This "safety" act is going to cause a massive increase in phishing scams and identity theft...

Trans people have existed for much longer than the last 30 years...

Except that Disney is far from actually being LGBTQ friendly...

They try to keep up a façade of being supportive but behind the scenes they're constantly cutting and editing out LGBT characters from their shows and movies and donating money to conservative politicians if it means paying less taxes.

Labour has decimated any and all trust that they'll sort anything out...

Considering how many MAGA idiots seem to think that vaccines cause autism it's most likely an ableist insult...

Because the Online Safety Act was never intended to address misinformation, it was intended to censor private citizens...

this isn't "age" verification it's "We need your legal identity tied here, so if you say anything negative about what the government is doing, we can punish you for it."

Removing your privacy makes it a lot easier for people to silence you.

there is also a reason why it's rushing out the door NOW when a large amount of people requesting aid in gaza, criticising the british government's thirst for genocide are on bsky and the government is trying to crack down on people pointing out anything to do with it.

There's a *reason* it's only coming into full force amidst a wave of hard-right leaning policies that curb trans people's access to public spaces.

@bsky.app is entrusting a company which has a history of violating privacy and collecting data without permission with people's identities...

They should be fighting this act, not caving to it...

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...