"... the advocates of a social media ban for kids under 16 appear willing to ignore the privacy implications that the proposal would have *for everyone*. For a glimpse into the void, check out the United Kingdom’s Offcom advice page on the subject, which cheerily makes a case for wholesale privacy intrusions, with a minimum of reliable safety rails."

#GordonCampbell, 2025

https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL2510/S00066/on-labours-cgt-the-governments-mean-spirit-and-timor-lestes-future.htm

The OffCom page Gordon links to is;

https://www.ofcom.org.uk/online-safety/protecting-children/age-checks-for-online-safety--what-you-need-to-know-as-a-user

#privacy #B416 #OffCom

It maybe old news, and the wrong article
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/czxypp57ewko

But Basically #offcom in the #UK has screwed up postal 📫 services on second class mail.

Been delivered every 2 weeks after then 2 days! 🤬

Dear @neil

You've now had a week since you wrote in horror about the 1,500 page #Offcom consultation on the UK #OnlineSafetyAct, in your blog: https://decoded.legal/blog/2023/11/ofcoms-%3E1500-page-consultation-on-the-online-safety-act-2023-and-why-small-companies-dont-have-a-chance/

Having had time to digest this 🤣 I wonder if there's any light you can shed on what would allow a no-server/no-owner Mastodon like service to operate without being affected by the Act. I'm wondering how to build a p2p protocol to avoid being in scope, but don't know the catch criteria, where the lines are, exceptions etc. 🤷‍♂️

I think if you can't get out of a contract without penalty then the provider really shouldn't be allowed to raise prices during the term of the contract.

Or at the very least, the amount and number of increases should be limited and spelled out to the customer before they sign up, and if the provider needs to go beyond that for some reason then the customer should be able to opt out of the contract without penalty.

#offcom

https://rxtvinfo.com/2023/ofcom-to-review-broadband-price-rises/