Latest about Online Safety Act
Reddit fined nearly $20 million by UK online privacy regulator for 'using children’s data unlawfully, potentially exposing them to inappropriate and harmful content'
news Reddit denies wrongdoing and says it will appeal.
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Age verification checks are now in force in the UK because of the Online Safety Act, but with the Discord fallout, it seems like one bad idea after another
Talking it over Data disaster.
TeamSpeak claims an 'incredible surge of new users' has maxed out its hosting capacity in multiple regions as many would-be voice chatters seek a Discord alternative
News Jumping ship.
State-level crackdowns in the US threaten to 'break VPN access for the entire internet,' claims online privacy nonprofit
News In other news, my DMs remain unread.
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Discord says 70,000 age-verification ID photos may have been leaked in recent security breach that also includes names, usernames, emails, credit cards, and IP addresses
News I just died of not-surprise.
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One of the worst case scenarios for ID age verification is already here, with a Discord breach compromising some users' data
news The hackers "did not gain access to Discord directly," but some users' data is still at risk.
Age verification legislation is tanking traffic to sites that comply, and rewarding those that don't
News So much for horny jail.
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Steam users in the UK who want 'mature game content' must now register a credit card on their accounts to prove they're old enough
news Valve is taking a simple approach to the UK's Online Safety Act: You have a credit card, or you don't get in.
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Wikipedia challenged the UK's new Online Safety Act and lost, but may have set a new precedent for fighting the rules all the same
News The ruling "does not give Ofcom and the secretary of state a green light to implement a regime that would significantly impede Wikipedia’s operations."
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