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From here in the Uk the site just says: "Unavailable Due to the UK Online Safety Act [...] Now might be a good time to call your representatives." So I fired-

From here in the Uk the site just says: "Unavailable Due to the UK Online Safety Act [...] Now might be a good time to call your representatives." So I fired-up a vpn, and it appears to be a personal blog. About ai risks. The geo-block is kind of a shame, as the writing is good and there appears to be nothing about the site that makes it subject to the OLSA.

Terr_ 6mo ago
> there appears to be nothing about the site that makes it subject to the OLSA. The regulators of OSA say otherwise. Or at any rate, they refuse to agree and won't rule it out. ____________ For the geo-blocked, reproducing relevant content [0]: > A few months back I wound up concluding, based on conversations with Ofcom [1] that aphyr.com might be illegal in the UK due to the UK Online Safety Act. > [...] This blog has the same problem: people use email addresses to post and confirm their comments. I think my personal blog is probably at low risk, but a.) I’d like to draw attention to this legislation, and b.) my risk is elevated by being gay online [0] https://aphyr.com/posts/395-geoblocking-multiple-localities-with-nginx https://aphyr.com/posts/395-geoblocking-multiple-localities-... [1] https://blog.woof.group/announcements/updates-on-the-osa https://blog.woof.group/announcements/updates-on-the-osa
- andyjohnson0 6mo ago
  The OLSA is far from perfect, particularly in the definitions it uses, but its focus is social media platforms and the like, not simple blogs. OFCOM has a q&a-based tool [1] to advise on whether the OLSA applies to a site. I'm not a lawyer, but its pretty clear that a non-adult-themed personal blog where people can post only textual comments on content that they dont control, is not going to be subject to the act. [1] https://www.ofcom.org.uk/online-safety/illegal-and-harmful-content/check https://www.ofcom.org.uk/online-safety/illegal-and-harmful-c...

Terr_ 6mo ago

> there appears to be nothing about the site that makes it subject to the OLSA. The regulators of OSA say otherwise. Or at any rate, they refuse to agree and won't rule it out. ____________ For the geo-blocked, reproducing relevant content [0]: > A few months back I wound up concluding, based on conversations with Ofcom [1] that aphyr.com might be illegal in the UK due to the UK Online Safety Act. > [...] This blog has the same problem: people use email addresses to post and confirm their comments. I think my personal blog is probably at low risk, but a.) I’d like to draw attention to this legislation, and b.) my risk is elevated by being gay online [0] https://aphyr.com/posts/395-geoblocking-multiple-localities-with-nginx https://aphyr.com/posts/395-geoblocking-multiple-localities-... [1] https://blog.woof.group/announcements/updates-on-the-osa https://blog.woof.group/announcements/updates-on-the-osa

andyjohnson0 6mo ago
The OLSA is far from perfect, particularly in the definitions it uses, but its focus is social media platforms and the like, not simple blogs. OFCOM has a q&a-based tool [1] to advise on whether the OLSA applies to a site. I'm not a lawyer, but its pretty clear that a non-adult-themed personal blog where people can post only textual comments on content that they dont control, is not going to be subject to the act. [1] https://www.ofcom.org.uk/online-safety/illegal-and-harmful-content/check https://www.ofcom.org.uk/online-safety/illegal-and-harmful-c...