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

submitted 2 days 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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[–] Tippon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 days ago

Mostly haven't noticed yet. Bluesky has a warning that I'll need to verify my age if I want to access certain materials. I can't remember their exact phrasing. I've tried checking a few porn sites, and they either ask me to get verified, or they redirect me, but setting a VPN to another country works immediately so far.

I haven't come across any issues with political content yet, but apparently some Reddit subs have been restricted.