The online message board’s lawyers say that UK safety laws don’t apply outside the UK. This basic principle may soon be tested in court.

  • Flax@feddit.uk
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    1 day ago

    Weird idea: what if the government set up a system where the website will be blocked unless you verify your age with gov.uk? And anyone trying to get to it will have to pass by gov.uk tokens first. Although https might make that difficult.

    Of course, I fully disagree with the OSA. But it’s… An alternative.

    • t3rmit3@beehaw.org
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      12 hours ago

      But why do that when they can just shift the burden onto the other party (the website), and demand money from them too?