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Is The Online Safety Act A New Threat To The Fediverse? (jrashford.com)

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[–] sp3tr4l@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Its already affected lemmy.zip

https://lemmy.zip/post/28187868

Due to some overbearing/draconian laws coming into place in the UK, I need to take steps to protect the site long term. You may have already seen this post in /c/technology which proves that these laws have a real negative effect on small independent websites, especially those hosted/run by people in the UK.

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In order to make things as simple as possible going forwards, I am therefore proposing:

From the 1st of February 2025, Lemmy.zip will only offer a service to people who are over 18.

Before I go any further with this, I am asking all Lemmy.zip users to share their thoughts on what this change might mean. I know the Fediverse tends to skew older, but I am also aware that this might affect some current users too.