A major expansion of the UK’s Online Safety Act (OSA) has taken effect, legally obliging digital platforms to deploy surveillance-style systems that scan, detect, and block user content before it can be seen.

  • panda_abyss@lemmy.ca
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    15 hours ago

    The UK’s cyber laws all feel like the government hates the people and wants to abuse them as much as possible.

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      They do. Politics is ruled by a breed of people that will sell their souls to the highest bidder, and so data-hoarding shitstain companies get to push deeper and deeper intrusions into our lives. By 2030 we need to have a booming industry in wicker baskets and large blades.