The UK's Online Safety Act, effective March 16, 2025, requires strict compliance from websites with UK visitors, regardless of location or ownership. Lobsters, a non-commercial hobbyist forum, faces potential geoblocking of UK users due to inability to meet complex regulatory requirements and potential $22M penalties.
Starlink users in the Falkland Islands are facing service terminations as their 60-day roaming period expires, despite widespread adoption by hundreds of residents and a successful petition backed by 70% of the population. The service remains technically illegal due to Sure International's monopoly and lack of official government approval, even for users who paid the £5,400 FIG VSAT license fee. A resolution is being delayed until April 2024, prompting discussions about declaring a National Emergency to expedite the approval process.
A comprehensive study analyzing TikTok's algorithm during the 2024 U.S. presidential election revealed significant political bias, with Republican-leaning accounts receiving 11.8% more party-aligned content than Democratic accounts. The research, conducted using 323 simulated accounts across three states, demonstrated that TikTok's recommendation system favored negative partisanship content and showed consistent Republican-leaning bias across different metrics.