12-20-2024, 11:11 AM
This post was last modified 12-20-2024, 11:16 AM by Maxmars. Edited 1 time in total.
Welcome to Deny Ignorance!
It's good you found us!
The community was never vanquished, although sadly, ATS (our traditional home) apparently was. So be it.
But it is not in our community's collective nature to simply acquiesce to someone else's dysfunction.
Enter DI... a shining sanctuary from the nonsense of 'discussion forums as someone's play thing.'
I've wondered about Ofcoms' published "codes of practice and guidance under the UK’s Online Safety Act (OSA)."
Those codes outline the duties that online services providers must comply with to protect users from illegal harms, such as terror, hate, fraud, child sexual abuse, and assisting or encouraging suicide.
Among their regulations are requirements of
"Trained" moderators, "proper" handling of content, "algorithmic" processing, an individual to 'suffer consequences' of the 'spread' of unwelcome information, and 'removing' the information others provide... I'll spare you the characterization we all might enjoin herein.
It is unlikely that this act will ever affect DI directly... but it can theoretically be used to interfere with our discussions which are not always of the "welcome information" variety in the UK. It puts government 'staff' in the theoretical 'driver seat.'
Nevertheless; be welcome and well met here...
I can't wait to see the new you on the board... we've much to discuss.
MM
PS - The creators of this virtual place are the heroes in my estimation. DToM, TheShadowKnows (TSK), Djarums, are just a few of those who deserve thanks for our continued existence AA (After ATS)... but I humbly submit... the site is about all of us, not just them. Our persistence depends on the entire community...
It's good you found us!
The community was never vanquished, although sadly, ATS (our traditional home) apparently was. So be it.
But it is not in our community's collective nature to simply acquiesce to someone else's dysfunction.
Enter DI... a shining sanctuary from the nonsense of 'discussion forums as someone's play thing.'
I've wondered about Ofcoms' published "codes of practice and guidance under the UK’s Online Safety Act (OSA)."
Those codes outline the duties that online services providers must comply with to protect users from illegal harms, such as terror, hate, fraud, child sexual abuse, and assisting or encouraging suicide.
Among their regulations are requirements of
- Moderation: Tech firms must ensure their moderation teams are appropriately resourced and trained to remove illegal content quickly when discovered.
- Reporting and Complaints: Providers must make it easier for users to report harmful content and ensure that complaints are properly handled and addressed.
- Algorithmic Testing: Companies must improve the testing of their algorithms to limit the spread of illegal content.
- Accountability: Senior executives will be responsible for ensuring compliance with OSA duties.
- Content Removal: Providers must remove accounts run by or on behalf of terrorist organizations.
"Trained" moderators, "proper" handling of content, "algorithmic" processing, an individual to 'suffer consequences' of the 'spread' of unwelcome information, and 'removing' the information others provide... I'll spare you the characterization we all might enjoin herein.
It is unlikely that this act will ever affect DI directly... but it can theoretically be used to interfere with our discussions which are not always of the "welcome information" variety in the UK. It puts government 'staff' in the theoretical 'driver seat.'
Nevertheless; be welcome and well met here...
I can't wait to see the new you on the board... we've much to discuss.
MM
PS - The creators of this virtual place are the heroes in my estimation. DToM, TheShadowKnows (TSK), Djarums, are just a few of those who deserve thanks for our continued existence AA (After ATS)... but I humbly submit... the site is about all of us, not just them. Our persistence depends on the entire community...
