Skavau@piefed.social to Fediverse@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 months agoJust received an email from feddit.online saying they've geoblocked UK IPs due to the Online Safety Actmessage-squaremessage-square24fedilinkarrow-up141arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up141arrow-down1message-squareJust received an email from feddit.online saying they've geoblocked UK IPs due to the Online Safety ActSkavau@piefed.social to Fediverse@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 months agomessage-square24fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareSkavau@piefed.socialOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoThey believe that Ofcom could pressure their hosts to cut their services off if they don’t comply with the act, or believe they could be fined.
minus-squaremisk@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·2 months agoHow would that even work in another country? Wouldn’t Saudi Arabia pressure hosts for breaking blasphemy laws?
minus-squareJerry on PieFed@feddit.onlinelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoYes, the U.S. and the U.K. have cooperation agreements for Civil actions.
They believe that Ofcom could pressure their hosts to cut their services off if they don’t comply with the act, or believe they could be fined.
How would that even work in another country? Wouldn’t Saudi Arabia pressure hosts for breaking blasphemy laws?
Yes, the U.S. and the U.K. have cooperation agreements for Civil actions.