Hacker News with Generative AI: UK Law

UK Online Safety Act comes into force today (ofcom.org.uk)
From today, online platforms must start putting in place measures to protect people in the UK from criminal activity, while Ofcom has launched its latest enforcement programme to assess industry compliance.
In memoriam (onlinesafetyact.co.uk)
The following sites and services have stated that the Online Safety Act 2023 is the reason for their closing, or for geo-blocking UK users.
How to Comply with the UK's Online Safety Act; Block the UK (geoblockthe.uk)
The UK's Online Safety Act requires operators of "user to user services" to read through hundreds (if not thousands) of pages of documentation to attempt to craft "meaningful" risk assessments and 'child access assessments' or face £18,000,000 fines, even imprisonment.
UK's Online Safety Act comes into force (ofcom.org.uk)
People in the UK will be better protected from illegal harms online, as tech firms are now legally required to start taking action to tackle criminal activity on their platforms, and make them safer by design.
UK workers must keep all customer tips under new law (bbc.co.uk)
Staff must be given 100% of tips from customers under a new law which bans businesses from withholding gratuity payments.