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Columbus - Feeds<a href="https://www.thelantern.com/2025/03/ohio-house-passes-dei-banning-senate-bill-1-bill-returns-to-ohio-senate-for-concurrence/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Ohio House passes DEI-banning Senate Bill 1; bill returns to Ohio Senate for concurrence - Nora Igelnik</a>
PrivacyDigest<p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> online safety law <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> hates kicks in today, and so far, <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> can’t stop it </p><p>Enforcement of a first-of-its-kind <a href="https://mas.to/tags/UnitedKingdom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedKingdom</span></a> law that <a href="https://mas.to/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a> wants <a href="https://mas.to/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldTrump</span></a> to gut kicked in today, with potentially huge penalties possibly imminent for any Big Tech companies deemed non-compliant.</p><p>UK's <a href="https://mas.to/tags/OnlineSafetyAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OnlineSafetyAct</span></a> ( <a href="https://mas.to/tags/OSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OSA</span></a> ) forces tech companies to detect and remove dangerous online content, threatening fines of up to 10 percent of global turnover.<br><a href="https://mas.to/tags/socialmedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>socialmedia</span></a></p><p><a href="https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/03/trump-may-not-be-able-to-save-elon-musk-from-uks-strict-online-safety-law/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20</span><span class="invisible">25/03/trump-may-not-be-able-to-save-elon-musk-from-uks-strict-online-safety-law/</span></a></p>
Regendans<p>Lobsters about the risks of the Online Safety Act for them : <br><a href="https://lobste.rs/s/ukosa1/uk_users_lobsters_needs_your_help_with#c_xevn8a" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lobste.rs/s/ukosa1/uk_users_lo</span><span class="invisible">bsters_needs_your_help_with#c_xevn8a</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/OSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OSA</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a></p>
Colin Macleod<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@arstechnica" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>arstechnica</span></a></span> The <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/OnlineSafetyAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OnlineSafetyAct</span></a> can't be all bad, apparently 'officials on Trump's team "hate" the OSA and view it as "Orwellian."'<br><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/osa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>osa</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>musk</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/xitter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>xitter</span></a></p>
John Leonard<p>Ofcom’s risk assessment deadline has passed, and online platforms must now take action to protect users from illegal content and activity occurring on their platforms. Significant fines await those who fail.</p><p><a href="https://www.computing.co.uk/news-analysis/2025/new-online-safety-act-measures-come-into-force" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">computing.co.uk/news-analysis/</span><span class="invisible">2025/new-online-safety-act-measures-come-into-force</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/technews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>technews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/uk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uk</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ofcom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ofcom</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/onlinesafetyact" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>onlinesafetyact</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/osa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>osa</span></a></p>
happyborg<p>Great read</p><p>"The Online Safety Act reads to me as a profoundly ironic tragedy. <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Ofcom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ofcom</span></a> constantly reiterates that huge, vague swaths of expression are “illegal, harmful content” while, to me, almost everything they’ve written about the <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/OSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OSA</span></a> is illegal, harmful content. The OSA exercises prior restraint and enables jawboning for a deliberate chilling effect, placing an undue burden that would never withstand strict scrutiny let alone justify unreasonable search and seizure"<br><a href="https://lobste.rs/s/ukosa1/uk_users_lobsters_needs_your_help_with#c_xevn8a" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lobste.rs/s/ukosa1/uk_users_lo</span><span class="invisible">bsters_needs_your_help_with#c_xevn8a</span></a></p>
Colin Macleod<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@girlonthenet" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>girlonthenet</span></a></span> Over a month ago I posted a question on <a href="https://meta.stackoverflow.com" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">meta.stackoverflow.com</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> asking how they intended to respond to the OSA. I just got a few comments from people who clearly didn't understand the situation and then the question was deleted. 🙄 <br><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/osa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>osa</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/OnlineSafetyAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OnlineSafetyAct</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/stackoverflow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stackoverflow</span></a></p>
Glyn Moody<p>UK’s internet watchdog puts storage and file-sharing services on watch over CSAM - <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/17/uks-internet-watchdog-puts-storage-and-file-sharing-services-on-watch-over-csam/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">techcrunch.com/2025/03/17/uks-</span><span class="invisible">internet-watchdog-puts-storage-and-file-sharing-services-on-watch-over-csam/</span></a> "regulator said its evidence shows that file-sharing and file-storage services are “particularly susceptible” to being used" <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/osa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>osa</span></a></p>
ilias :thepiratebay:<p>I have considered setting up my personal Mastodon instance on a Raspberry Pi since last year - even considering technical challenges and the amount of time it will take to manage it</p><p>but now, seeing and reading how much pain the Online Safety Act rules are causing... screw that</p><p>congrats to Labour, Tories &amp; other clueless politicians who lobbied and/or voted for that &quot;world leading bill&quot; - because of it, centralised platforms will only grow stronger</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/OnlineSafetyAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>OnlineSafetyAct</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/OSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>OSA</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Tech</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Technology</span></a></p>
zimpenfish<p><a href="http://lobste.rs" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">lobste.rs</a> decides not to geoblock the UK “for now”.</p><blockquote><p>“I’ve disabled the pending geoblock of the UK because I now think the risks of the Online Safety Act to this site are low enough to change strategies to only geoblock if directly threatened by the regulator.”</p></blockquote><p>(The OSA is still a pending disaster for anyone running small sites - I’m currently running mine under the assumption that because a) they’re too small to count and b) they’re either just me or are immediate family with no open registration, they don’t count for OSA purposes. But who knows?)</p><p><a href="https://lobste.rs/s/ukosa1/uk_users_lobsters_needs_your_help_with#c_xevn8a" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://lobste.rs/s/ukosa1/uk_users_lobsters_needs_your_help_with#c_xevn8a</a></p><p><a class="hashtag" href="https://social.rjp.is/tag/osa" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OSA</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.rjp.is/tag/onlinesafetyact" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OnlineSafetyAct</a></p>
