Ofcom chief Melanie Dawes warns social media companies to prove their algorithms protect under-18s from seeing harmful content, or face enforcement action
Ofcom chief Melanie Dawes reveals she held meetings with US AI firms over Online Safety Act — Tech companies will be subject …
Valve adds credit card-based age checks for UK users to access “mature content” games on Steam; Discord and others are using selfies for verification
UK's Online Safety Act requires blocking minors from accessing mature content Asha Bardon / CBR : Steam Now Needs Your Age & ID Verified When You Buy Mature Video Games Richard Devine / Windows Centra...
Valve adds credit card-based age checks for UK users to access “mature content” games on Steam; Discord and others are using selfies for verification
Valve has started to comply with the UK's Online Safety Act. … Valve has started to comply with the UK's Online Safety Act …
4chan and Kiwi Farms sue the UK's Ofcom in a US court over the Online Safety Act, saying they aren't subject to UK law, after Ofcom tried to fine and block them
https://www.404media.co/... Forums: BeauHD / Slashdot : 4chan and Kiwi Farms Sue the UK Over Its Age Verification Law
Bluesky revises its policies and Community Guidelines to comply with regulations like the EU's DSA, the UK's Online Safety Act, and the US' Take It Down Act
This feature will be interesting to follow: An informal dispute resolution process, where 🦋 will call folks before proceeding to any formal dispute process. — bsky.social/about/blog/0... @notjustdna...
Similarweb: UK traffic fell 47% for Pornhub, 47% for XVideos, and 39% for xHamster from July 24, the day before age verification rules took effect, to August 8
www.ft.com/content/618f... Forums: r/technology : UK porn site traffic plunges as age verification rules take effect r/europe : UK porn site traffic plunges as age verification rules take effect - Por...
A UK judge dismisses Wikimedia's Online Safety Act challenge over requiring Wikipedia to verify users and contributors' IDs, but says it can file new challenges
Europe is not allowed to make Internet Laws. — arstechnica.com/tech-policy/ ... Hari Kunzru / @harikunzru : There is a possible future in which the UK government ends up blocking Wikipedia to save f...
A UK judge dismisses Wikimedia's Online Safety Act challenge over requiring Wikipedia to verify users and contributors' IDs, but says it can file new challenges
The operator of Wikipedia on Monday lost a legal challenge to parts of Britain's Online Safety Act, which sets tough new requirements …
Sources: Marc Andreessen complained to the UK government last week about the Online Safety Act and called for a reprimand of technology secretary Peter Kyle
Venture capitalist's intervention comes amid backlash to sweeping new internet legislation — Marc Andreessen …
The UK's Online Safety Act shows the UK prioritized government control over improving safety, becoming a cautionary tale for democracies regulating the internet
Well, well, well. The “age assurance” part of the UK's Online Safety Act has finally gone into effect, with its age checking …