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this post was submitted on 03 Jan 2025
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intended target and possible target are different things.
The law, as it exists, targets any and all communities with "a significant number of United Kingdom users". There is no minimum size requirement.
It might be possible that the law turns a blind eye on smaller communities. But it might not. They are in their right to go against a 20 user fediverse instance the same way as they are against facebook
So with british law, the intent of the law is as important as the written texts. Listen to the debates which can and are used by judges from the commons and the lords to decide upon intent. It's not for tiny forums, but I'm also not a lawyer. Significant most likely relates to not just user count, but also other reporting from other media, it's significance of significant users, anonymity, and ability to break bigger stories. Try codifying any of that (and more!) in a law