Musing on various posts, blog posts, and news reports about the #OnlineSafetyAct recently.
* it is incorrect that "no-one was talking about this until this month". Some of us - not many, for sure, but still - have been working on this for quite some time, and trying to help people get to grips with it.
* it is unhelpful to blame people for not knowing about it until recently. People have busy lives, and there is a lot going on right now. People had no reason to think that they might need to check for a significant new regulatory imposition on their tiny server.
* no, it is not just about porn. Porn might be behind recent publicity, but porn is one facet of the Act.
* it is not all Ofcom's fault. Parliament carries a lot of responsibility here, and fixes entail changing the law.
* it is incorrect that "no-one was talking about this until this month". Some of us - not many, for sure, but still - have been working on this for quite some time, and trying to help people get to grips with it.
* it is unhelpful to blame people for not knowing about it until recently. People have busy lives, and there is a lot going on right now. People had no reason to think that they might need to check for a significant new regulatory imposition on their tiny server.
* no, it is not just about porn. Porn might be behind recent publicity, but porn is one facet of the Act.
* it is not all Ofcom's fault. Parliament carries a lot of responsibility here, and fixes entail changing the law.
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