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Trump's FTC is spreading lies about trans people. This bill would let it wipe them off the internet The FTC’s recent anti-trans “workshop” proves the agency can’t be trusted to “protect kids” with online censorship powers.

While the UK is still grappling with the Online Safety Act, the US is preparing a much more extensive censorship regime— the Kids Online Safety Act.

KOSA would give the anti-LGBTQ Trumpian FTC power to investigate, punish and possibly seize sites that provide "harmful" information to minors.

The Online Safety Act in a nutshell

This + this energy needs to be brought into other things like the UK OSA act

abt the online safety act govt response, this is your sign to call Ofcom to give them formal complaints at 0300 123 3333, and email your MPs. if you need help, www.writetothem.com is great. keep the signatures going too, and don't let down. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72... #ukpol #OSA

Heads up, the UK govt just said they have ZEROOOO intention of repealing the online safety act. And obv Reform is grifting saying they will. It's all part of the plan. Do not let them win.

"I would like to thank all those who signed the petition. It is right that the regulatory regime for in scope online services takes a proportionate approach, balancing the protection of users from online harm with the ability for low-risk services to operate effectively and provide benefits to users. The Government has no plans to repeal the Online Safety Act, and is working closely with Ofcom to implement the Act as quickly and effectively as possible to enable UK users to benefit from its protections. Proportionality is a core principle of the Act and is in-built into its duties. As regulator for the online safety regime, Ofcom must consider the size and risk level of different types and kinds of services when recommending steps providers can take to comply with requirements. Duties in the Communications Act 2003 require Ofcom to act with proportionality and target action only where it is needed. Some duties apply to all user-to-user and search services in scope of the Act. This includes risk assessments, including determining if children are likely to access the service and, if so, assessing the risks of harm to children. While many services carry low risks of harm, the risk assessment duties are key to ensuring that risky services of all sizes do not slip through the net of regulation. For example, the Government is very concerned about small platforms that host harmful content, such as forums dedicated to encouraging suicide or self-harm. Exempting small services from the Act would mean that services like these forums would not be subject to the Act’s enforcement powers. Even forums that might seem harmless carry potential risks, such as where adults come into contact with child users."

"Once providers have carried out their duties to conduct risk assessments, they must protect the users of their service from the identified risks of harm. Ofcom’s illegal content Codes of Practice set out recommended measures to help providers comply with these obligations, measures that are tailored in relation to both size and risk. If a provider’s risk assessment accurately determines that the risks faced by users are low across all harms, Ofcom’s Codes specify that they only need some basic measures, including: • easy-to-find, understandable terms and conditions; • a complaints tool that allows users to report illegal material when they see it, backed up by a process to deal with those complaints; • the ability to review content and take it down if it is illegal (or breaches their terms of service); • a specific individual responsible for compliance, who Ofcom can contact if needed. Where a children's access assessment indicates a platform is likely to be accessed by children, a subsequent risk assessment must be conducted to identify measures for mitigating risks. Like the Codes of Practice on illegal content, Ofcom’s recently issued child safety Codes also tailor recommendations based on risk level. For example, highly effective age assurance is recommended for services likely accessed by children that do not already prohibit and remove harmful content such as pornography and suicide promotion. Providers of services likely to be accessed by UK children were required to complete their assessment, which Ofcom may request, by 24 July."

"On 8 July, Ofcom’s CEO wrote to the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology noting Ofcom’s responsibility for regulating a wide range of highly diverse services, including those run by businesses, but also charities, community and voluntary groups, individuals, and many services that have not been regulated before. The letter notes that the Act’s aim is not to penalise small, low-risk services trying to comply in good faith. Ofcom – and the Government – recognise that many small services are dynamic small businesses supporting innovation and offer significant value to their communities. Ofcom will take a sensible approach to enforcement with smaller services that present low risk to UK users, only taking action where it is proportionate and appropriate, and will focus on cases where the risk and impact of harm is highest. Ofcom has developed an extensive programme of work designed to support a smoother journey to compliance, particularly for smaller firms. This has been underpinned by interviews, workshops and research with a diverse range of online services to ensure the tools meet the needs of different types of services. Ofcom’s letter notes its ‘guide for services’ guidance and tools hub, and its participation in events run by other organisations and networks including those for people running small services, as well as its commitment to review and improve materials and tools to help support services to create a safer life online. The Government will continue to work with Ofcom towards the full implementation of the Online Safety Act 2023, including monitoring proportionate implementation." - Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

The Repeal the Online Safety Act petition has received 350k+ signatures

The UK Government responded to the petition to Repeal the Online Safety Act 💀

Don't give up hope this problem won't go away tomorrow or even next week it will take time. they will want you to fall into feeling this is the new normal its not. if you do it will only get worse not just for art but the lives of lgbt community their voices are already getting silenced. DONT STOP

Just a reminder: age verification is a *bad* idea, not a good idea with implementation problems. The trouble with it is inherent, not practical.

OSA is gonna make us lose access to fucking wikipedia

write to your MPs.

The UK might end up blocking #Wikipedia due to the Online Safety Act, since they stated that they will not implement any verification rules, citing potential exploitation by bad actors

The UK Online Safety act is trying to ban access to Wikipedia.

It ain't about safety.

Make no mistake: the Online Safety Act has well-meaning aims, and combating child exploitation and abuse is necessary and important. However, its wording and resulting impact makes it clear that this law was never really about online safety, but about censorship and control.

I say this as someone with an Oxford law degree: the efficacy of a law is tempered by the logistics of implementing it. It's one of the first things you learn.
To that end, the UK's Online Safety Act (OSA) fails to achieve its stated objective while creating a host of new issues.

summer heat

the way the online safety act repel petition is on its way to 200k signatures basically overnight. nobody liked that

Post on /r/transgenderUK entitled “Reddit now censors LGBTQ+ content under OFCOM’s new ‘Online Safety Act’”

post text: “I honestly can't even think of words to describe how vile this is. Here's a screenshot of what I now see when I search "lgbt" with my VPN switched off. Occasionally a banner appears at the top of the screen saying something about needing to verify ID to access "mature content" but the button doesn't even work. The fact that we're now considered "mature content" makes me feel sick.”

The screenshot referenced in the previous image, showing the results of a search on Reddit for the term LGBT. No results from LGBT-specific subreddits appear; instead, posts from /r/Conservative, /r/Islam, /r/JustUnsubbed, etc are highlighted.

the UK’s Internet age verification law has led to the effective censorship of all LGBT content on Reddit

what a shocking and unexpected turn of events!

Petition: Repeal the Online Safety Act We want the Government to repeal the Online Safety act.

- UK Repeal the Online Safety Act petition: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...

We now have audited data on water consumption for AI.

Over the 18 month lifespan of Mistral Large 2, a 128B model, all water usage (including chats, training; hardware & data centers) took as much water as 678 US households use yearly.

Each additional query is 45 mL. (Fixed a conversion error)

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image that lives in my head rent free

Animal Crossing New Leaf (2012)
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i think it would be so sweet if they shared earphones... #suselle #deltarune

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