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Old 28-09-2025, 12:00   #1435
RichardCoulter
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Re: Online Safety Bill Etc

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The first 7 minutes of this programme features lawyer Matt Johnson who believes that the way in which some websites are implementing the age verification part of the Online Safety Act (OSA) is discriminatory towards visually impaired users (the final 13 minutes of the programme covers the requirement of websites to have policies in place to deal with illegal or harmful content pertaining to the disabled etc).

He is also unhappy that anyone who is critical of the age verification part of the OSA is regarded as someone who simply wants to access erotica when it is, in fact, now required to access some forum discussions:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002htvr
This week's programme for the sight impaired offers some help to those who are having difficulty verifying their age:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002jsqx
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