The deadline is nigh

Hello fellow sheezers,
I’m sure you are all sick of hearing about this and the journals covering it, but there are some things I feel like a lot of people only briefly touch upon or mention on this new “Anti-NSFW”trend going on.

Forgive me for being a bit of a light doomer here in the ramble

“This is a UK law, why is it affecting me?”

I don’t think a lot of people truly understand how widespread this change is. On the internet, rarely do things not traverse boarders.
The internet is it’s own culture, in and of itself with many subsets, sure, but a space many different people share.

The “Internet safety act” is something slowly being adopted by more and more places around the world. - It isn’t JUST the UK, something I have seen people state - And it is true, the core isn’t safety, it never was. It was control and data collection infringing on privacy, and the matter in which it is employed from country to country varies.
For the UK, it’s this law, for the US I have seen talk about credit cards and banks taking the lead.

Be informed on the changes around you, ignorance is a luxury of the uncaring.

“I’m just gonna move my NSFW to something else or self host then.”

BSKY and even Itch.io from what I have seen mentioned are being affected in some way. Every other site will be forced to follow suit by law.

If these sites don’t comply then they can be region locked, banned or could face fines and their creators jail time. Which could affect how many people your NSFW content can reach - your posting and interaction bubble is shrinking as we speak.

I haven’t seen anyone say this anywhere yet and I feel like it needs to be:
If YOU don’t comply much of the same could still happen. - If you live in a country implementing these laws you are NOT safe self hosting. You will have to implement a way for people to verify their age on YOUR own site, and like mentioned in the law “I am 18+” checkbox wont cut it. - right now it would only be for UK users but that will change unless something gets done about it.

Ok but let’s say you don’t live in the UK and don’t care about that audience. - You will be affected.
Cause like I’m tryna really hammer in there, this is a trend.
Powerful people are lobbying for this because they see it as an easy way to collect more data from you, it is no secret the NSFW industry has the largest viewership as the oldest of professions. People like their freak and rarely do they like not being able to have it.

There isn’t really a conclusion to this, this journal being more of a warning and letting people know that there wont be an easy way around this for long.

Talk to your representatives / if you are in the UK then sign the petition to repeal the law