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Many such cases: https://www.thehamsterforum.com/threads/big-sad-forum-news-online-safety-act.2091/ https://www.thehamsterforum.com/threads/big-sad-forum-news-
by arrowsmith 1y ago
Many such cases:
https://www.thehamsterforum.com/threads/big-sad-forum-news-online-safety-act.2091/ https://www.thehamsterforum.com/threads/big-sad-forum-news-o...
(Yes, the UK has effectively made it illegal to run a forum for people with pet hamsters.)
- sswaner 1y agoMakes Fleabag’s cafe more normal (Guinea Pigs are not Hamsters, I know).
- glaucon 1y agoThe unfortunate, but understandable, fallback suggestion from thehamsterforum of all moving over to Instagram shows why large corps _love_ laws like this. More laws just raises the barrier to entry until only those that have entire office blocks of lawyers can afford to participate.
- arlcode 1y agoI'm now intrigued to know what prompted them to reopen the forum after "something" was done. They deal with compliance in their terms and apparently did a reboot and apparently introduced new modding tools. Did they reach the conclusion that they are not pose significant risks and that their tools are sufficient? I'm very curious
- lofaszvanitt 1y ago[flagged]
- bmn__ 1y agoYou can afford to be so flippant because in the chance that Ofcom's enforcement will lead to prison or another punishment, it won't be you who's suffering it.
- lofaszvanitt 1y agoThey won't gonna imprison you because of hamsters.
- ChrisKnott 1y agoThe forum is still up so was this thread in fact mistaken?