Comment by mytailorisrich
15 days ago
You do not need age verification in the vast majority of cases.
Moderation is part and parcel of running forums and all platforms and software provide tools for this, it's nothing new. If someone is not prepared to read submissions or to react quickly when one is flagged then perhaps running a forum is too much of a commitment for them but I would not blame the law.
In fact I believe that forum operators in the UK already got in legal trouble in the past, long before the Online Safety Act, because they ignored flagging reports.
Right, so 24 hour coverage is already too expensive for most forums and your position is that small forums should not exist.
Small forums should and can exist. They are not required to have 24 hour coverage.
You said above "If someone is not prepared to read submissions or to react quickly when one is flagged".
Does the Act specify "quickly"? Does several hours count as "quickly"?
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