The solution to Online Safety Act is *not* to call on platforms to "ban the UK"
9 days ago
- #Digital Rights
- #UK Government
- #Online Safety Act
- The UK Online Safety Act requires global platforms to age-verify UK users to prevent children from accessing pornography, but implementations are easily bypassed.
- The Act's true intent is to bring major communications platforms under UK regulatory control, with Ofcom admitting it lacks understanding to regulate effectively without first enforcing the law.
- Calls for big platforms to ban the UK to pressure the government are counterproductive, as it would fuel anti-tech backlash and align with government goals of user identification.
- Accelerationism—forcing rapid change by worsening conditions—won't work and will harm UK citizens, who will face doxing and identity theft to bypass controls.
- The solution is to let the UK's misguided approach fail naturally, as users migrate to platforms without restrictive verification, similar to the repeal of US alcohol prohibition.