Online Safety Act (UK)

[Quimpossibility]

10,000 users or more.

That sounds like a lot for the UK, and seems unlikely

 

[Mr. Briggs]

That sounds like a lot for the UK, and seems unlikely

I can guarantee you 1000% Lit is way more than that.

 

[Baztrachian]

That's rich coming from someone in Missouri
https://ago.mo.gov/attorney-general...hildren-from-big-tech-and-porn-conglomerates/

Your state can go fuck themselves.

Agreed.

 

[Quimpossibility]

I can guarantee you 1000% Lit is way more than that.

Maybe, I have no idea.

However it doesnt matter since there is no defined miinimum.

https://www.burges-salmon.com/our-t...significant,expected to have wide application.

 

[Mr. Briggs]

Literotica gets between 300,000 and 1,000,000 visits per day.
Standard stats for most english based sites UK accounts for about 7% of traffic.

On that basis alone they would be at 20,000+ UK Users per day. They aren't going on daily stats. So Lit is way over the line in terms of number of users.

 

[Mr. Briggs]

Agreed.

 

[Quimpossibility]

UK isn't the issue. Kansas and Tennessee State Laws could put Lit out of business and the way those laws are worded in jail. There is a reason the biggest sites are blocking those states.

Out of curiosity, what mechanism enables this? how does a site block its access to a state? or even a country?

 

[Quimpossibility]

Literotica gets between 300,000 and 1,000,000 visits per day.
Standard stats for most english based sites UK accounts for about 7% of traffic.

On that basis alone they would be at 20,000+ UK Users per day. They aren't going on daily stats. So Lit is way over the line in terms of number of users.

will there be announcements to UK forum users if the service has to change or diminish?

 

[Mr. Briggs]

Out of curiosity, what mechanism enables this? how does a site block its access to a state? or even a country?

They grab the IPs associated with that state or country and then apply the block or apply the age verification.

VPNs are outside of that. Nobody has talked about them yet.

 

[Mr. Briggs]

will there be announcements to UK forum users if the service has to change or diminish?

My guess is Lit has flown under the radar. When they get approached we will all know.
UK is just a picture and it figures out your age. US States require ID.

 

[Quimpossibility]

My guess is Lit has flown under the radar. When they get approached we will all know.
UK is just a picture and it figures out your age. US States require ID.

Ok, thanks for the insights.

I have made a friend on here. I would hate to lose contact

 

[Vautour]

The BBC broke down the seven age verification methods approved by Ofcom, with some of the main privacy concerns.

Everyone will have their own opinion, but in the last week alone we've had significant fallout from the major data breaches at the Co-op and the Paddy Power/Betfair group, while news of the biggest and most expensive data breach in British history was released on Tuesday.

In the case of Reddit, they've outsourced the verification to Persona, who'll be liable for any misuse or loss of data. There's no way I'm going to trust those companies right out of the gate.

Considering companies failing to comply face either a fine of up to £18m or 10% of worldwide revenue, whichever is greater, that's why some of the larger tube sites are absolutely furious.

 

[Mei5ter]

In the case of Reddit, they've outsourced the verification to Persona

If they've outsourced their verification protocols to an antiquated Nintendo game, we're in serious trouble.

 

[Quimpossibility]

All these services are going to be outsourced, making all of this even worse.

 

[Mr. Briggs]

I believe the regulators are requiring sites to outsource the age verification.

 

[Five_Inch_Heels]

, it looks at your face.

EXTREMELY invasive.

 

[Five_Inch_Heels]

Here is what chat...

Going to a bot says more about you than you think it does.

 

[StacheDiamond]

Protonmail is great for email. I like Windscribe for VPN: lots of location options, 2gb free, 10 if you provide an email, and they don’t keep logs. Very privacy conscious. Works on mobile, computers and Apple TV so I can watch British shows in America.

I use a free private email called proton mail. They also offer a free vpn which I just installed and it's a breeze to set up. Once you're signed in and connected, any browser you use automatically goes through the vpn. You can also select either quick connect and it will route you through nearest, quickest available service or you can select a country to be connected through.

I use protonmail, but I don't recall any mention of a vpn

And that works on your phone too? I don't have any of my Lit or adjacent stuff on my laptop

 

[ChasBozwell30]

If access to the site is blocked in any way, I hope we will at least get advance warning. So we can remove writing, say goodbyes etc. This is all happening very suddenly, it feels like no one's talking about it. So depressing....

 

[BlackFlame112000]

Literotica gets between 300,000 and 1,000,000 visits per day.
Standard stats for most english based sites UK accounts for about 7% of traffic.

On that basis alone they would be at 20,000+ UK Users per day. They aren't going on daily stats. So Lit is way over the line in terms of number of users.

Where did you get these numbers from ? lol

 

[BlackFlame112000]

I use a free private email called proton mail. They also offer a free vpn which I just installed and it's a breeze to set up. Once you're signed in and connected, any browser you use automatically goes through the vpn.

While there service is true, you must trust Proton, they are pretty trust-able, but just like google/gmail, proton can read your emails before they are encrypted on their servers for storage

You can also select either quick connect and it will route you through nearest, quickest available service or you can select a country to be connected through.

You do not get to choose "any country", on the free tier on Proton VPN, you are offered a limited number of countries (If I remember correct, that should be Japan/Netherlands and the USA), the speed is also throttled down, so you won't be getting near same level of internet speed if you have the VPN connected, its free so can't complain

 

[Mr. Briggs]

Where did you get these numbers from ? lol

Those are conservative numbers. Most likely it's right in the middle.

It's not hard to figure out site's stats if you know what you are doing.

 

[BlackFlame112000]

Those are conservative numbers. Most likely it's right in the middle.

It's not hard to figure out site's stats if you know what you are doing.

Well I do not, but I would like to see the site stats, would be helpful if you could cite some useful sources with the site stats

Site's I checked put the numbers in the millions and you've mentioned numbers in the hundred thousands, so I'd like to verify credibility of which of these sources are close to the real number.

 

[Quimpossibility]

If access to the site is blocked in any way, I hope we will at least get advance warning. So we can remove writing, say goodbyes etc. This is all happening very suddenly, it feels like no one's talking about it. So depressing....

I'm sure the owners admins etc are super busy with all sorts of stuff. I doubt running Lit is easy ofc

But yes, advance notice would be the best

 

[Mr. Briggs]

Well I do not, but I would like to see the site stats, would be helpful if you could cite some useful sources with the site stats

Site's I checked put the numbers in the millions and you've mentioned numbers in the hundred thousands, so I'd like to verify credibility of which of these sources are close to the real number.

One source
https://www.similarweb.com/website/literotica.com/#overview
Has it at 42mil Page Visits per month. That works out to about roughly 12 to 16 million unique visitors per month or 500,000 per day.

Btw on the UK number at that number of visits that would mean 100,000 UK Visitors per month.