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There's a explainer of the act here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/online-safety-act-explainer/online-safety-act-explainer#who-the-act-applies-to
by dsign 1y ago
There's a explainer of the act here:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/online-safety-act-explainer/online-safety-act-explainer#who-the-act-applies-to https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/online-safety-act... .
From what I'm reading, Amazon will have to implement age-checks over 8/10 of its book inventory, with the other 2/10 opening the company for liability about the very broad definition of "Age-appropriate experiences for children online." And yes, janitorai is correct that the act applies to them and the content they create, and a blanket ban to UK users seems the most appropriate course of action.
For what is worth, the act does not seem to apply to first-party websites, as long as visitors of that website are not allowed to interact with each other. So, say, a blog without a comment feed should be okay.
- pacifika 1y agoThat’s not what Ofcom clarified previously: see the end of https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/06/uk_online_safety_act_bloggers/ https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/06/uk_online_safety_act_...
- magicalhippo 1y agoThe statement from Ofcom is at the very end, and they're very clearly saying you need to only allow moderator-approved on-topic comments on such a blog site in order to fall under the exemption. Any off-topic comment will be subject to the act.
- pacifika 1y agoMy reading is that as long as the comments are somewhat related, the provider is safe from being held accountable for them, but the exact level of connection isn't clearly defined. So if you filter out known bad words and spam comments, that could very well cover things.
- card_zero 1y agoPossibly a blog with comments would be OK: https://onlinesafetyact.co.uk/ra_blog_with_comments/ https://onlinesafetyact.co.uk/ra_blog_with_comments/