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schnurrito ( schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de )  to Technology · 2 years ago

Death Of A Forum: How The UK’s Online Safety Act Is Killing Communities

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Death Of A Forum: How The UK’s Online Safety Act Is Killing Communities

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schnurrito ( schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de )  to Technology · 2 years ago
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We’ve been warning for years that the UK’s Online Safety Act would be a disaster for the open internet. Its supporters accused us of exaggerating, or “shilling” for Big Tech…
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    The British turned London into an absolute surveillance nightmare, and sadly most British people seem to be fine with it. I’m not surprised that OSA passed, nor that it’s doing exactly the kind of chilling of speech that it is.

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      Time to get smashing cameras and bullshit laws like this.

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