the ongoing tradition of Online Safety Act backfiring against small forums and playing in the hands of centralised social media platforms continues. now Hexus's forums are closing down https://forums.hexus.net/hexus-news/426608-looks-like-end-hexus-forums.html
this is truly self-sabotage of the highest level. completely idiotic
@DM_Ronin Regulation of industry under capitalism tends to serve monoploy. Increased cost of entry reduces competition and thus secures capital already invested.
@KarlHeinzHasliP so I assume by your logic socialist Vietnamese gov't also "serve monopoly under capitalism" by introducing similar to OSA measures? https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/dec/23/vietnam-identity-verification-internet-law-reactions-decree-147-censorship
or Pedro Sanchez calling for the end of anonymity? https://apnews.com/article/europe-social-media-pedro-sanchez-8feda2dddd68fee23a2cb4517befd3fa
please spare me your ignorant bullshit rhetoric. both left and right use those reforms but under different pretexts.
@DM_Ronin As enforced by the same imbeciles who are trying to hand over the UK creative industry to the plaigirists and AI hucksters.