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#osa

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Colin Macleod<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.data.coop/@cryptohagen" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>cryptohagen</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://wikimedia.social/@wikimediafoundation" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>wikimediafoundation</span></a></span> Correction: the <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/OnlineSafetyAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OnlineSafetyAct</span></a> is already in force and has already had damaging effects. However the site categorisation that Wikimedia are objecting to has not yet been implemented.<br><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/osa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>osa</span></a></p>
Blake (Pandora Blake)<p>A lot of us are still frustrated with the expense, hassle and lack of clarity the OSA brings - but I do appreciate how willing some Ofcom team members have been to make information accessible and engage with site owners in a transparent and reasonable way. <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>censorship</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/osa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>osa</span></a></p>
Glyn Moody<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Wikimedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wikimedia</span></a> Foundation brings legal challenge to new UK Online Safety Act requirements - <a href="https://diff.wikimedia.org/2025/05/08/wikimedia-foundation-brings-legal-challenge-to-new-uk-online-safety-act-requirements/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">diff.wikimedia.org/2025/05/08/</span><span class="invisible">wikimedia-foundation-brings-legal-challenge-to-new-uk-online-safety-act-requirements/</span></a> good to see <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/osa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>osa</span></a></p>
Girl on the Net<p>Wikimedia is challenging the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OSA</span></a>: <a href="https://diff.wikimedia.org/2025/05/08/wikimedia-foundation-brings-legal-challenge-to-new-uk-online-safety-act-requirements/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">diff.wikimedia.org/2025/05/08/</span><span class="invisible">wikimedia-foundation-brings-legal-challenge-to-new-uk-online-safety-act-requirements/</span></a></p>
Lilli Iliev<p>Die <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://wikimedia.social/@wikimediafoundation" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>wikimediafoundation</span></a></span> ficht die Rechtmäßigkeit der Kategorisierungsvorschriften des britischen Online Safety Act (<a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/OSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OSA</span></a>) an.<br> <br>Die Argumentation: Man teilt das Anliegen von Online-Umgebungen, in denen sich alle beteiligen können. In der jetzigen Form aber würden <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Wikipedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wikipedia</span></a> und ihre Nutzenden dem inakzeptablen Risiko ausgesetzt, den "Kategorie 1"-Verpflichtungen des OSA unterworfen zu werden, die u.a. Privatsphäre und Sicherheit der Freiwilligen untergraben können.</p><p><a href="https://medium.com/wikimedia-policy/wikipedias-nonprofit-host-brings-legal-challenge-to-new-online-safety-act-osa-regulations-0f9153102f29" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">medium.com/wikimedia-policy/wi</span><span class="invisible">kipedias-nonprofit-host-brings-legal-challenge-to-new-online-safety-act-osa-regulations-0f9153102f29</span></a></p>
Colin Macleod<p>"Wikipedia legally challenges 'flawed' online safety rules" - <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c62j2gr8866o" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c62j2g</span><span class="invisible">r8866o</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/osa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>osa</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/OnlineSafetyAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OnlineSafetyAct</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ukpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ukpolitics</span></a></p>
Open Rights Group<p>The UK government must change the categorisation of sites under the Online Safety Act to protect net plurality.</p><p>Small and well moderated sites should be exempt from these duties to stop them from closing or blocking UK users.</p><p>Tell your MP to <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/SaveOurSites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SaveOurSites</span></a> ⬇️</p><p><a href="https://action.openrightsgroup.org/save-our-sites-write-your-mp" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">action.openrightsgroup.org/sav</span><span class="invisible">e-our-sites-write-your-mp</span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/OnlineSafetyAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OnlineSafetyAct</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/OSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OSA</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/NetPlurality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NetPlurality</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/ukpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ukpolitics</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/ukpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ukpol</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/wikipedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wikipedia</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/freedomofexpression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>freedomofexpression</span></a></p>
Open Rights Group<p>Wikipedia <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://wikis.world/@wikimediauk" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>wikimediauk</span></a></span> are going to court over the UK Online Safety Act!</p><p>Saddling platforms with hefty duties and penalties under the new regime will cause many safe sites to fold.</p><p>We can't lose the best of the web due to laws that were meant to tackle the worst of it.</p><p><a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/SaveOurSites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SaveOurSites</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c62j2gr8866o" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c62j2g</span><span class="invisible">r8866o</span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/OnlineSafetyAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OnlineSafetyAct</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/OSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OSA</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/NetPlurality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NetPlurality</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/ukpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ukpol</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/ukpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ukpolitics</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/wikipedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wikipedia</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/freedomofexpression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>freedomofexpression</span></a></p>
Flippin' 'eck, Tucker!<p>Wikipedia are challenging the UK's new Online Safety Act in court: <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/may/08/wikipedia-challenging-uk-law-it-says-exposes-it-to-manipulation-and-vandalism" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/technology/202</span><span class="invisible">5/may/08/wikipedia-challenging-uk-law-it-says-exposes-it-to-manipulation-and-vandalism</span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.chatty.monster/tags/Wikipedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wikipedia</span></a> <a href="https://social.chatty.monster/tags/OnlineSafetyAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OnlineSafetyAct</span></a> <a href="https://social.chatty.monster/tags/OSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OSA</span></a></p>
Blake (Pandora Blake)<p>Last week I participated in a three-hour webinar on the Online Safety Act. <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/osa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>osa</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/ageverification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ageverification</span></a></p>
