Comment on Voyager moved the default instance to lemmy.zip

• MehBlah@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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.

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• mbirth@lemmy.ml ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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.

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  • threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Have lemmy.zip defederated from feddit.uk as well? If not, why not? Is there a legal difference?

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    • Demigodrick@lemmy.zip ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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.

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      • khorovodoved@lemmy.zip ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Wouldn’t feddit.uk itself be categorized as a UK user for this purpose?

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• Quicky@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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  • schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    this is your brain on it being ok for governments to regulate the Internet :(

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    • Quicky@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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.

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      • greybeard@feddit.online ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        This is them, to the best of their ability, complying with UK law. If more people tried to comply, perhaps the UK government would realize how foolish their Online Safety Act is and do something about it.

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  • ddash@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Wow. Thanks for sharing.

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