Just for awareness of all members the UK Online Safety Regulations are now in effect and this does impact the forum.
I will have to implement some changes to GMIC which will mainly be captured when the software and server is updated (just awaiting a date to be confirmed) the changes are to ensure GMIC is compliant with the new UK Online Safety Act.
Due to the nature of the forum I had to undertake a risk assessment and as a consequence of this I will have to implement some changes to ensure compliance based on the risks. I hope that in the future that some of these changes may be reversed, but it is dependent on software capabilities as well as my time, effort and cost to ensure continued compliance. Much of this is prevention as I have never encountered any major issues in over 20 years.
- Membership will only be open to adults over 18 years old. I am currently not aware of any persons under this age being a member ?
- All images uploaded to the forum will be automatically scanned for CSAM and any captured will automatically blocked and reported
- External links to images and third party websites may have to be suspended until an effective solution can be found to monitor them
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Private messaging system will be switched off on upgrade. This is hopefully only a temporary measure, but the updated software is currently not compliantUpdate I think I have a solution to prevent this. - I will be recruiting more voluntary moderating staff to assist me with monitoring the site.
- Rules and Terms of Membership will be updated to ensure compliance of GMIC with the UK Online Safety Act
Nick
Admin GMIC