Blake (Pandora Blake)<p>New porn censorship rules continue to be a problem, both to comply with and to understand. <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>censorship</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/osa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>osa</span></a></p>
FreddyB Aviation Photography<p>What appears to be a 9K33 Osa Russian SAM system parked in front of the hangers at the Tonopah Test Range (AKA Area 10) as a USAF F-117A Nighthawk as Knight01 taxis behind. Shot from about 13 miles off (August 2024) <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/F117" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>F117</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/tonopah" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tonopah</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/TTR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TTR</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/SAM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SAM</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/OSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OSA</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/russian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>russian</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/nafo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nafo</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/USAF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USAF</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/TTR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TTR</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/R2508" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>R2508</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/stealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stealth</span></a></p>
Blake (Pandora Blake)<p>Now that the Easter holidays are over, I'm getting back to some of my writing work - and, of course, to figuring out the implications of the new age verification rules. <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/osa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>osa</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/ageverification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ageverification</span></a></p>
John Leonard<p>Ofcom, the UK’s telecoms and broadcasting regulator, has finalised its child safety requirements that sites and apps must introduce by 25th July to comply with the Online Safety Act.</p><p><a href="https://www.computing.co.uk/news/2025/legislation-regulation/ofcom-finalises-its-child-safety-rules" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">computing.co.uk/news/2025/legi</span><span class="invisible">slation-regulation/ofcom-finalises-its-child-safety-rules</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/osa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>osa</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ofcom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ofcom</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/onlinesafety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>onlinesafety</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ageverification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ageverification</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ageassurance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ageassurance</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/technews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>technews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/uk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uk</span></a></p>
Erotic Mythology 🌹<p>My tribute to the last <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SinfulSunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SinfulSunday</span></a> 💔 </p><p>I'm incredibly sad it has to end this way. </p><p>All the best going forward, <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://kinkyelephant.com/@Mollysdailykiss" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Mollysdailykiss</span></a></span>, and thanks for hosting this amazing blog meme for 14 years!</p><p><a href="https://eroticmythology.com/goodbye-sinful-sunday?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">eroticmythology.com/goodbye-si</span><span class="invisible">nful-sunday?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nsfw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nsfw</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nudeart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nudeart</span></a> <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/smutstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>smutstodon</span></a></span> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OSA</span></a></p>
Erotic Mythology 🌹<p>Tomorrow is going to be the last <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SinfulSunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SinfulSunday</span></a> because the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OSA</span></a> is making image based blogs impossible to host inside the UK.<br>I have already taken a photo to submit. Let's see it out with a bang!</p>
Ian Brown 👨🏻‍💻<p>“Recognise the UK’s open markets as a competitive advantage. We need to protect — not give away cheaply — prize assets such as our world-beating creative sector and <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/copyright" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>copyright</span></a> laws that underpin them, our innovative tech sector and differentiated digital competition regime that strengthens it, and our new approach to protecting people’s safety online.” <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/DMCCA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DMCCA</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/OSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OSA</span></a></p>
Mactonex<p>This is a long, heartfelt and important post from <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@girlonthenet" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>girlonthenet</span></a></span> which you should absolutely read if you care about freedom of expression, especially as it relates to sexuality. The only part I would argue with is when she says the accompanying photo is not very good. It’s an awesome shot of a great looking arse in an amazing location. <a href="https://toot.community/tags/OSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OSA</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSpeech</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>censorship</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.girlonthenet.com/blog/goodbye-sinful-sunday-good-actually/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">girlonthenet.com/blog/goodbye-</span><span class="invisible">sinful-sunday-good-actually/</span></a></p>
:jollyroger: 𐌐𐌀Ꝋ𐌋Ꝋ :antifa:<p>Corteo contro i tagli all’<a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/Istruzione" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Istruzione</span></a>, studenti bruciano una maxi bandiera dell’Europa davanti al <a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/MUR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MUR</span></a>.</p><p>In occasione dello sciopero nazionale indetto dai collettivi di <a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/CambiareRotta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CambiareRotta</span></a> e <a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/Osa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Osa</span></a>, gli studenti delle università e delle scuole superiori, hanno bruciato la bandiera dell’UE, per protestare contro i tagli all’istruzione e contro i finanziamenti agli armamenti.<br>Allo sciopero hanno aderito anche i precari della ricerca, delle scuole e i sindacalisti di <a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/Usb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Usb</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2025/04/04/corteo-scuola-studenti-bandiera-bruciata-video/7940561/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ilfattoquotidiano.it/2025/04/0</span><span class="invisible">4/corteo-scuola-studenti-bandiera-bruciata-video/7940561/</span></a></p>
Mark Hughes<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@alecmuffett" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" 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 noreferrer" 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 noreferrer" 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>
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