🚨 UK Online Safety Act in the EU - starting now? 🚨
It appears I had suspected right and big platforms will think the UK Online Safety Act equivalent for the EU has already been decided by the EU commission in July 2025, with a deadline of July 2026 (a few days). At least Reddit acts like it: https://support.reddithelp.com/hc/en-us/articles/50368431806484-European-Union-Digital-Services-Act-DSA
I talked about all of this here on lemmy, with more detailed explanations: https://leminal.space/post/31858818/21120139
How all of this went for the UK previously: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/aug/09/uk-online-safety-act-internet-censorship-world-following-suit
https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2025/11/6/britain-calls-it-safety-it-is-censorship
I'm worried this might be the beginning of the end of anonymous public discourse in the EU...