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quangobaud<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Ofcom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ofcom</span></a></p>
ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>Sky News: Suicide forum first to be investigated by Ofcom under new online safety laws. “Ofcom is investigating whether the provider of a suicide forum has failed to comply with its duties under the Online Safety Act. It’s the first investigation into an individual service provider under the new laws. The act was passed in 2023 and requires firms to reduce illegal and harmful content, but its […]</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/10/sky-news-suicide-forum-first-to-be-investigated-by-ofcom-under-new-online-safety-laws/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/10/sky-news-suicide-forum-first-to-be-investigated-by-ofcom-under-new-online-safety-laws/</a></p>
Flipboard Tech DeskContent warning: discussion of suicide
mindsConnected<p>Four weeks since the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OnlineSafetyAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OnlineSafetyAct</span></a> has passed, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ofcom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ofcom</span></a> have made their first move... <a href="https://mindsconnected.tech/index.php?showtopic=1038&amp;view=findpost&amp;p=8355" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mindsconnected.tech/index.php?</span><span class="invisible">showtopic=1038&amp;view=findpost&amp;p=8355</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/internet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>internet</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/website" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>website</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/forum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>forum</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/onlinesafety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>onlinesafety</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/investigation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>investigation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/justice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>justice</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a></p>
Technology | The Guardian US<p>Online suicide forum investigated under new UK digital safety laws <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/apr/09/online-suicide-forum-ofcom-investigation-uk-digital-safety-laws" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/technology/202</span><span class="invisible">5/apr/09/online-suicide-forum-ofcom-investigation-uk-digital-safety-laws</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Internetsafety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Internetsafety</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Regulators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Regulators</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Technology</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Business</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Ofcom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ofcom</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Media</span></a></p>
quangobaud<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Ofcom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ofcom</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TheBottomInspectors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheBottomInspectors</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/VizComic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VizComic</span></a></p>
quangobaud<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Ofcom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ofcom</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TheBottomInspectors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheBottomInspectors</span></a></p>
quangobaud<p>Really, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Ofcom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ofcom</span></a> ? You have nothing better to do? <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MI7" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MI7</span></a></p>
Tim Stickland<p><a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/OFCOM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OFCOM</span></a><br>Just a question - why are Ofcom getting involved with the US state dept ?<br>Do they have any influence over our rules and regulations ?</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/apr/01/us-officials-challenge-ofcoms-risk-to-free-speech-caused-by-online-safety-laws?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/media/2025/apr</span><span class="invisible">/01/us-officials-challenge-ofcoms-risk-to-free-speech-caused-by-online-safety-laws?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other</span></a></p>
quangobaud<p>my usual view of Kolektiva since the new <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Ofcom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ofcom</span></a> rules kicked in (... possibly coincidence ...)</p>
Mark Hughes<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@alecmuffett" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>alecmuffett</span></a></span> </p><p>It's as if <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ofcom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ofcom</span></a>'s priority is to demonstrate the unworkability of the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OSA</span></a> for even supposed 'good' uses.</p><p>But on past experience of UK regulators I guess I'm giving to much credit.</p>
Alec Muffett<p>US Troll site Kiwi Farms receives Ofcom demand for Online Safety Act “Risk Assessment”, rejects it on 1A/Jurisdiction grounds, demands MLAT<br><a href="https://alecmuffett.com/article/113056" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">alecmuffett.com/article/113056</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/1StAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>1StAmendment</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/KiwiFarms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KiwiFarms</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OnlineSafetyAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OnlineSafetyAct</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cloudflare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cloudflare</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ofcom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ofcom</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trolls" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trolls</span></a></p>
