Forum with 2.6M posts being deleted due to UK Online Safety Act

Post by selfhoster11 » Wed, Feb 26, 2025, 9:04 AM UTC

multjoy wrote: post #137

DarkmSparks wrote: post #98

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more than just forums, it's basically a failed state now. I knew when I left (I was the last of my school year to do so) it was going to get bad once Elizabeth died, and that would be soon, but I never imagined it would get this bad. The plan for April is to remove the need for police to obtain a warrant to search peoples homes - that bad. I'd say "there will be blood on the streets", but there already is... This vid…

No, the proposal is that there is a power of entry where the police have reasonable grounds to believe stolen property is on the premises and that this is supported by tracking data and that authority to enter is provided and recorded by a police inspector. This is analogous to s18 PACE post-arrest powers, grafted onto s17 PACE. The alternative is that we continue to require police to try and get a fast-time warrant…

Post by PTGreat » Wed, Feb 26, 2025, 9:09 AM UTC

DarkmSparks wrote: post #258

rorylawless wrote: post #171

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I don’t understand this. The monarchy hasn’t had influence over parliament and the government for over 300 years. You may be able to point to attempts at doing so (eg the Black Spider letter), however, parliament is fully sovereign.

Kier Starmer is (pretty much) to the UK what JD Vance is to the US. Appointed by the head of state. Meets the head of state regularly to be told what to do (wednesdays iirc). Think about what it has taken for you to say what you just said despite those facts. We are also talking about what is still the richest, most most powerful family on the planet. You think Elon musk is rich for owning Tesla and Twitter, these gu…

Post by DarkmSparks » Wed, Feb 26, 2025, 9:43 AM UTC

PTGreat wrote: post #273

DarkmSparks wrote: post #258

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Kier Starmer is (pretty much) to the UK what JD Vance is to the US. Appointed by the head of state. Meets the head of state regularly to be told what to do (wednesdays iirc). Think about what it has taken for you to say what you just said despite those facts. We are also talking about what is still the richest, most most powerful family on the planet. You think Elon musk is rich for owning Tesla and Twitter, these gu…

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Post by [deleted] » Wed, Feb 26, 2025, 10:00 AM UTC

ryandrake wrote: post #218

Out_of_Characte wrote: post #169

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That probability is entirely based on the premise that the extradition treaties that the UK has signed with other countries would NOT follow UK law despite the treaty soley based on the premise of being a political refugee for their free expression. What will likely happen, and what often happens with other countries in the third world, is that 'politically problematic' people are being caught in neighbouring countri…

As a US person, living in the US, with a US server, I would have absolutely zero reservations about hosting an online forum that may or may not welcome UK users. Just like I would have zero reservations about going online and blaspheming against a religion (illegal in many countries) swearing (illegal in the U.A.E. & probably elsewhere) or insulting a king (illegal in Thailand).

Post by mjburgess » Wed, Feb 26, 2025, 10:13 AM UTC

eikenberry wrote: post #196

mjburgess wrote: post #44

What is the meaning of "illegal content" given in the OSA? What will social media platforms be forced to censor (, remove, ..) ... let's take a look: Table 1.1: Priority offences by category ( https://www.ofcom.org.uk/siteassets/resources/documents/onli... ) Disucssion of offenses related to: prostitution, drugs, abuse & insults, suicide, "stiring up of racial/religious hatred", fraud and "foreign interference". So o…

> [..] as the highs of repressive christian moralism in the mid 20th C. What makes you pick the mid-20th century as the high point of repressive christian moralism? That doesn't seem even close to the high point if you look back further in history.