Ofcom is undertaking a paid survey for people who work for companies in scope of the UK #OnlineSafetyAct.
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Ofcom is undertaking a paid survey for people who work for companies in scope of the UK #OnlineSafetyAct. If any of y'all are running Mastodon/Akkoma/Pixelfed/etc servers and have some kind of legal entity for doing so, drop me a line and I'll make an introduction.
I'm gonna ask if that's *just* companies or if any community forum counts.
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Ofcom is undertaking a paid survey for people who work for companies in scope of the UK #OnlineSafetyAct. If any of y'all are running Mastodon/Akkoma/Pixelfed/etc servers and have some kind of legal entity for doing so, drop me a line and I'll make an introduction.
I'm gonna ask if that's *just* companies or if any community forum counts.
@aphyr Nice way to gather a list of fedi servers in scope of the OSA
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Ofcom is undertaking a paid survey for people who work for companies in scope of the UK #OnlineSafetyAct. If any of y'all are running Mastodon/Akkoma/Pixelfed/etc servers and have some kind of legal entity for doing so, drop me a line and I'll make an introduction.
I'm gonna ask if that's *just* companies or if any community forum counts.
@aphyr We're constantly told by people "Ofcom have no choice in this, they're just poor innocent victims that have to enforce a law set down by idiots". Frankly, why even bother engaging with them if that's the case? Reminded of a famous lecture - "Don't Talk To The Police".
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@aphyr We're constantly told by people "Ofcom have no choice in this, they're just poor innocent victims that have to enforce a law set down by idiots". Frankly, why even bother engaging with them if that's the case? Reminded of a famous lecture - "Don't Talk To The Police".
@ret erm... both of us have talked a fair bit, publicly, about our struggles with the OSA, right? Weren't we both in their webinars and meetings?
I feel like the cat's probably out of the bag there haha
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@ret erm... both of us have talked a fair bit, publicly, about our struggles with the OSA, right? Weren't we both in their webinars and meetings?
I feel like the cat's probably out of the bag there haha
@aphyr for sure. I think I’ve been jaded by any involvement I have had with them though. It’s just staffed by people who either believe their own hype and are actively invested in this attack on freedom of expression, or people who are ambivalent and just there for the cushy job/pension. Talking to them has achieved precisely nothing so far, try as many of us did to change things. I think energy is better spent either protecting ourselves from them (driving more people to decentralised platforms and out of their reach) or undermining their efforts in any legal way possible.
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@aphyr for sure. I think I’ve been jaded by any involvement I have had with them though. It’s just staffed by people who either believe their own hype and are actively invested in this attack on freedom of expression, or people who are ambivalent and just there for the cushy job/pension. Talking to them has achieved precisely nothing so far, try as many of us did to change things. I think energy is better spent either protecting ourselves from them (driving more people to decentralised platforms and out of their reach) or undermining their efforts in any legal way possible.
@ret sure, that's fine. I didn't mind getting $60 to tell them the same stuff I wrote them in an email though, haha.
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Ofcom is undertaking a paid survey for people who work for companies in scope of the UK #OnlineSafetyAct. If any of y'all are running Mastodon/Akkoma/Pixelfed/etc servers and have some kind of legal entity for doing so, drop me a line and I'll make an introduction.
I'm gonna ask if that's *just* companies or if any community forum counts.
Just heard back from the #OnlineSafetyAct survey folks: they'd also like to hear from people who run informal/volunteer community sites. Anyone who runs a Mastodon instance, Pixelfed server, PHPBB forum, etc. and has any UK users.
If you'd like me to put you in touch with the survey group, feel free to DM me, or email aphyr@aphyr.com, with your name, email, and the site you run. I'll pass that on to Serrula Research, which is running the survey for Ofcom.
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Just heard back from the #OnlineSafetyAct survey folks: they'd also like to hear from people who run informal/volunteer community sites. Anyone who runs a Mastodon instance, Pixelfed server, PHPBB forum, etc. and has any UK users.
If you'd like me to put you in touch with the survey group, feel free to DM me, or email aphyr@aphyr.com, with your name, email, and the site you run. I'll pass that on to Serrula Research, which is running the survey for Ofcom.
@aphyr I wonder whether I want to sign up. I made the determination that my users might be UK domiciled but I don’t have target users as I have no sign ups and no intention of doing so.
Maybe? Sure? I’ll do it.
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@aphyr I wonder whether I want to sign up. I made the determination that my users might be UK domiciled but I don’t have target users as I have no sign ups and no intention of doing so.
Maybe? Sure? I’ll do it.
@af Okie doke. Name, email, and forum?
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Just heard back from the #OnlineSafetyAct survey folks: they'd also like to hear from people who run informal/volunteer community sites. Anyone who runs a Mastodon instance, Pixelfed server, PHPBB forum, etc. and has any UK users.
If you'd like me to put you in touch with the survey group, feel free to DM me, or email aphyr@aphyr.com, with your name, email, and the site you run. I'll pass that on to Serrula Research, which is running the survey for Ofcom.
@aphyr What would be good would be to include people who’ve closed down or reduced services in anticipation of the Online Safety Act but they’re likely to be hard to recruit
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@aphyr What would be good would be to include people who’ve closed down or reduced services in anticipation of the Online Safety Act but they’re likely to be hard to recruit
@lx I'm not the surveyor here, sorry. Just a random instance admin.
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