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?

🇵🇸 whoever loves Digit 4mo ago

Why would you comply with some British people asking you not to develop software you and your loved ones seem to have survival uses for?

Do these people have some good argument for why you should comply?

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rabble 4mo ago

The UK government says they’re going to ban entry to the country anyone who violates the law and in some cases try and extradite to face criminal charges people who provide services to users in the UK without KYC age verification. It’s bonkers.

🇵🇸 whoever loves Digit 4mo ago

So get extradited. That's how life works, if people who want to lock you up and/or kill you have enough guns to pick random victims and you get picked, you're fucked. The goal is to have someone end up surviving, not to pretend you can magically guarantee it's yourself

rabble 4mo ago

That’s a grim vision you’ve embraced.

🇵🇸 whoever loves Digit 4mo ago

It's just sight.

Kayne 4mo ago

I think that it's far more grim to comply and just let the Zionists win.

Their stated goal is to destroy humanity, to exterminate 95% of the world's population and enslave the survivors.

I'd rather die on my feet to be honest

🇵🇸 whoever loves Digit 4mo ago

The question isn't "will I be in the percentage of people who don't make it?"

The question is "how do we ensure that percentage isn't 100?"