Comment on UK Expands Online Safety Act to Mandate Preemptive Scanning of Digital Communications

hellfire103@lemmy.ca ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

• meejle@lemmy.world ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  The government’s own press release is linked in the article gov.uk/…/stronger-laws-for-tech-firms-to-ensure-y…

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  • hellfire103@lemmy.ca ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Ah, sorry.

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    • meejle@lemmy.world ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Tbf you’re probably dead on about no one covering it 😬

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    • kbal@fedia.io ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Given what they've been up to lately I'm not entirely sure that gov.uk is a credible source on this topic either. They're saying that Ofcom "will now consult on new codes of practice" but it's really unclear what they could possibly come up with that would cover all of "social media" (including e.g. fedi) without being either completely ineffectual or a legally unacceptable violation of human rights.

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