LFGSS and Microcosm shutting down 16th March 2025 (the day before the Online Safety Act is enforced)

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hippy in reply to @Velocio

The act only cares that is it "linked to the UK" (by me being involved as a UK native and resident), and that users can talk to other users... that's it, that's the scope.

What if it wasn't run by you in the UK? What if it was run by someone not based here?

Also, even if you do tape out, rather than destroy everything, why not archive it? Make it static and stick the content in S3 bucket?

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Velocio in reply to @hippy

What if it wasn't run by you in the UK? What if it was run by someone not based here?

It doesn't work... yes I'm the obvious link, but still...

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/online-safety-act-explainer/online-safety-act-explainer

The Act applies to services even if the companies providing them are outside the UK should they have links to the UK. This includes if the service has a significant number of UK users

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hippy in reply to @Velocio

Yeah, but if you were to hand over the keys to an anonymous, foreign administrator... what then?

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