# Pornhub says UK visitors down 77% since age checks came in
Not a particular surprise.
For some sites, it is 100%, because they haven't yet found an accessible, privacy friendly, way to do it, and cannot take the risk.
Powers in the UK Online Safety Act to introduce message scanning technology is far from an online safety measure. It's a gift to predators and stalkers❗
Forcing a backdoor into encrypted systems so everything we send can be scanned makes us vulnerable to anybody who wants to exploit that weakness.
#PracticeSafeText #GlobalEncryptionDay #encryption #e2ee #privacy #cybersecurity #security #OnlineSafetyAct #ukpolitics #ukpol #surveillance
Message scanning powers are sleeping on the statute book. They must never get activated.
The UK government has already tried to make Apple put a backdoor in its encrypted services. It's clear they want to recklessly dismantle our cybersecurity protections.
We must save encryption to #PracticeSafeText 💬
#GlobalEncryptionDay #encryption #e2ee #privacy #cybersecurity #security #OnlineSafetyAct #ukpolitics #ukpol #surveillance
Powers in the UK Online Safety Act to introduce message scanning technology is far from an online safety measure. It's a gift to predators and stalkers❗
Forcing a backdoor into encrypted systems so everything we send can be scanned makes us vulnerable to anybody who wants to exploit that weakness.
#PracticeSafeText #GlobalEncryptionDay #encryption #e2ee #privacy #cybersecurity #security #OnlineSafetyAct #ukpolitics #ukpol #surveillance
Encryption scrambles what we send on messaging apps.
Only the person you’re talking to can make sense of it. That’s your chats, pics and deets for their eyes only.
This is how we protect kids, parents and people experiencing domestic abuse from those who want to use your private life against you.
#PracticeSafeText #GlobalEncryptionDay #encryption #e2ee #privacy #cybersecurity #security #OnlineSafetyAct #ukpolitics #ukpol #surveillance
Practice Safe Text for Global Encryption Day 🔒
Messaging apps we use to chat, share and plan shield us from scams, stalking and sextortion.
But the UK Online Safety Act contains a time bomb that lets the government break encryption for surveillance.
Find out more about our campaign ➡️ https://www.openrightsgroup.org/campaign/save-encryption/
#PracticeSafeText #GlobalEncryptionDay #encryption #e2ee #privacy #cybersecurity #security #OnlineSafetyAct #ukpolitics #ukpol #surveillance
Aral Balkan
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Activists will feel the brunt of censorship.
The ban on Palestine Action has been used to justify the arrests of people protesting the war in Gaza or the ban itself.
Similarly, posts relating to Palestine could be censored as 'terrorist' content under Ofcom's (UK) proposals.
#onlinesafetyact #osa #onlinesafety #censorship #freespeech #protest #freedomofexpression #ukpolitics #ukpol
Aral Balkan
and 1 other
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Ofcom risks installing a production line of political censorship under the UK Online Safety Act.
One that will knock dissent off our feeds in real time under a vague and unpredictable system.
Tell Ofcom to defend online protest! Reply by 20 October ⏰
#onlinesafetyact #osa #onlinesafety #censorship #freespeech #protest #freedomofexpression #ukpolitics #ukpol
Proactive scanning will go further and faster at silencing dissent.
Under the UK's broad definition of terrorism, automated filters will have to scan for ‘damage to property' and remove such posts as 'illegal' content.
So this flawed system will impact environmental activism.
#onlinesafetyact #osa #onlinesafety #censorship #freespeech #protest #freedomofexpression #ukpolitics #ukpol
Political content could also get digitally kettled under Ofcom's proposals (UK):
🔴 Deprioritise posts flagged as potentially 'illegal' from algorithmic feeds until reviewed.
🔴 New police powers to restrict the sharing of content during a 'crisis' that could be misused on protests.
#onlinesafetyact #osa #onlinesafety #censorship #freespeech #protest #freedomofexpression #ukpolitics #ukpol
Political content could also get digitally kettled under Ofcom's proposals (UK):
🔴 Deprioritise posts flagged as potentially 'illegal' from algorithmic feeds until reviewed.
🔴 New police powers to restrict the sharing of content during a 'crisis' that could be misused on protests.
#onlinesafetyact #osa #onlinesafety #censorship #freespeech #protest #freedomofexpression #ukpolitics #ukpol
Livestreaming and social media are essential for activism.
From the Hong Kong protests to Black Lives Matter, social media has provided real-time coverage to challenge official narratives and inform public debate.
Protest crackdowns must not be mirrored in content takedowns.
#onlinesafetyact #osa #onlinesafety #censorship #freespeech #protest #freedomofexpression #ukpolitics #ukpol
Ofcom (UK) wants to scan and scrub ‘illegal’ content from social media.
It’ll be for platforms to decide how this will be automated, leaving us clueless about what will get removed.
As algorithms are dumb to context or nuance, legal speech will get swept up in the auto-purge.
