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submitted 1 year ago by leraje to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

Dark day for online privacy in the UK.

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[-] crapwittyname@lemm.ee 39 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Can I ask where you got this info from? The article says the bill is 300 pages long. I'm never getting through all that.

Edit: the article also claims age verification for porn sites is still in there?

[-] CouldntCareBear@sh.itjust.works 21 points 1 year ago

Sure. I've not read it either but here's what I've found.

Removal of encryption backdoors - https://www.wired.co.uk/article/britain-admits-defeat-in-online-safety-bill-encryption

Removal of 'harmful but legal' - https://techcrunch.com/2022/11/29/uk-online-safety-bill-legal-but-harmful-edit/

Age verification isn't so clear cut but there's room for a lot of hope. What 'age verification' is going to be in the bill is yet to be determined by Ofcom.

.. Which is law makers kicking the can down the road... or passing the buck. Probably because it's unenforceable and a technical/ privacy nightmare. Maybe it will amount to something, in which case we should be afraid, but I think most likely it will amount to not much.

Full bill is here if you have a spare 3 days to read it all - https://bills.parliament.uk/publications/52368/documents/3841

[-] leraje 4 points 1 year ago

Again, the necessity for encryption backdoors has not been removed, simply paused.

[-] leraje 17 points 1 year ago

It is still in there.

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