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, bu...
* it will get worse before it gets better. More sites with geoblock the UK, and more (small, especially) sites will shut down, concerned about liability and risk. Even if there is political will to resolve aspects of Parliament's mess - and that is unclear, at best - that will take time.
* it is of no surprise that organisations with financial interests in age assurance will come out with claims about VPN'd traffic and how sites should apply age assurance to it. Product to shift. Reporting should be critical and objective, mindful of obvious biases like this!
* self-hosting may help some people solve some problems, but is not the answer for most people and does not make all problems go away.
* it is of no surprise that organisations with financial interests in age assurance will come out with claims about VPN'd traffic and how sites should apply age assurance to it. Product to shift. Reporting should be critical and objective, mindful of obvious biases like this!
* self-hosting may help some people solve some problems, but is not the answer for most people and does not make all problems go away.
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