LFGSS and Microcosm shutting down 16th March 2025 (the day before the Online Safety Act is enforced)
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This is a nice example of how - regulation is good actually. Absolutely massive fines for Meta, Google, Amazon etc. Actually confronting these corporate behemoths who act like they are above the law and fuck us all over, all the time, normally with impunity.
I will be as sad as anyone else to see LFGSS close down but I do think that something like the law proposed is necessary, and I'm certain it will leave the world a better place.
As many others have said it's very clear the risk of Ofcom going after LFGSS is so minimal as to be meaningless, when viewed objectively. But obviously, Velocio doesn't have the luxury of viewing it objectively, doesn't owe anyone anything, and frankly doesn't need a reason at all - let alone a good one - if they want to close the forum, after running it so well for so many years.
lemonade
@J0nathan
I keep looking at this to try and predict the likely scale of enforcement/punishment, although no idea if it’s a reasonable comparison
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GDPR_fines_and_notices