James BakerJul 24, 2025
Sexual Health subreddits r/STD and r/SafeSex are being blocked for under 18s due to the Online Safety Act. An issue for those aged 16-18 who might well go there for advice. #onlinesafetyact #reddit #sexualhealth
Show threadMark HughesJul 24, 2025
@JamesBaker
Well played #UKLabour: harming children in order to pretend you are protecting them.
Show threadSteve Hill 🏴󠁧󠁒󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡ΊJul 25, 2025
@markhughes @JamesBaker The online safety act was passed by the previous government. Ok, so Labour could probably have repealed it, but placing the blame entirely on them seems pretty off.
Show threadMark Hughes

@steve
They ditched other Tory policies but kept this in tact.

UK teens are now unable to access forums on sexual health and small communities are driven onto the platforms that created these harms.

They could have tackled the algorithmic feeds which caused the problem. That would be easy to police and enforce, but they've created new risks by forcing people to send identifying information to unregulated age verifiers and de facto censored large parts of the web for UK citizens.
@JamesBaker

Jul 25, 2025 at 9:29amWeb