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by hoppp 60 days ago
Unavailable Due to the UK Online Safety Act
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The author appears to be under the misaprehnsion that a personal blog with a comment section is impacted by the act.
Misapprehension? If so, they aren't the only one.

https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/06/uk_online_safety_act_...

Yes, misapprehension.

According to the Ofcom regulation checker [1] (linked to by The Register article), the Online Safety Act does not apply to this content.

Here's the most pertinent section (emphasis mine):

> Your online service will be exempt if... Users can only interact with content generated by your business/the provider of the online service. Such interactions include: comments, likes/dislikes, ratings/reviews of your content including using emojis or symbols. For example, this exemption would cover online services where the only content users can upload or share is comments on media articles you have published...

[1]: https://ofcomlive.my.salesforce-sites.com/formentry/Regulati...

Perhaps the author is being outwardly cautious but knowingly borderline-obtuse as a form of protest against a dumb law.
> Your online service will be exempt if... Users can only interact with content generated by your business

As soon as your blog allows comments which other people can read, then you're allowing people to interact with content not generated by your business.

is this legal advice you are offering, as someone practicing law in the uk? because you are all over this thread stating your opinion very confidently.

(conveniently, there is no risk to yourself if you happen to be wrong or misinformed.)

No, I'm not offering legal advice, and neither am I stating an opinion. I'm simply quoting Ofcom, the regulatory body responsible for overseeing this law.
>I'm simply quoting Ofcom

no, you are doing more than that.

you are saying that everyone who has a different interpretation of the parts you are quoting is misinformed.

that is an opinion, which you are stating as fact, as someone unaffected by the outcome.

Why wouldn't it be?
For the reasons given in my comment, above [1].

[1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47767650