Paco Hope@paco@infosec.exchange
I had some thoughts about the #UK #OSA: is there some way we can weaponise it against advertisers? Could we somehow say internet ads are only legal if you know the age of the person seeing the ad? Could we make all the advertisers fear that they are not operating legally? Make advertising totally unworkable so the wealthiest companies join the fight against it.
If we are confident advertisers are not in scope, then is there a way to spin that to create a web site like an online forum where all the users are considered “advertisers”. Declare their content to be ads that they are displaying to each other, which don’t need age verification?
Maybe we make it so you have to “pay” some bullshit microcurrency on the forum in order to click “an ad.” And then make sure the bullshit microcurrency is so plentiful and worthless that it never interferes with the use of the site.
#OnlineSafetyAct