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Re:UK Expands Online Safety Act to Mandate Preemptive Scanning by flumpcakes on Tuesday January 13, 2026 @06:34AM (#46599705)
> Letting tech companies self-regulate has failed, and too many people leave morality at the door when engaging online, something which doesn't happen at scale IRL.

I completely agree with this point.

We also have some tech companies (X) openly hostile to the UK Government. At what point does a sovereign country say "you're harming the people here and refuse to change, you're blocked".

Re:UK Expands Online Safety Act to Mandate Preemptive Scanning by cmxch on Tuesday January 13, 2026 @08:23AM (#46600628)
Well, X seems to only be “hostile” in the sense that it airs the uncomfortable truths that the UK would rather not have heard.