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RichardCoulter · Yesterday, 22:19

From what i've been reading online it seems that there is confusion between what's required of user to user sites and age verification, the two are becoming conflated.

They said that the Act was intended to be broad, but it appears that this is leading to different interpretations of it too.

One site has now disabled their DM facility. Their reasoning is that public posts can be monitored for inappropriate content and dealt with but, as their software doesn't allow staff to read DM's, inappropriate or unlawful material could be sent from one member to another. This could lead to a situation where the owner(s) and staff could be held responsible for something that they had no knowledge of.

Yesterday, 22:19	#1298
RichardCoulter cf.mega poster Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 10,691	Re: Online Safety Bill Etc From what i've been reading online it seems that there is confusion between what's required of user to user sites and age verification, the two are becoming conflated. They said that the Act was intended to be broad, but it appears that this is leading to different interpretations of it too. One site has now disabled their DM facility. Their reasoning is that public posts can be monitored for inappropriate content and dealt with but, as their software doesn't allow staff to read DM's, inappropriate or unlawful material could be sent from one member to another. This could lead to a situation where the owner(s) and staff could be held responsible for something that they had no knowledge of.