Comments by "Gareth Hart" (@tgheretford) on "Sam Bent" channel.

  1. If Australian online safety law is like the UK, what you've declared so far is nowhere near enough to comply with the new law. Ofcom in the UK prefers Government Photo ID plus facial recognition for every visit to a service. And every website has to implement it unless they declare themselves "safe for kids" to the Government (ie. the UK equivalent of a Universal film rating or PEGI 3 or the Australian equivalent of a General classification).
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  2. Anyone in the UK via a ISP or VPN won't have a choice. In order to comply with the UK Online Safety Act, every web service must implement age/ID verification unless they declare themselves "safe for kids". Not just for adult sites but also search engines, discussion forums, retailers and video streaming sites including YouTube. Freedom, privacy and anonymity all gone. From the largest companies to the smallest ones. Ofcom prefers Government Photo ID plus facial recognition. This is going to be an absolute mess come the 25th of July when it must be implemented by everyone by law.
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