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> reddit discussion about a type of bowel surgery Are they really going to register individual topics for Reddit? Wait, > Post on social media website X clai
by j1elo 1y ago
> reddit discussion about a type of bowel surgery
Are they really going to register individual topics for Reddit?
Wait,
> Post on social media website X claiming that content relating to protests has been age-gated due to the Online Safety Act.
Now we're reporting individual tweets?!?
- Popeyes 1y agoI think it is based on tags, so if you tag stuff as NSFW then you get an age challenge.
- apexalpha 1y agoSo if we want to troll Brits online we just post mildly inappropriate stuff in a any random thread and they're instantly locket out until they ID? That would be hilarious.
- Popeyes 1y agoUntil the laws come to you.
- jeroenhd 1y agoReddit also likes to randomly tag posts and subreddits as NSFW to force people to make accounts.
- hdgvhicv 1y agoThe Reddit link works fine with old.reddit. New Reddit has always required an account for nsfw subs.
- II2II 1y agoJudging from how most of the reports are phrased, the shutdowns and blocks are initiated by the content providers. Some are for legal reasons, some because they are legitimately concerned that they may be covered by the act, and some to protest the act. Those who are claiming that the government shut down these sites are spreading disinformation. It is more accurate to describe it as a chilling effect.
- coldtea 1y ago>Those who are claiming that the government shut down these sites are spreading disinformation. It is more accurate to describe it as a chilling effect. Same difference. Making a pedantic distinction to mud the waters is the real disinformation.
- xn--yt9h 1y agoOn this note, how does this work? Do they terminate TLS now?
- vidarh 1y agoWho are "they"? British authorities does not block anything directly. A few sites are covered by DNS/IP blocks by network providers separate to the Online Safety Act, but no sites are - at least so far - blocked by providers because of the OSA. These are mainly piracy related. E.g. The Pirate Bay. The blocks/age verification due to OSA are done by the sites themselves under threat of steep fines. This is all in the finest British tradition of passing the responsibility to someone else so you can point fingers when you get blamed. UK authorities love getting industry to "self regulate" as much possible, under threat of more restrictive laws or court challenges when they don't regulate hard enough. The upside from a government point of view is that these blocks then are hard to challenge in court.
- Havoc 1y agoYeah it’s nsfw tag based on reddit. So not particularly fine grained or accurate