Character.ai to bar children under 18 from using its chatbots
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/technology/characterai-underage-users.html
#HackerNews #CharacterAI #Chatbots #Children #Ban #Under18 #OnlineSafety
Aggressive bots ruined my weekend
https://herman.bearblog.dev/agressive-bots/
#HackerNews #AggressiveBots #RuinedWeekend #WeekendWoes #BotProblems #TechNews #OnlineSafety
IFTAS
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Looking forward to a great panel tomorrow at the @parispeaceforum.bsky.social Forum, hosted by ROOST President, @camillefrancois.bsky.social. Stay tuned for more! #onlinesafety #AI #AItransparency #opensource #trustandsafety #techforgood
Looking forward to a great panel tomorrow at the @parispeaceforum.bsky.social Forum, hosted by ROOST President, @camillefrancois.bsky.social. Stay tuned for more! #onlinesafety #AI #AItransparency #opensource #trustandsafety #techforgood
My Domain Was Poached by a Cambodian
https://davidnicholaswilliams.com/my-domain-was-poached/
#HackerNews #DomainPoaching #CambodianDomain #Cybersecurity #OnlineSafety #DomainTheft
James Baker
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The Ofcom Tea Party: 4Chan Lawyer publishes Ofcom correspondence, British regulator claims “sovereign immunity” to defend itself – and sovereign powers to regulate foreign companies
https://alecmuffett.com/article/117792
#4chan #OfcomFiles #OnlineSafety #OnlineSafetyAct #PrestonByrne #censorship #ofcom #surveillance
The Ofcom Tea Party: 4Chan Lawyer publishes Ofcom correspondence, British regulator claims “sovereign immunity” to defend itself – and sovereign powers to regulate foreign companies
https://alecmuffett.com/article/117792
#4chan #OfcomFiles #OnlineSafety #OnlineSafetyAct #PrestonByrne #censorship #ofcom #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
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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
Daniel Appelquist
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Online Safety Act consultation : Threat to protest and political content | Open Rights Group
https://alecmuffett.com/article/117529
#OnlineSafety #OnlineSafetyAct #OpenRightsGroup #censorship #surveillance
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
Online Safety Act consultation : Threat to protest and political content | Open Rights Group
https://alecmuffett.com/article/117529
#OnlineSafety #OnlineSafetyAct #OpenRightsGroup #censorship #surveillance