LFGSS
London Fixed Gear and Single-Speed is a community of predominantly fixed gear and single-speed cyclists in and around London, UK.
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London Fixed Gear and Single-Speed is a community of predominantly fixed gear and single-speed cyclists in and around London, UK.
This site is supported almost exclusively by donations. Please consider donating a small amount regularly.
[I'm the administrator of Cycling UK's Forum]
The Ofcom guidance distinguishes between "smaller" and "larger" user-to-user services, where "large" means 7 million active users (around 10% of the UK population). Smaller services considered "low risk" are not required to comply with many of the more onerous duties, which gives me some hope that the Powers That Be have considered small forums and the effect the Online Safety Act might have on them.
I await the Ofcom online Tool that will help us check how to comply with the Online Safety Act: https://www.ofcom.org.uk/Online-Safety/check-how-to-comply/
At that point Cycling UK, our moderators, and I, will have to decide whether the costs of any new legally-required duties are worth the effort, or whether we will simply close the Cycling UK Forum down. Shutting the Forum would be very sad, as over 18+ years it has provided much pleasure and usefulness and almost no harm to anyone at all.