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What's it like with the Online Safety Act in effect? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 day ago by macncheese@lemmy.world to c/askuk@feddit.uk

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American here (yes, yes, boo hiss etc). I admittedly just learned about the online safety act and listened to an American podcaster talk about it like the sky is falling. Is it over there? What's it practically like?

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[–] Denjin@feddit.uk 5 points 1 day ago

It's been so irritating accessing the few tiny niche subreddits I still used that I've bitten the bullet and redacted all my comments and posts there and deleted my accounts which is nice.

The instance I was on Lemmy originally blocked access to the UK so I've joined a UK centric one. Ironically lemmynsfw still works fine.

In an effort to curb usage of online porn I'd already stopped accessing anything online anyway and actually bought a couple magazines for personal time instead which is a strangely nostalgic experience.

All in all, it hasn't been much of a personal inconvenience. Anecdotally, VPN subscriptions are up.