£55k and a hamster — Ofcom threats to US firm trigger hilarious responses
The UK’s ‘Online Safety Act‘ (OSA) is widely recognised to be more about keeping UK people from finding out things the UK government wants to keep from them, than any idea of actual online safety. Just like Keir Starmer’s new social media ban on under-16s. That will make kids less safe — but might make it harder for them to learn about Israel’s horrific crimes (if they’re technologically inept). But the overreach of the UK government and its ‘independent’ regulator, ofcom, thinking they can control what organisations in other countries do has led to some unintentional hilarity. £55k and a hamster…
