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Re:Forum with 2.6M posts being deleted due to UK Online Safe... by whartung on Tuesday February 25, 2025 @05:11PM (#43178199)
Well I'm on a forum run by a UK company, hosted in the UK, and we've talked about this, but they're staying online. And, no, they're not a multibillion dollar company.

I don't see our moderators needing to do any more work than they're already doing, and have been doing for years, to be honest.

So we'll see how the dice land.

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Re:Forum with 2.6M posts being deleted due to UK Online Safe... by ChrisRR on Wednesday February 26, 2025 @05:22AM (#43182447)
At least they're a UK company though so presumably they've at least got some money to support this. If you're an individual running a hobby forum then you're SOL
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Re:Forum with 2.6M posts being deleted due to UK Online Safe... by like_any_other on Wednesday February 26, 2025 @05:24AM (#43182457)
As long as they don't upset anyone with influence (government, media, etc.), they'll probably be fine. Otherwise, at best they'll be looking at a ruinously expensive legal battle to justify if what they did was "reasonable" or "proportionate" - the vague terms used by the law.

For my friends, everything; for my enemies, the law.

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