#onlinesafetyact #osa #onlinesafety #censorship #freespeech #protest #freedomofexpression #ukpolitics #ukpol
Activists will feel the brunt of censorship.
The ban on Palestine Action has been used to justify the arrests of people protesting the war in Gaza or the ban itself.
Similarly, posts relating to Palestine could be censored as 'terrorist' content under Ofcom's (UK) proposals.
#onlinesafetyact #osa #onlinesafety #censorship #freespeech #protest #freedomofexpression #ukpolitics #ukpol
Activists will feel the brunt of censorship.
The ban on Palestine Action has been used to justify the arrests of people protesting the war in Gaza or the ban itself.
Similarly, posts relating to Palestine could be censored as 'terrorist' content under Ofcom's (UK) proposals.
#onlinesafetyact #osa #onlinesafety #censorship #freespeech #protest #freedomofexpression #ukpolitics #ukpol
Proactive scanning will go further and faster at silencing dissent.
Under the UK's broad definition of terrorism, automated filters will have to scan for ‘damage to property' and remove such posts as 'illegal' content.
So this flawed system will impact environmental activism.
#onlinesafetyact #osa #onlinesafety #censorship #freespeech #protest #freedomofexpression #ukpolitics #ukpol
Ofcom (UK) wants to scan and scrub ‘illegal’ content from social media.
It’ll be for platforms to decide how this will be automated, leaving us clueless about what will get removed.
As algorithms are dumb to context or nuance, legal speech will get swept up in the auto-purge.
#onlinesafetyact #osa #onlinesafety #censorship #freespeech #protest #freedomofexpression #ukpolitics #ukpol
Ofcom risks installing a production line of political censorship under the UK Online Safety Act.
One that will knock dissent off our feeds in real time under a vague and unpredictable system.
Tell Ofcom to defend online protest! Reply by 20 October ⏰
#onlinesafetyact #osa #onlinesafety #censorship #freespeech #protest #freedomofexpression #ukpolitics #ukpol
The limit does not exist when it comes to the UK Online Safety Act.
Ofcom is pushing at the edges of this law to age-gate livestreaming. This will prevent young content creators from engaging with audiences and put a lid on self-expression.
Find out more in our latest blog by @jim ⬇️
https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/online-safety-act-comes-for-livestreaming/
#onlinesafetyact #onlinesafety #osa #ofcom #freedomofexpression #livestreaming #ageverification #ukpolitics #ukpol
Ofcom is flexing its powers in the UK Online Safety Act to impose age verification on anyone who livestreams.
That means locking down accounts of under-18s and forcing everyone else to submit to privacy intrusive age checks.
We can't allow the Online Safety Act to ransom your privacy for free speech.
Reply to the consultation ⬇️
#onlinesafetyact #onlinesafety #osa #ofcom #freedomofexpression #livestreaming #ageverification #ukpolitics #ukpol
The limit does not exist when it comes to the UK Online Safety Act.
Ofcom is pushing at the edges of this law to age-gate livestreaming. This will prevent young content creators from engaging with audiences and put a lid on self-expression.
Find out more in our latest blog by @jim ⬇️
https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/online-safety-act-comes-for-livestreaming/
#onlinesafetyact #onlinesafety #osa #ofcom #freedomofexpression #livestreaming #ageverification #ukpolitics #ukpol
Jim Killock
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Ofcom's latest proposals would mean that:
🔴 Lawful activism could be censored as it happens.
🔴 Content about Palestine may auto-delete from your feeds.
🔴 The police can clampdown on protest online.
With proactive scanning of content, political censorship under the Online Safety Act is potentially boundless.
#onlinesafetyact #onlinesafety #OSA #censorship #ofcom #freedomofexpression #palestineaction #freespeech #ukpolitics #ukpol
Jim Killock
boosted
Don't let activism blink out of sight!
Ofcom (UK) wants all social posts to be scanned for 'illegal' content before they appear in our feeds.
And the AI doing it will go OTT. Posts about protest could get removed or suppressed as the UK Online Safety Act expands even further.
Say no to more censorship ⬇️
#onlinesafetyact #onlinesafety #OSA #censorship #ofcom #freedomofexpression #palestineaction #freespeech #ukpolitics #ukpol
Ofcom's latest proposals would mean that:
🔴 Lawful activism could be censored as it happens.
🔴 Content about Palestine may auto-delete from your feeds.
🔴 The police can clampdown on protest online.
With proactive scanning of content, political censorship under the Online Safety Act is potentially boundless.
#onlinesafetyact #onlinesafety #OSA #censorship #ofcom #freedomofexpression #palestineaction #freespeech #ukpolitics #ukpol
Don't let activism blink out of sight!
Ofcom (UK) wants all social posts to be scanned for 'illegal' content before they appear in our feeds.
And the AI doing it will go OTT. Posts about protest could get removed or suppressed as the UK Online Safety Act expands even further.
Say no to more censorship ⬇️
#onlinesafetyact #onlinesafety #OSA #censorship #ofcom #freedomofexpression #palestineaction #freespeech #ukpolitics #ukpol