Bob Dendry (Join Our Server!)<p>Any CPAP users out there wanna recommend me a mask to try that doesn't make me feel like I'm being suffocated with a pillow? Shit is not pleasant.</p><p><a href="https://masto.fediverse.games/tags/CPAP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CPAP</span></a> <a href="https://masto.fediverse.games/tags/OSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OSA</span></a></p>
Dave T-W<p>Reminder: <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fediverse</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mastodon</span></a> is largely run by individuals who have to deal with the technical gubbins as well as the administrative stuff like the new UK <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/OSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OSA</span></a> regulations. </p><p>Unlike other platforms, you can move platforms easily (as I did a while back), and have a dialogue with the mods. I just lobbed a few quid a month towards maintenance and the hard work of <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/@Floppy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Floppy</span></a></span> and the crew.</p>
ilias :thepiratebay:<p>first Apple, now Google possibly getting TCN from UK gov&#39;t? this is completely mental if true. </p><p>they&#39;re only makes things worse with this shit, and not just for its citizens: other govt&#39;s will take notice of such tactics and may begin using it. </p><p>with this &amp; Online Safety Act mess, UK giv&#39;t is genuinely wrecking any online freedom</p><p><a href="https://ioc.exchange/@matthew_d_green/114156141856119397" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ioc.exchange/@matthew_d_green/</span><span class="invisible">114156141856119397</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Privacy</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Security" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Security</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Encryption" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Encryption</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Tech</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Technology</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/UnitedKingdom" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>UnitedKingdom</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Google</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/E2EE" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>E2EE</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/EndToEndEncryption" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>EndToEndEncryption</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/OSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>OSA</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/OnlineSafetyAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>OnlineSafetyAct</span></a></p>
James Smith 💾<p>The bulk copy/pasting is done, now I'm into the difficult bit of actually justifying the assessment. Ooh what's that shiny thing over there? <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/OSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OSA</span></a></p>
John Leonard<p>Small, low-risk sites should be out of scope so long as providers have a reasonable belief that children will not come across harmful material on them, say campaigners.</p><p><a href="https://www.computing.co.uk/news/2025/legislation-regulation/call-to-exempt-small-sites-from-the-online-safety-act" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">computing.co.uk/news/2025/legi</span><span class="invisible">slation-regulation/call-to-exempt-small-sites-from-the-online-safety-act</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/onlinesafetyact" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>onlinesafetyact</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/osa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>osa</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/onlinesafety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>onlinesafety</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/technews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>technews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/uk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uk</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ukpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ukpol</span></a></p>
Columbus - Feeds<a href="https://www.thelantern.com/2025/03/photo-gallery-striking-scenes-from-tuesdays-protest-against-senate-bill-1-and-ohio-states-dei-changes/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Photo Gallery: Striking scenes from Tuesday’s protest against Senate Bill 1 and Ohio State’s DEI changes - Anthony Hanna</a>
Columbus - Feeds<a href="https://www.thelantern.com/2025/03/buckeyes-dont-stand-for-foolishness-roughly-900-students-faculty-and-staff-gather-to-protest-sb-1-criticize-university-president-ted-carter-jr-and-state-legislature/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">‘Buckeyes don’t stand for foolishness’: Roughly 900 students, faculty and staff gather to protest SB 1, criticize university President Ted Carter Jr. and state legislature - Laurence Myers-Bailey</a>
Angela Glansbury 🚽<p>challenging myself to write a manuscript so obscene that OFCOM are forced to act</p><p><a href="https://todon.nl/tags/Censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Censorship</span></a> <a href="https://todon.nl/tags/OSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OSA</span></a> <a href="https://todon.nl/tags/OnlineSafetyAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OnlineSafetyAct</span></a></p>
Paul Oldham 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 💛 🇺🇦<p>The Online Safety Act was debated in Westminster Hall today. Lot of MPs not happy with the way it's going, but mainly not for the reasons many of us are hereabouts.</p><p>Start here <a href="https://www.parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/e929a7c1-15b3-4ff3-ab09-acb5171dbccb" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/</span><span class="invisible">e929a7c1-15b3-4ff3-ab09-acb5171dbccb</span></a></p><p>However there was at least one speaker, Kirsty Blackman MP, who'd clearly read the email we sent our MP about <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/OSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OSA</span></a> as she talked about the issue of proportionality and repeatedly refers to "a hill walking forum which gets three posts a week" (that's us that is).</p><p>Start here <a href="https://parliamentlive.tv/event/index/e929a7c1-15b3-4ff3-ab09-acb5171dbccb?in=10:24:53" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">parliamentlive.tv/event/index/</span><span class="invisible">e929a7c1-15b3-4ff3-ab09-acb5171dbccb?in=10:24:53</span></a></p>
Colin Macleod<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@cyberleagle" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>cyberleagle</span></a></span> Watched this parliamentary debate on the implementation of the Online Safety Act. Lots of concern legitimately expressed about Ofcom not going far enough with large and/or high-risk platforms. But only Kirstie Blackman also mentioned the disproportionate impact on small, low-risk platforms.<br><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/osa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>osa</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/OnlineSafetyAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OnlineSafetyAct</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ukpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ukpolitics</span></a></p>
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