Dropsafe

by Alec Muffett

Tag: online safety act

“Age verification: what’s the harm?” | Girl on the Net explains

2025/08/06
New online safety law savaged by watchdog as ‘silencing a generation’ | Politics | News | Express.co.uk

2025/08/06
Via Reddit: “what can I do about the online safety act” | …trying to provide some constructive advice

2025/08/06
“…the general consensus was that it’s just much easier to just join Roblox or something if you’re trying to find children in bulk.”

2025/08/05
Google Trends: “VPN” in the UK, past 12 months

2025/08/05
If you use Twitter & would like to see more discussion regarding the UK Online Safety Act Deployment, here’s a ready-made search…

2025/08/05
Bloomberg: “What Are VPNs And Will They Undermine Online Safety Rules?” | … answer: “VPNs empower mature users to circumvent needless proliferation of personal data”

2025/08/05
VPN Demand Statistics: VPN Demand Surges Around the World | UK VPN demand increase: 1,987% Date: Jul 25 – 27 (ongoing)

2025/08/05
Didn’t Take Long To Reveal The UK’s Online Safety Act Is Exactly The Privacy-Crushing Failure Everyone Warned About | Techdirt

2025/08/05
Guardian: “Why opponents of the Online Safety Act aren’t ‘on Jimmy Savile’s side’”

2025/08/05
Video: Dr Kate Lister: “Who is gathering and storing your data for the new Online Safety Act?”

2025/08/05
Ofcom *may* be starting to understand that platforms are free to label entire forums as 18+ but that this conflicts with the OSA leading to overblocking

2025/08/05