online censorship.
Tell your MP to FIX it
https://action.openrightsgroup.org/tell-your-mp-online-safety-act-isn%E2%80%99t-working
No, The UK’s Online Safety Act Doesn’t Make Children Safer Online - https://www.techdirt.com/2025/08/06/no-the-uks-online-safety-act-doesnt-make-children-safer-online/ "must lead the way in introducing policies that actually protect all users—including children—rather than pushing the enforcement of legislation that harms the very people it was meant to protec" #osa
No, I will not be verifying my age with Barclays Bank or TSB or RBS or NatWest. Did no muppet in government even begin to think that it would be a boon to online scammers !!! So much for making people safer online! #OSA
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