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UK Online Safety Act may not be safe for bloggers?

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- 13th March 2025 at 2:34 pm #4566
  
  Adam Bassman
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  Does this apply to author blogs?
- 13th March 2025 at 2:36 pm #4567
  
  Matthew Brown
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  The current answer is that nobody knows.
  
  The Register article you linked is making the point that the law is unclear and that the definitions are wholly and not well defined.
  
  IANAL but I think we shall be fine in the short term and will have to wait for clarification.
- 13th March 2025 at 2:37 pm #4568
  
  Adam Bassman
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  oh, ****!
- 13th March 2025 at 2:42 pm #4569
  
  Burty Burtman
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  What? We’re only hearing this now?
  - 13th March 2025 at 2:43 pm #4570
    
    Matthew Brown
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    It blind sided me, too. I’m usually much more aware of daft tech laws that don’t understand the problem.
    - 13th March 2025 at 3:43 pm #4571
      
      Burty Burtman
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      You can’t catch ’em all
- 13th March 2025 at 4:01 pm #4576
  
  Arves Corral
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  How do we fight this?
  - 18th May 2025 at 10:53 pm #4656
    
    Charles Maxwell
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    Write to your MP?
    - 17th June 2025 at 5:15 pm #4764
      
      jeffjohns
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      Defo write to MP
- 14th August 2025 at 12:56 pm #4902
  
  Jane Smith
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  This frightens me
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