https://onlinesafetyact.co.uk/in_memoriam/

OnlineSafetyAct.co.uk

In memoriam

The following sites and services have stated that the Online Safety
Act 2023 is the reason for their closing, or for geo-blocking UK
users.

  * AWScommunity.social, a Mastodon instance for discussing AWS
    technologies, with approximately 300 users (epitaph)

  * Charlbury in the Cotswolds has (as of 2025-02-19) shut its debate
    forum (epitaph)

  * Espruino's forum, a forum for discussing embedded computing (
    epitaph)

  * furry.energy, a small (49 user) UK based Mastodon Server oriented
    towards those in the furry & LGBTQA+ communities (epitaph likely
    to go missing, as I can't add it archive.org)

  * Gaming on Linux, a discussion forum about the operating system
    Linux and computer games (epitaph)

  * The Green Living Forum, a discussion board running since 2006,
    with just under 500,000 posts about sustainable living (epitaph)

  * [DEL:Haiku (an open source operating system inspired by BeOS)'s
    discussion forum (epitaph):DEL] They've hopefully found a
    workable solution!

  * Hexus, a computing gaming and general discussion forum, with
    approximately 310,000 registered users (epitaph)

  * LFGSS (London Fixed Gear and Single-Speed), a cycling forum (
    epitaph)

  * Lobste.rs, a tech discussion forum (epitaph)

  * Microcosm, a forum-hosting service, reported as having about
    275,000 monthly average users, mostly from the UK (epitaph)

  * Ready To Go, a discussion forum about Sunderland AFC, a football
    club (epitaph)

---------------------------------------------------------------------
Nothing on this site constitutes legal advice. Use it at your own
risk. This site is not affiliated with Ofcom.
Unless otherwise stated, everything on this site created by Neil
Brown is licensed under Creative Commons CC BY-SA 4.0.
Contact us
Privacy
In Memoriam