FishFace

Jesus, Novara media, which I’d never heard of before joining the fediverse, is a pile of shite, isn’t it?

You’re just repeating your assertion that the time taken for Ofcom to act against X is due to improper influence but haven’t given any evidence. What examples are you thinking of where Ofcom has acted quickly? This controversy has, I believe, been going on for three weeks, prominently only for one.

The Online Safety Act specifies time limits for responses from services, and those time limits themselves vary from a week to several months. Ofcom also publishes updates on its investigations and the one I’m familiar with - Imgur - took months to do anything.

You’re making excuses for CSAM distributed by the richest man in the world, why?

Take me through your line of reasoning here: I don’t think Ofcom is giving Twitter special treatment; ???; therefore I’m making excuses for CSAM? Please do fill in the missing steps.

I don’t think that’s true. The act is enforced through ofcom which takes its sweet time.

That quote about conservativism is pithy bollocks. Conservativism is about protecting the status quo, nothing else. If you believe the quote then you’ll look very cool in front of your cynical friends, but also misattribute motives every which way.

There are tons of small sites available in the UK which violate the OSA but fly under the radar due to their small size, so this kind of conspiracy brain thinking just doesn’t hold water.

The act is what the government are threatening Twitter with…