IP blocking the UK is not enough to comply with the Online Safety Act
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#2When a country transitions from manufacturing to services, it ends up trying to export its legal system.
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#4I do not have "UK trying to take back the US" on my bingo card... let's hope it doesn't actually escalate to that in the future.
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#5> They’re definitely not treating it like a public safety matter, where they know how to reach us and know that I generally respond within the hour.
It's been exceedingly obvious but it's nice to know that Ofcom never thought that anyone would bother to fight back. This is clearly not about public safety but about controlling American corporations.
Parliamentary forces seem to be directly suborning this corruption.
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#6The most frustrating part here is that this car crash of a policy had cross party support so there wasn’t even a way for UK people like me to vote against it.
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#8Interesting that it's the existence of the suicide discussion forum that's too much to bare for the UK. Really drives home the point that in the state's eyes: your self, your body and ultimately your life, don't belong to you.
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#9I don't really understand the concern. The UK objects to suicide forums and American operators of suicide forums are protected by the First Amendment of extradition to the UK. So if you want to operate a suicide forum from America, just don't travel to the UK and you're okay.
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#10The most frustrating part here is that this car crash of a policy had cross party support so there wasn’t even a way for UK people like me to vote against it.
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