Dropsafe

by Alec Muffett

Category: uncategorised

Ofcom writes to 4chan: “We are a UK-based regulator, but that does not mean the rules do not apply to sites based abroad” — true, but irrelevant…

2025/12/04
EU’s Top Court Just Made It Literally Impossible To Run A User-Generated Content Platform Legally | Techdirt

2025/12/04
Ofcom: “I can levy vasty £1m fines upon Porn!” Internet: “So can I, so can any regulator; but will they pay when you levy them?”

2025/12/04
ReclaimTheNet: “ChatControl was meant to be temporary, the promotion of mass scanning of private messages until data proved it worked. The data never came.”

2025/12/04
Age Verification: Teaching the world how to evade censorship

2025/12/04
Australia, and teenage Olympians and other upcoming sports stars are shuttering their Instagrams, likely impacting funding; or handing them over to “parents” to avoid bans

2025/12/04
EFF: “After Years of Controversy, the EU’s Chat Control Nears Its Final Hurdle: What to Know”

2025/12/04
Breaking: OnlineSafetyAct-inspired Federal GRANITE Act “for consideration” to protect US 1st Amendment rights against Ofcom

2025/12/04
[Indian] Government removes mandatory pre-installation of [spyware] Sanchar Saathi App

2025/12/03
eSafety Australia has been issuing informal takedown notices to platforms without due process; it turns out Australian courts don’t appreciate that behaviour

2025/12/03
Australia eSafety: “Parents may lose their Google accounts [and anything linked to them] if they let their kids use them to view stuff”

2025/12/03
Google warns Albanese government’s under-16 social media ban could make kids less safe

2025/12/03