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andyjohnson0last Friday at 6:24 AM0 repliesview on HN

The OLSA is far from perfect, particularly in the definitions it uses, but its focus is social media platforms and the like, not simple blogs.

OFCOM has a q&a-based tool [1] to advise on whether the OLSA applies to a site. I'm not a lawyer, but its pretty clear that a non-adult-themed personal blog where people can post only textual comments on content that they dont control, is not going to be subject to the act.

[1] https://www.ofcom.org.uk/online-safety/illegal-and-harmful-c...