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1. pistolero :thispersondoesnotexist: (p@freespeechextremist.com)'s status on Friday, 29-Sep-2023 09:07:35 JST pistolero :thispersondoesnotexist:

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   @eolach Well, the government website was useless, but Wikipedia had some bits in there.
   
   > It also empowers Ofcom to block access to particular websites.
   
   That sounds fucked up. FSE might legit become impossible to view from the UK.
   
   > Within the scope of the Bill is any "user-to-user service". This is defined as an internet service by means of which content that is generated by a user of the service, or uploaded to or shared on the service by a user of the service, may be read, viewed, heard or otherwise experienced ("encountered") by another user, or other users.
   
   Looks like it applies to fuckin' email. Looks like someone typing "kys" on an IRC server is now a criminal in the UK. Apparently, the Wikimedia Foundation believes it applies to Wikipedia.
   
   > The duty of care applies globally to services with a significant number of United Kingdom users
   
   Yeah, I'd like to see them come grab my server. FSE's already illegal in at least Germany.
   
   I haven't read the bill yet, but it's apparently at https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/985033/Draft_Online_Safety_Bill_Bookmarked.pdf .
   
   The definitions are pretty broad, just looking over the first section, and then Part 2 lists requirements for "regulated services", and FSE would fall under a regulated service, so unless there's some kind of exemption for something like fedi (it's half a fucking novel, it's entirely possible there's an exemption), FSE and most of fedi is illegal in the UK. Real bad situation for any fedi instance hosted in the UK.