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What are other nostr app developers and relay operators doing with regard to the UK Online Services Act?

Apparently there is no legal exception for open source or apps that are not connecting to servers you control or apps that are entirely encrypted and peer to peer.

Basically they want us to KYC anyone they think might be based in the UK, and implement content filters.

There seems to be no way to be in compliance in Nostr without limiting all connections to a single gateway relay the way Primal does, and with geo location, including blocking tor and vpn connections, and content analysis of all text and media.

Basically insanity which is completely counter to the entire Nostr project. I knew there was some of OSA coming but I hadn’t paid attention to it. None of us want to KYC our users or build a content filtering system. I mean how do we know if a post is about a knife? Yes we can’t have content about knives! Or how do we determine who considers content hateful?

https://www.ofcom.org.uk/siteassets/resources/documents/online-safety/information-for-industry/illegal-harms/illegal-content-codes-of-practice-for-user-to-user-services.pdf?v=391681

What are Nostr devs based in the UK doing? Users? Relay operators?

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miljan 4mo ago 💬 3

My understanding is that the UK Online Safety Act imposes KYC requirements only on large social media services, defined as Category 1, who have at least 7 million active users in the UK.

There are some obligations for smaller providers, like having mitigation practices for things like CSAM; stuff that I think most Nostr services already have in place.

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🇵🇸 whoever loves Digit 4mo ago

Are you implying it doesn't matter because you don't see any chance of failing to prevent nostr's growth with your "embrace extend extinguish" strategy?

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Kayne 4mo ago

This is not the way to think about it

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Dee 007 4mo ago

I think basically have a trust and reputation system where users see content that is trusted. Or exit the UK market. Or use the primal model. Maybe standardize the primal model so others can use it.