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Tech expert ‘smeared as paedo’ in UK Government meeting on Online Safety Act
AN internet privacy expert has said she was called a “paedo” during a UK Government meeting after raising concerns about the Online Safety Act…
The legislation, which came into force on July 25, mandates that websites verify users’ age – often using facial recognition or photo ID – before granting access to adult content such as pornography, violence, or material on self-harm and eating disorders. Heather Burns, a tech policy specialist and author of Understanding Privacy, told The National the UK Government and Ofcom had been on a “full-scale media blitz … really hammering down on the lines that this is about children and it's about pornography”. Burns warned of threats to journalism and freedom of information, noting that sites like Reddit have begun age-checking users accessing “things like forums about war crimes in Gaza and Ukraine ”.
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