Comment on I highlighted the VPN part so that everyone knows to not use them

• tyler@programming.dev ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1k81lj8nvpo

  According to Ofcom, platforms must not host, share or permit content encouraging use of VPNs to get around age checks. The government told the BBC under the Online Safety Act, it will be illegal for platforms to do this.

  Ofcom is the regulator so I’m guessing they read the law a little more closely than you.

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  • rikudou@lemmings.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Yeah, that would be a first time enforcement didn’t really bother to read the law they should be enforcing.

    So they might add it later when stuff like this becomes more common, but right now it’s not illegal, according to the law and disregarding everything else that doesn’t really have any legal hold and is really just a guideline.

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    • tyler@programming.dev ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      You didn’t read the second sentence of that quote.

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  • Skavau@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Reddit is super-screwed then because its full of users doing exactly that anywhere this topic comes up.

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    • tyler@programming.dev ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I very much doubt it has anything to do with being a citizen. The law would apply to the company making the statements itself.

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      • Skavau@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        "platforms must not host, share or permit content encouraging use of VPNs to get around age checks."

        I'll also note that this doesn't seem to even be in the official documentation.

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