LFGSS and Microcosm shutting down 16th March 2025 (the day before the Online Safety Act is enforced)
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Just been catching up on the other thread where you've touched on this stuff a little.
Would going dark on the backend and using proxies be a better option than setting up the server above ground in Germany? Would it future proof the site? What if Germany implements similar regs, what then? Move again?
Is it more expensive to go dark? Technically more difficult?
RonAsheton
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It's possible to hide the backend, and have visible public access that doesn't require hiding.
The law doesn't apply to proxies and ISPs, only to the platforms themselves and those who run the platforms.
One could easily envision multiple domain names all being a proxy to a backend, and those proxies don't have to be hidden, and they wouldn't know where the actual platform was, they could proxy by listening rather than forwarding, and then "mere conduit" applies again.