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UK Has Passed The Online Safety Bill (www.bbc.com)

submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Dark day for online privacy in the UK.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

After bouncing back and forth between the house of lord's and the house of commons This bill is a shadow of it's former self. I'm glad to say.

Three things that were massively damaging for privacy and security have, as far as I can see, been scrapped.

The bill no longer requires tech companies to control 'harmful but legal' content. A blurry, ill defined concept that would have been impossible to regulate.
The bill no longer requires all end to end encrypted communication channel's (WhatsApp etc) to have a backdoor for governments and enforcement agencies to access unencrypted messages between people. Something that would have broken effective security in every way.
The bill no longer requires porn to only be accessible to UK citizens after they have proven they are an adult. This was by providing bank details or ID to porn websites (lol no thanks), possibly through a third party company that is supposed to assure some privacy ( lol still no thanks).

And what's left in the bill is going to be regulated by Ofcom, a toothless underfunded shell of a regulatory body.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I hope they make this worldwide.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

wtf, why?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Because the social media giants should be held responsible for the damaging stuff they host and push through algorithms that target hate and an adapted “if it bleeds it leads” style of pushing things just to keep people enraged and engaged.

Why do you think removing child porn, animal crushing videos, and suicide content is a bad thing?

[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 years ago

mf, i just don't want british glowies in my dms which is what this bill basically is, even if it's been "paused". also, most of that shit is already illegal here, so cope.

i know you're just here to instigate so don't bother replying