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Section 179 of the UK Online Safety Act makes lying on the internet a crime (legislation.gov.uk)
4 points by intunderflow on Aug 11, 2024 | hide | past | favorite | 6 comments


Note: it doesn’t criminalise mere lying, but lying with intent to cause harm.


Half of Instagram user base are fucked then. All of them are trying to live a lie.


It’s a law to keep training data for AI “clean”


What's the point of this law? Do they really think someone would do that? Just go on the internet, and tell lies?


To ensure that "if you saw it on the Internet it must be true."


Good one.




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