12 stories tagged online-safety-act, newest first.
406 points by iamnothere | 447 comments
Blog post by lawyer Preston Byrne arguing Ofcom admitted in Commons committee testimony that its jurisdiction over 4chan ends where foreign courts' jurisdiction begins.
737 points by WithinReason | 318 comments
Mozilla Open Policy & Advocacy blog post urging UK regulators not to undermine VPNs, arguing they are essential privacy and security tools.
428 points by mosura | 794 comments
BBC News article reporting that 4Chan mocked a £520,000 fine from UK regulator Ofcom for breaching online safety rules.
900 points by JustSkyfall | 415 comments
A page offering a browser-console script that bypasses k-ID age verification on Discord, Twitch, Kick and Snapchat to mark accounts as adult.
439 points by alecmuffett | 629 comments
Alec Muffett blog post on 4chan's lawyer publishing Ofcom correspondence in which the UK regulator claims sovereign immunity while asserting powers over foreign companies.
334 points by gloxkiqcza | 662 comments
TorrentFreak article arguing the UK could use 4chan, as it once used the Pirate Bay, to justify Online Safety Act blocking of non-pirate sites.
1024 points by phlummox | 786 comments
BBC News article reporting that Wikipedia lost its legal challenge against verification rules under the UK's Online Safety Act.
614 points by danso | 203 comments
Wikimedia Foundation news post from 11 August 2025 about its legal challenge to UK Online Safety Act regulations.
319 points by Nurw | 155 comments
Wikimedia Foundation news post announcing its legal challenge to UK Online Safety Act regulations, dated 17 July 2025.
771 points by timje1 | 237 comments
A protest site that takes a UK postcode and generates an AI mockup of the local MP's driving licence, mocking the Online Safety Act's ID checks.
611 points by mmarian | 920 comments
Financial Times article reporting a surge in VPN use in the UK as new online safety rules take effect.
735 points by buro9 | 502 comments
Forum post announcing that LFGSS and the Microcosm forum platform will shut down on 16 March 2025 because of liability under the UK Online Safety Act.