LFGSS and Microcosm shutting down 16th March 2025 (the day before the Online Safety Act is enforced)
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FWIW the weaponisation of troll content is also what the OSA is targeting. If you're the one who can get hit with a fine/jail time etc. for pissing around on forums then you're less likely to do it, and people were generally doing it because it's the internet and everyone gets away with objectionable behaviour on the internet. Someone posting goatse here is going to be the ofcom target, not the one getting the forum in trouble with ofcom because they've done it. I'm not saying necessarily that policymakers should go this far, but I'm saying that maybe weaponisation is actually a lower risk now that this very far reaching act exists.