alecm<p><strong>US Troll site Kiwi Farms receives Ofcom demand for Online Safety Act “Risk Assessment”, rejects it on 1A/Jurisdiction grounds, demands MLAT</strong></p><p>Remember September 2020 when “good” people <a href="https://blog.cloudflare.com/kiwifarms-blocked/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">pressured Cloudflare into removing troll harassment site KiwiFarms</a> (KF) from their services, thereby improving the internet?</p><p>It didn’t work, was never going to work, and all it achieved was teaching KF to build resilient architecture. Now…</p> <p>…now Ofcom stomps in with its big boots on, demanding that KF perform a risk assessment under the terms of the online safety act, and KF (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiwi_Farms" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">whatever you might think of them</a>) have told Ofcom to get stuffed and to <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/mutual-legal-assistance-mla-requests" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">come back with an American warrant.</a></p><p>I cannot see any way that this ends without British civil society (mostly the non-technical “child and online safety” kind, whilst the digital rights activists stare at their shoes) screaming for the government to implement some or all of:</p><ul><li>Mandatory DNS results censorship in the UK</li><li>Mandatory <a href="https://x.com/AlecMuffett/status/1691041433338130432" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">restrictions upon VPN provision / destination site access from the UK</a></li><li>Age verification for VPN usage</li><li>Demands for stronger filtering of DNS registrants and deanonymizing them / tying them to responsible people, whether or not that is actually relevant or makes sense</li><li>Demands for domain takedown processes to be performed on the grounds of hate speech</li><li>Bans upon Tor usage from the UK</li><li>Censorship of particular destination IP addresses being accessed from the UK</li></ul><p>…none of which are liberal or proportionate, and any one or all of which will do nothing but <em>turbocharge</em> youth desire to access such content — but since when has strategic common sense restrained a campaigning politician with a safety remit?</p><p><a href="https://alecmuffett.com/article/13335" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Previously</a> </p><p>Source:</p><p><a href="https://twitter.com/KiwiFarmsDotNet/status/1906777515403956483" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/KiwiFarmsDotNet/status/1906777515403956483</a></p><p><a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://alecmuffett.com/article/tag/1st-amendment" target="_blank">#1stAmendment</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://alecmuffett.com/article/tag/cloudflare" target="_blank">#cloudflare</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://alecmuffett.com/article/tag/kiwi-farms" target="_blank">#kiwiFarms</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://alecmuffett.com/article/tag/ofcom" target="_blank">#ofcom</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://alecmuffett.com/article/tag/online-safety-act" target="_blank">#onlineSafetyAct</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://alecmuffett.com/article/tag/trolls" target="_blank">#trolls</a></p>
quangobaud<p>Newsflash: <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Ofcom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ofcom</span></a> is still shit. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MI7" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MI7</span></a></p>
Timo Zimmermann<p><a href="https://urbandead.com/shutdown.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">urbandead.com/shutdown.html</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>Nearly 20 years… :(</p><p>I’m sure UK citizens are a lot safer now that this horrible threat is finally gone! /s <a href="https://social.screamingatmyscreen.com/tags/ofcom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ofcom</span></a></p>
Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@gamingonlinux" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>gamingonlinux</span></a></span> I've still not heard back from my MP Steve Reed, about the letter I sent to him about this. </p><p>Shower of bastards. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Labour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Labour</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ofcom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ofcom</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OnlineSafetyAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OnlineSafetyAct</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UKPOL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UKPOL</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UKPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UKPolitics</span></a></p>
Ryan Daws 🤓<p>Ofcom plans rules to drive UK full-fibre broadband to 96% coverage <a href="https://www.telecomstechnews.com/news/ofcom-plans-new-rules-uk-full-fibre-broadband-96-percent-coverage/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">telecomstechnews.com/news/ofco</span><span class="invisible">m-plans-new-rules-uk-full-fibre-broadband-96-percent-coverage/</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/ofcom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ofcom</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/uk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>uk</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>europe</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/telecoms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>telecoms</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/fullfibre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fullfibre</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/broadband" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>broadband</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/networks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>networks</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/connectivity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>connectivity</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>technology</span></a></p>
Alec Muffett<p>“I’ve just closed the forum of a small classic car club because we don’t have the time or capacity to ensure compliance with only volunteers. Meta will benefit, because we will, reluctantly, move to using a Facebook page”<br><a href="https://alecmuffett.com/article/112834" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">alecmuffett.com/article/112834</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OnlineSafetyAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OnlineSafetyAct</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ofcom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ofcom</span></a></p>
Alec Muffett<p>“There is something deeply wrong when a law passed with cross-party consensus &amp; endorsed by Britain’s most trusted charities has made it impossible to run an internet forum for hamster owners”<br><a href="https://alecmuffett.com/article/112832" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">alecmuffett.com/article/112832</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OnlineSafetyAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OnlineSafetyAct</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/hamsters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hamsters</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ofcom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ofcom</span></a></p>
alecm<p><strong>“I’ve just closed the forum of a small classic car club because we don’t have the time or capacity to ensure compliance with only volunteers. Meta will benefit, because we will, reluctantly, move to using a Facebook page”</strong></p><p>Quoth @ColinPoynter:</p><p><a href="https://twitter.com/ColinPoynter/status/1902038092090859694" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/ColinPoynter/status/1902038092090859694</a></p><p><a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://alecmuffett.com/article/tag/ofcom" target="_blank">#ofcom</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://alecmuffett.com/article/tag/online-safety-act" target="_blank">#onlineSafetyAct</a></p>
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