Nostr Web Client

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?

cloud fodder 4mo ago 💬 1

you first, what is nos.social doing?

you could de-list in the UK to show that you don't have any interest in supporting this. perhaps go one further and replace the app with one that just talks about why these regulations are bad.

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rabble 4mo ago

We’re going to block our web and relay services to UK ip addresses I think. But maybe also make a system where when a client can’t get to a relay or media server it tries to see if it can get the content over Tor just to handle if there is some network connectivity issues with a direct connection.