LFGSS and Microcosm shutting down 16th March 2025 (the day before the Online Safety Act is enforced)
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Retro_Bastard
I really hope fourms and other sites find a way out of this, Good news it looks like news about this is picking up alot of steam so I hope the UK gov and Ofcom panic and backtrack when it backfires hard, I think there will be alot of Judicial review and legal challenges to this while there huge backlash from the public when sites start blocking the UK leading to the UK gov backtracking hard and bringing the law more in line with the EU DSA and getting rid of the AV parts but there going to be ton of damage.
My hope: Peter Kyle does a mass exempt for small sites and Ofcom is forced to delay many parts of the act while the AV never come into force because of the huge privacy nightmare and likely to end up with alot of privacy and legal issues.
My fear:
Peter Kyle just goes:
And then Labour double down with legal but harmful and a under 16 ban.