The Online Safety Act’s “laudable intentions are at risk of being overshadowed by the breadth of its regulatory reach,“ X said in a post to its Global Government Affairs account.
Beyond the law, X criticised a separate new code of conduct for online platforms as “parallel and duplicative” as well questioning the free-speech impact of a new police unit tasked with monitoring social media.
Its options range from estimating the age of a user based on the date their account was created or their email address, to requesting a selfie whose age would be determined by artificial intelligence, or uploading an official ID document.
Platforms failing to comply risk fines of up to 18 million pounds ($24 million) or 10 percent of their global revenue -- whichever is larger.
The fight over age verification to access sensitive content in Britain echoes months of debate in France over new rules requiring pornography sites to verify users’ ages -- a step also required by many US states.
Many people resort to virtual private networks (VPNs) to get around territorial restrictions on access to online content.
The most popular free apps on Apple’s UK download store since last week have been VPNs, with one, Proton, reporting earlier this week a 1,800 percent rise in downloads, according to British media. - AFP
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