Social media platforms will not be required to prove accuracy of under-16 bans
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I wonder how long it will be until we run out of sane countries we could VPN into, in order to avoid all of this nonsense.
As a matter of interest, I wonder where is the closest/fastest non fourteen eyes country that has good privacy laws?
Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia are your best bets currently - they’re not perfect, and who knows for how much longer..
So just more security theater?
No, permission to data mine
Nevermind, they have "AI" on the job. I'm sure that will keep those kids safe
They will use our interactions, age id and cookies to track our behaviour... and tax our fediverse platforms for linking to the media outlet
"and the government also has plans on foot to tax platforms unless they pay media outlets for news content shared by their users"
I saw this browser plugin for parents to install and it looks like a far better alternative. Sorry couldn’t find a good non-X link. The guy is a UK security expert called Paul Moore.
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/thecyberspy_onlinesafetyact-ideas-activity-7360686462025031681-r8BS
Edit: Seems there’s already been an Online Safety Act related security breach in the UK https://www.linkedin.com/posts/paulmoore2014_onlinesafetyact-security-activity-7361391510275166210-k2nY