so what’s the tldr on the OSA/fedi thing for someone that’s out of the loop (me)?
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@Auri ofcom have decided that the Online Safety Act has to be enforced by individual websites but they have been super fucking vague about how they expect to do that.
They're also saying that ALL websites have to do it if they have any ability for users to communicate on them.
So most websites are just planning to geoblock the UK entirely and ofcom's response is "that is acceptable"
@Auri Oh and they'll also do this for websites based outside of the UK too.
Like I get why they're doing it but the implementation is just REAL vague and heavy-handed
@renbymon Oh fun. Ty <3
@Auri so static websites are fine, but if you run something like a forum or a social media website then you've got to do age verification otherwise they'll take you to court if they find stuff that the OSA covers on it, no matter how big your website is.