LFGSS and Microcosm shutting down 16th March 2025 (the day before the Online Safety Act is enforced)
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where an online community was used to bring perpetrators together
Illegal stuff will always happen, it just goes underground. Bad stuff will still happen when the OSA is being enforced.
The OSA does not stop bad stuff happening... it just causes a chilling effect where non-compliance of the good stuff triggers shutdowns, and consolidates everything into the hands of big tech.
Know that this is what Ofcom and the politicians desire as they believe that makes it easier to regulate and control the communications then.
The bit of me that thinks "fuck it, put it in another country and make it an anarchist collective and a maze of volunteers in multiple countries"... is the bit of me that is angry that this is happening.
But there's a lot of realisation too that this is Cnut the Great sitting on a throne on a beach and trying to turn back the tide... I have a happy and busy life, letting go is the best thing to do. Let Discord figure out the compliance.
Velocio
Figure political climate is not going to be helped by the verdict on the Gisele Pelicot where an online community was used to bring perpetrators together. I realise that the private nature of the online community makes the situation different but this nuance might be lost by politicians
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/oct/12/coco-website-pelicot-rape-trial