They believe that Ofcom could pressure their hosts to cut their services off if they don't comply with the act, or believe they could be fined.
misk@sopuli.xyz 8 months ago
I’m confused, why are non-UK instances banning UK users? Are their admins located in the UK? Is anyone afraid of being extradited to UK?
Skavau@piefed.social 8 months ago
misk@sopuli.xyz 8 months ago
How would that even work in another country? Wouldn’t Saudi Arabia pressure hosts for breaking blasphemy laws?
Jerry@feddit.online 8 months ago
Yes, the U.S. and the U.K. have cooperation agreements for Civil actions.
Skavau@piefed.social 8 months ago
Saudi Arabia has no soft power here. UK does.
Not saying that UK will here (I think they won't), but the relationship dynamics are a bit different.
misk@sopuli.xyz 8 months ago
Saudi Arabia has plenty of soft and hard power too. Possibly more so than UK. I think we’re getting overly dramatic. UK doesn’t have enough pull to start extraditing thousands of people for not complying with their weirdo laws.
Jerry@feddit.online 8 months ago
A public enforcement action by Ofcom could make it difficult because payment processors can refuse to work with the site owner, domain registrars could be pressured to suspend the domain, and hosting providers might refuse to provide services.
Who needs this drama?
Skavau@piefed.social 8 months ago
I think in practice Ofcom would just geoblock your site specifically.