LFGSS and Microcosm shutting down 16th March 2025 (the day before the Online Safety Act is enforced)

You are reading a single comment by @pascalo and its replies. Click here to read the full conversation.

•

pascalo in reply to @hippy

As if Australia is any better. Laws here can compell you to backdoor anything and tell nobody because of national security. Also the upcoming social media ban for under 16s will have wide reaching impact.

•

Vriska1 in reply to @pascalo

The Australia social media ban for under 16s is unlikely to even happen in the end, It was a rushed mess that not going to hold up in court.

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/nov/25/banning-under-16s-from-social-media-may-be-unconstitutional-and-ripe-for-high-court-challenge
•

RonAsheton in reply to @pascalo

Exactly why I went with a .com as opposed to a .com.au for my business. They're taking the piss over here but most Aussies are blissfully ignorant of the situation.
•

hippy in reply to @pascalo

Run != host

Owner is Finbar the cat, with his cute Australian address.

Servers are in Iceland or some shit, outside the EU, outside the UK.

It's fucking stupid to even need to contemplate this for a bicycle website, but here we are.