Organization Receives Legal Opinion That They May Be Out-of-Scope for UK Online Safety Act
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Summary
The article provides an update from an organization regarding their legal position on the UK's Online Safety Act. They thank supporters for donations that quadrupled their income and mention receiving large one-time monetary and hardware donations. The main update is that their legal firm has provided a memo indicating they can reasonably argue they don't have sufficient links to the UK for the Online Safety Act to apply to them, suggesting they may be out-of-scope for the legislation.
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We have also had people reach out to us for large one-time monetary and hardware donations. Your support is truly appreciated!
TL;DR: the legal firm we've engaged has sent us a memo indicating that in their opinion we can reasonably argue we do not have sufficient links to the UK for the Online Safety Act to be applicable to us.
We can argue that we are out-of-scope for the UK's Online Safety Act.
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