BRB opening a bar called "Tongue in Cheek"

Spent a while last night reading through Ofcom's Illegal Content Judgements Guidance under the #OnlineSafetyAct and I am so, so confused about what they expect us to do. I thought "don't do terrorism" would be easy to comply with, but they list the "Anarchists Cookbook" as an example of a terrorist offense. It's also an offense to "express an opinion or belief supportive of a proscribed organization" (p 25). Hamas is a proscribed organization. 📄.pdf

Proscribed terrorist groups or organisations - GOV.UK

I wrote to Ofcom last week asking for guidance for Mastodon instances like woof.group, as the #OnlineSafetyAct comes into effect in March. There's a lot of respects in which we're likely to run afoul of the act, but one of the big ones is that Ofcom's response letter repeatedly explained that any service which allows pornography must perform "highly effective age assurance". I've written back to ask for clarification, but... I don't see how it's possible to comply here. 📄.pdf

Wow y'all weren't kidding, lots of new gays on pixelfed this week. Hat tip to @Shirtless Jay, who's boosting a bunch of newcomers!