Comment on Voyager moved the default instance to lemmy.zip
mbirth@lemmy.ml 3 weeks agoIt’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.
khorovodoved@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
Wouldn’t feddit.uk itself be categorized as a UK user for this purpose?
GreatAlbatross@feddit.uk 3 weeks ago
At the moment, it’s seen more like using a proxy or VPN. UK users connect to fuk outside of the UK, then the messages are relayed to zip. Fuk is UK focussed, so tries to work with the OSA.
The best analogy is using a UK-focussed email service (wherever it’s actually hosted) to email a non-UK address.