The last public comment I could find from them was this month on 8/7 on Element’s Mastodon, and it seems they had other comments as well around that time. Which is pretty recent
The bill was passed less than a week ago and hasn’t come into effect yet. I have no doubt that the folks at Matrix/Element will do what they need to do. We haven’t seen them act in a concerning way before, so I don’t think a delayed response is a sign of a red flag. It’s quite possible they want to have things done on their end before announcing anything. Not to mention they clearly wanted to message about the Matrix 2.0 features, and bringing up the Online Safety bill would muddy that message
The last public comment I could find from them was this month on 8/7 on Element’s Mastodon, and it seems they had other comments as well around that time. Which is pretty recent
The bill was passed less than a week ago and hasn’t come into effect yet. I have no doubt that the folks at Matrix/Element will do what they need to do. We haven’t seen them act in a concerning way before, so I don’t think a delayed response is a sign of a red flag. It’s quite possible they want to have things done on their end before announcing anything. Not to mention they clearly wanted to message about the Matrix 2.0 features, and bringing up the Online Safety bill would muddy that message