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Anything with under 7 million users in the UK is a "smaller" service - so has lighter requirements. See https://ofcomlive.my.salesforce-sites.com/formentry/Regu
by edent 1y ago
Anything with under 7 million users in the UK is a "smaller" service - so has lighter requirements. See https://ofcomlive.my.salesforce-sites.com/formentry/RegulationChecker https://ofcomlive.my.salesforce-sites.com/formentry/Regulati...
If it allows unmoderated communications, it might be higher risk. See https://www.ofcom.org.uk/siteassets/resources/documents/online-safety/information-for-industry/illegal-harms/risk-assessment-guidance-and-risk-profiles.pdf?v=390984 https://www.ofcom.org.uk/siteassets/resources/documents/onli...
But most of the requirements are stuff that Mastodon services should be doing anyway - responding to complaints, have a code of conduct, have moderators, perhaps use a CDN to filter out CSAM etc. See https://www.ofcom.org.uk/siteassets/resources/documents/online-safety/information-for-industry/illegal-harms/summary-of-our-decisions.pdf?v=387523 https://www.ofcom.org.uk/siteassets/resources/documents/onli...
If you're self-hosting purely for yourself, there are no users other than yourself - so no need to worry.
- exasperaited 1y agoGood answer.