Ofcom admits UK online safety laws failed to protect children in first review
gnukeith · x · 2026-10-26
obscuravpn shares a Guardian report with a snarky note ("the surveillance law I mean safety law failed to 'protect' people online"): UK regulator Ofcom admits, in a review of the first nine months of the new regime, that online safety laws have failed to protect children, with campaigners calling the lack of progress "staggering."
The post uses the first enforcement assessment's shortcomings to mock safety-framed legislation that functions more like surveillance.
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