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Ofcom’s [attempted] browbeating Canada-based online depression forum into compliance with Online Safety Act Age Verification
This Reddit post; it’s the UK that loses out:
> It’s an old-school internet forum from late 1990s, still chugging alone today. I started getting email from Ofcom around November 2025 and now have multiple letters. I’ve repeatedly told them I’m from Canada, I’m not based in the UK. Eventually, I blocked all UK IP addresses in mid-February 2026 and told them I’d blocked the UK and that I was done engaging with them. [But…]
https://www.reddit.com/r/LegalAdviceUK/comments/1rk690v/i_run_a_selfhelp_forum_for_people_with_depression/
#ageVerification #censorship #depression #ofcom #onlineSafety #onlineSafetyAct
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