**Children's commissioner: Pornography affecting 8-year-olds' behaviour**

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-65534354

Just posting the above as it will be interesting how the Fediverse is impacted by the Online safety bill

This is also interesting

Wikipedia will not perform Online Safety Bill age checks

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-65388255

Perhaps given how we operate and moderate content the fediverse may fall under

**Encyclopaedia exemption**

It wants the law to follow the EU Digital Services Act, which differentiates between centralised content moderation carried out by employees and the Wikipedia-style model by community volunteers.

On Tuesday, the House of Lords debated an amendment from Conservative peer Lord Moylan that would exempt services "provided for the public benefit", such as encyclopaedias, from the bill.

Heritage Minister Lord Parkinson said he did not think this would be feasible, but added that Wikipedia was an example of how community moderation can be effective.