LFGSS and Microcosm shutting down 16th March 2025 (the day before the Online Safety Act is enforced)
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Out of interest, would the risk assessment change at all if you didn't allow uploads/attachments?
Not enough.
But the things that create issues and the most obvious actions:
- Prevent all File Uploads, force the use of ImgUr or another 3rd Party - mitigates exchange of potentially harmful images, videos, etc via the forum
- Prevent all Direct Messages, encourage the use of WhatsApp / Signal, etc - mitigates the risk of stalking, harassment, hate, fraud, etc via the forum
- Close all the Classifieds, encourage eBay - mitigates the risk of fraud, stolen goods, etc via the forum
- Add age verification - mitigates the grooming of children
We'd still have the risk of vulnerable individuals experiencing harm, and honestly that's just society at large.
And the forum would now be a very very different beast, a public only, text only message board... with age verification.
This is where any of these steps start hitting the lines of what I don't wish to do, I don't wish to intentionally cripple the site. I find that unacceptable.
- Prevent all File Uploads, force the use of ImgUr or another 3rd Party - mitigates exchange of potentially harmful images, videos, etc via the forum
Velocio-
grooming of children
Who's gonna do their hair after this ofcom shite?
Won't someone THINK OF THE GROTTY LITTLE SCUMBAGS!?!?! -
And the forum would now be a very very different beast, a public only, text only message board... with age verification.
Aswell as the fact that Age verification like IDs and Facial recognition is a privacy and legal nightmare. It's on very very shaky legal grounds.
Also you would also have to deal with the ICO (Information Commissioner's Office) and they have there own set of rules...
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Add age verification
I currently log in using my Googlemail account. It looks like you can verify your age by uploading valid ID to Google. I assume you can then restrict accounts under a certain age? Would this then pass responsibility on to them?
hippy
Vriska1
pifko
Out of interest, would the risk assessment change at all if you didn't allow uploads/attachments?