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Hi, Brit here.

I’m confused. I thought the rules from Australia here only applied to specific platforms rather than anywhere. I read somewhere about specific platforms being considered exempt. The likelihood to me that the Australian government (or your Ofcom equivalent) even know about the Fediverse to me seems slim.

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melbaboutown@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
They seem to for now?

From what I can tell these relaxed measures for Aussie Zone are pre-emptive, to establish that ‘reasonable steps’ were taken and hopefully avoid being pressured to demand more intrusive verification in future.

However that doesn’t mean things won’t change. Afaik Dreamwidth and 4chan are litigating to not have to comply. And more sites could be brought in during the second wave.

I see the UK government has noticed Bsky (part of the fediverse) and demanded verification there so it’s possible ours might learn what it is as well.

Creepily the UK also seem to be making tentative noises about VPNs now.

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- Skavau@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  
  However that doesn’t mean things won’t change. Afaik Dreamwidth and 4chan are litigating to not have to comply. And more sites could be brought in during the second wave.
  
  What could Australia possibly do, other than geoblocking 4chan, if they don’t comply exactly?
  
  I see the UK government has noticed Bsky (part of the fediverse) and demanded verification there so it’s possible ours might learn what it is as well.
  
  Bluesky is much larger than the Fediverse here to be fair. It’s not the same.
  
  Creepily the UK also seem to be making tentative noises about VPNs now.
  
  Eh, nothing concrete. What are you referring to?
  
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  - melbaboutown@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    They could probably just geoblock 4chan I guess? Maybe? Or try to? I don’t know what the government think they’re going to do. But Mississippi residents did get geoblocked from Bsky.
    
    I hope you’re right and we just keep flying under the radar. Especially as they’d probably try to use AI for the workload of hundreds of instances, with not great outcomes.
    
    Yeah, nothing concrete. And they claimed to have nothing concrete in mind. But they’re definitely thinking about it, I’ll see if I can find the article again
    
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    Skavau@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    
    They could probably just geoblock 4chan I guess? Maybe? Or try to? I don’t know what the government think they’re going to do. But Mississippi residents did get geoblocked from Bsky.
    
    Well yeah, literally all they could do is geoblock 4chan.
    
    Edit: Ok, so they ‘have no plan to ban VPNs’, but ‘are looking very closely into their usage’. I have no idea what that means.
    
    I am a Brit.
    
    Absolutely nothing lol.
    
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