UK online safety act opportunity for hubzilla

2025-01-18 12:14:07

Hubzilla Support Forum via Mark Nowiasz

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citc wrote the following post Sat, 18 Jan 2025 12:14:31 +0100

UK online safety act opportunity for hubzilla

Richard Stallman wrote the following post Sat, 18 Jan 2025 11:09:52 +0100

[1/2] https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jan/12/note-to-no-10-one-speed-doesnt-fit-all-when-it-comes-to-online-safety

The UK's "internet safety" law makes operating a specialized noncontroversial nonsexual conversation forum dangerously unsafe. One site that supports hundreds of them is closing them all. The way the word "content" is used in that article, as if it were a kind of substance or commodity, fills me with disgust every time I see it. If the issue were not pressing, I

If hubzilla prevents public content due to it superior permissions controls, the software would be compliant with online safety?

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2025-01-25 13:42:20

citc

citc@zotum.net

The "report" functionality seems applicable only for public content. It may explain why e-mail communication is exempt.

2025-01-25 13:50:34

citc

citc@zotum.net

> you have to deal with the fact that some people will upload or post illegal content

Remove the ability to publish to the public, what would be the legal problem?

2025-01-26 23:36:33

*_jayrope

jrp@hub.kliklak.net

Are you guys still chatting with this person? They can have a non-public server anytime, just need to host themselves. End of issue.