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Comment by owisd

7 months ago

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What agenda do you think the OP is following, and why do you think they'd do so now after their long (~3 decades!) history of running forums? There has been many other pieces of legislation in that time, why now?

I tried to think of an agenda, but I'm struggling to come up with one. I think OP just doesn't want to be sued over a vague piece of legislation, even if it was a battle they could win (after a long fight). Just like they said right there in the post.

It's kind of rude to imply that this is performative when they gave a pretty reasonable explanation.

The actual rules are vulnerable to this attack. https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/50

If you think the attack won't be attempted, you've never been responsible for an internet forum.

  • Can you explain what you mean by "this attack"?

    They'll submit a complaint to the regulator that you've not done a risk assessment?

    I've tried submitting issues to the ICO before but didn't have enough for them to go on and so the other company was never contacted.

    • This is Ofcom, not the ICO; and stuff like "flood the site with child abuse material" (not in your risk assessment, why would it be? this is a public forum about cycling and nobody's ever done that before) and try to get you prosecuted for not having adequate protections in place.

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