Cynically i think governments does not want many groups , that gives any individual or group a loud voice if it be Hamster breeders or shooting folks etc . Government above all want to tell us what to do and what we can say
Online Safety Act and collapse of club forum
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TringSaint
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Before reaching out for the tin foil, just consider that other sites that I am on are not having this debate and they discuss topics as robustly as we do in here
So is this is a conspiratorial storm in a tea cup?
Now what to fashion? A trilby, a fez, a fedora or just a shiny balaclava?
So is this is a conspiratorial storm in a tea cup?
Now what to fashion? A trilby, a fez, a fedora or just a shiny balaclava?
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Or that the other sites you're on haven't registered today's change in the law yet. Given that forums on subjects as trivial and harmless as neighbourhood chat, hamster and cycling have already been forced to close by this, it can hardly be the case that this is tinfoil territory.
csl
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You have chosen not to take part in 'Political Discussion' in the end, though. Is there something you find might 'get you into trouble', all of a sudden?
TringSaint
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Not at all.You have chosen not to take part in 'Political Discussion' in the end, though. Is there something you find might 'get you into trouble', all of a sudden?
I just got fed up with the way that every political debate on here went.
I know when to stop with what I am saying and I know where the line is when it comes to making statements online that can get you into hot water.
Banter is banter and I have no issue with it, but if you don’t know when banter isn’t banter then I get that is when it hits the fan!!
csl
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Amen to that!
TringSaint
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csl
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TringSaint
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And there I was thinking that all the children were being kept in the crèche!
The Semmelweiss reflex in action.
In previous threads on the topic of free speech, you have denied that any such line existed for you.
In 2023 alone, officers from 37 police forces made 12,183 arrests under section 127 of the Communications Act 2003 and section 1 of the Malicious Communications Act 1988 – around 33 per day. The Times said this marks a 58% increase from 2019, when 7,734 arrests were recorded, i.e. people who were detained, sending messages that cause “annoyance”, “inconvenience” or “anxiety” to others via the internet, telephone or mail..
Source: Police make 30 arrests a day for offensive online messages
Apparently the BBC are exempt from this law, even the thugs who send threatening letters every month when one does not have a TV licence, (we have never had a TV).
Source: Police make 30 arrests a day for offensive online messages
Apparently the BBC are exempt from this law, even the thugs who send threatening letters every month when one does not have a TV licence, (we have never had a TV).
Forgot to mention, the Times goes onto say, "The total arrest figures are likely to be far higher because eight forces failed to respond to freedom of information requests or provided inadequate data, including Police Scotland, the second largest force in the UK. Some forces also included arrests for “threatening” messages, though these do not fall under the specified sections."
It will be years before there is any accountability or reporting of the misuse of the Online Safety Act, but given the start it has had targetting the hamster and crafts forums, the figures for the number of people it affects will make the Communication Act arrests pale into insignificance.
It will be years before there is any accountability or reporting of the misuse of the Online Safety Act, but given the start it has had targetting the hamster and crafts forums, the figures for the number of people it affects will make the Communication Act arrests pale into insignificance.
Bo Diddley
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This made me chuckle ^^^^ I'll have to remember and use it at the appropriate moment
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