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[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 hours ago

What the bill does ?

I saw also a cycling community closing

[–] [email protected] 63 points 2 days ago (5 children)
[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It's much better to face these kinds of things

[–] WastingCommentSpace 9 points 1 day ago

With a sense of poise and rationality.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 days ago

Just the forum they are still publishing articles

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

Yes. The GamingOnLinux Forum is shutting The forum.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 15 hours ago

Dog. Gottem.

[–] [email protected] 42 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (3 children)

TL;DR: The UK OS~~B~~A strikes again.

Edit: l long thought it were named Bill, not Act. Sorry for the confusion.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago

You are right though. It was named a Bill, now it is named an Act :⁠-⁠) https://www.parliament.uk/about/how/publications/bills-acts/

[–] sentient_loom 10 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

What is the UK OSB?

edit: Online Safety Act

[–] sugar_in_your_tea 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I said biiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitch!

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago

whispers
I said, I said, I said...

[–] sentient_loom 1 points 1 day ago

I still don't know.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

How does it strike again though?

Reading over the government page for this act, it seems like common sense. I get the impression that any properly moderated forum would already be implementing such measures.

Am I missing something.

[–] conciselyverbose 1 points 22 hours ago

Because it opens them up to obscene liability if they don't have enforcement and age verifications well outside the range of what anyone who isn't a massive business is capable of implementing.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 2 days ago

In lieu of another alternative: [email protected]