The UK’s controversial Online Safety Bill finally becomes law

https://www.theverge.com/2023/10/26/23922397/uk-online-safety-bill-law-passed-royal-assent-moderation-regulation

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NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone · 18 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Typo - it’s meant to say “the least safe country to be online”.

lolcatnip@reddthat.com · 7 pts · 2y

The headline is editorializing. So is the first paragraph of the article. Reporting that the purpose of a law is what its proponents claim is reporting a supposition as a fact.

sylver_dragon@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 2y (2 replies)

Actual result: tech companies will start geo-fencing access.

tsonfeir@lemm.ee · 4 pts · 2y

No they won’t. What is the UK gonna do? Sue? If they don’t want their people going to my website, THEY can block my website. I’ll take whatever traffic I can get.

Edit: in the case the website is owned and operated outside the UK, which is pretty likely.

muntedcrocodile@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y

Would that help drive people to federarion?