Lemmy.zip is blocked on a national level for the UK?
Comment on Voyager moved the default instance to lemmy.zip
Quicky@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Bit shit for UK users though since lemmy.zip is blocked for them. Not exactly going to encourage new users from here.
ddash@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
Quicky@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
ddash@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
Wow. Thanks for sharing.
schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de 3 weeks ago
this is your brain on it being ok for governments to regulate the Internet :(
Quicky@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I’m not sure that the answer to a government’s regulation of the Internet should be an individual’s blocking of access for an entire country. Seems like 2 sides of the same coin to me.
mbirth@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
It’s not lemmy.zip that’s blocked in the UK, they (lemmy.zip) block every visitor from the UK as they don’t want to get in trouble for violating the UK’s Online Safety Act.
threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Have lemmy.zip defederated from feddit.uk as well? If not, why not? Is there a legal difference?
Demigodrick@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
There is no need for us to defederate, the law is around accessing a specific website and the onligations to ensure the content on that website doesnt fall under the OSA.
It doesn’t matter where that content comes from, just that UK users don’t see specific content. Therefore we don’t show UK users any content.
That’s kind of a simplified summary, but hopefully makes sense.
It only impacts lemmy.zip because I am a UK resident and run the site, so am liable under the act. Otherwise I’d do what everyone else has done and ignore it.
MehBlah@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
that is okay feddit.uk is blocked by my default blocklist on the router. I’ve started to add it to the white list a few times but no I think I’ll let fate sort it out.
gressen@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
They should direct their concerns to the source of the issue - the ones that put UK in this predicament.
Quicky@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Realistically that is never going to happen. The biggest issue the fediverse has is onboarding. People just looking to try out a reddit alternative aren’t going to bother emailing their fucking MP just because the default settings of an app won’t let them sign up. They’ll just give up and go elsewhere.
If we want to encourage growth, adding additional barriers isn’t the way to do it.
Demigodrick@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
I fully agree with you - I’m legally liable though under the act and am not risking fines.
It won’t affect voyager access though.
Quicky@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Yeah I don’t blame you either. But I do think the default server should be more inclusive than less, particularly at the potential starting point of a user’s introduction to the fediverse.