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Section 179 of the UK Online Safety Act makes lying on the internet a crime
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legislation.gov.uk
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intunderflow
on Aug 11, 2024
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dave4420
on Aug 11, 2024
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Note: it doesn’t criminalise mere lying, but lying with intent to cause harm.
JSDevOps
on Aug 11, 2024
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Half of Instagram user base are fucked then. All of them are trying to live a lie.
JSDevOps
on Aug 11, 2024
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It’s a law to keep training data for AI “clean”
not_your_vase
on Aug 11, 2024
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What's the point of this law? Do they really think someone would do that? Just go on the internet, and tell lies?
5555624
on Aug 11, 2024
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To ensure that "if you saw it on the Internet it must be true."
beardyw
on Aug 11, 2024
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Good one.
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