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Help or hindrance? We asked the experts what the "bafflingly large, confusing" UK Online Safety Act could mean for video games
"The Act has really good intentions, [but] ultimately strengthens services it was meant to contain.”
"Although trade bodies played their vital part in engaging with legislators and regulators, when you look at the responses submitted to public consultations there were no individual voices from the video games industry beyond a couple of the largest organisations," says Pontin. But because they have big legal teams, great external counsel and policy pros and public affairs agencies lobbying for them, the biggest businesses have been able to pay up for the right advice to adapt their services to meet the rules in advance." Depending on what services they provide, they may need to implement or license age assurance systems, content moderation tools and secure reporting mechanisms, potentially requiring substantial investment in technology and engineering.
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