A major expansion of the UK’s Online Safety Act (OSA) has taken effect, legally obliging digital platforms to deploy surveillance-style systems that scan, detect, and block user content before it can be seen.
UK Expands Online Safety Act to Mandate Preemptive Scanning of Digital Communications
https://reclaimthenet.org/uk-expands-online-safety-act-to-mandate-preemptive-scanning
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panda_abyss@lemmy.ca · 9 pts · 208d
The UK’s cyber laws all feel like the government hates the people and wants to abuse them as much as possible.
Coldcell@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 208d
They do. Politics is ruled by a breed of people that will sell their souls to the highest bidder, and so data-hoarding shitstain companies get to push deeper and deeper intrusions into our lives. By 2030 we need to have a booming industry in wicker baskets and large blades.