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Tag: Online Safety Act

  • Slashdot: VPN Downloads Surge in UK as New Age-Verification Rules Take Effect

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    Source URL: https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/07/27/1957211/vpn-downloads-surge-in-uk-as-new-age-verification-rules-take-effect Source: Slashdot Title: VPN Downloads Surge in UK as New Age-Verification Rules Take Effect Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The surge in signups for Proton VPN following the implementation of the UK’s age verification law indicates a growing concern regarding privacy among users. The law’s requirement for explicit content…

  • Hacker News: UK Online Safety Act comes into force today

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    Source URL: https://www.ofcom.org.uk/online-safety/illegal-and-harmful-content/enforcing-the-online-safety-act-platforms-must-start-tackling-illegal-material-from-today/ Source: Hacker News Title: UK Online Safety Act comes into force today Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the UK’s Online Safety Act and Ofcom’s newly launched enforcement program aimed at regulating online platforms to protect against the sharing of criminal content, specifically child sexual abuse…

  • Hacker News: AI ‘wingmen’ bots to write profiles and flirt on dating apps

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    Source URL: https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/mar/08/ai-wingmen-bots-to-write-profiles-and-flirt-on-dating-apps Source: Hacker News Title: AI ‘wingmen’ bots to write profiles and flirt on dating apps Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The integration of AI on dating platforms poses significant ethical concerns regarding human authenticity, social skills, and mental health. Experts advocate for regulatory measures to ensure responsible AI…

  • The Register: UK Home Office silent on alleged Apple backdoor order

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/07/home_office_apple_backdoor_order/ Source: The Register Title: UK Home Office silent on alleged Apple backdoor order Feedly Summary: Blighty’s latest stab at encryption? A secret order to pry open iCloud, sources claim The UK’s Home Office refuses to either confirm or deny reports that it recently ordered Apple to create a backdoor allowing the government…

  • The Register: DeepSeek rated too dodgy down under: Banned from Australian government devices

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/05/australia_deepseek_ban/ Source: The Register Title: DeepSeek rated too dodgy down under: Banned from Australian government devices Feedly Summary: As American big tech companies lashed for their slow efforts to prevent harms Australia’s Department of Home Affairs has banned the use of DeepSeek on federal government devices.… AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Australia’s…

  • The Register: It’s not just Big Tech: The UK’s Online Safety Act applies across the board

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/14/online_safety_act/ Source: The Register Title: It’s not just Big Tech: The UK’s Online Safety Act applies across the board Feedly Summary: That niche forum running for 20 years – get ready, there’s work to do Analysis A little more than two months out from its first legal deadline, the UK’s Online Safety Act…

  • Hacker News: UK online safety regulation comes into force

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    Source URL: https://www.ofcom.org.uk/online-safety/illegal-and-harmful-content/time-for-tech-firms-to-act-uk-online-safety-regulation-comes-into-force/ Source: Hacker News Title: UK online safety regulation comes into force Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** The new codes of practice and guidance issued by Ofcom under the UK’s Online Safety Act mandate that tech companies implement measures to mitigate illegal online harms, particularly aimed at protecting children…

  • The Register: Now Online Safety Act is law, UK has ‘priorities’ – but still won’t explain ‘spy clause’

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/21/online_safety_act/ Source: The Register Title: Now Online Safety Act is law, UK has ‘priorities’ – but still won’t explain ‘spy clause’ Feedly Summary: Draft doc struggles to describe how theoretically encryption-busting powers might be used The UK government has set out plans detailing how it will use the new law it has created…