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Question 3: I run a site, with a budget of £0. Has Ofcom seen any free or even FOSS tools to help sites comply? Has Ofcom done any thinking about this?

Answer: Nothing we have published could be said to be open source.

We've nothing specific to recommend though.

Sorry that we don't have a more useful answer.
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Neil Brown 10mo ago

There is a black and white rule around pornography: if you allow or host pornography, you must have highly-effective age assurance in place.

This is going to be very tricky for fedi services which do not prohibit porn, IMHO.

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Neil Brown 10mo ago

Comment: Many sites won't have the skills/time/resource etc. to do some of what is required, and so they are more likely to shut down. There's a real risk here.

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bugbear 10mo ago

nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kyqpq98t8kgwqas59rvmnghzcdn6krzhxhpkyt2mt53e4g9sdnj74sszsv4x759 honestly, I'm still curious what's "highly-effective age assurance". Does this mean the idea of IDs for porn is coming back?

This doesn't affect me, I'm not running a porn site (or fedi server at all). I just can't see what could admins do that could be considered "highly effective".