UK users are cut adrift from current events by the Online Safety Act.

Platforms must moderate content that’s ‘harmful’.

A term that bursts the banks of porn to submerge news, advice and debate… it’s online censorship.

Tell your MP to FIX it ⬇️

https://action.openrightsgroup.org/tell-your-mp-online-safety-act-isn%E2%80%99t-working

#OnlineSafetyAct #onlinesafety#OSA #ukpolitics #ukpol #freeexpression #privacy #freespeech #censorship #freedomofexpression #digitalrights

UK users are cut adrift from current events by the Online Safety Act.

Platforms must moderate content that’s ‘harmful’.

A term that bursts the banks of porn to submerge news, advice and debate… it’s online censorship.

Tell your MP to FIX it ⬇️

https://action.openrightsgroup.org/tell-your-mp-online-safety-act-isn%E2%80%99t-working

#OnlineSafetyAct #onlinesafety#OSA #ukpolitics #ukpol #freeexpression #privacy #freespeech #censorship #freedomofexpression #digitalrights

Parts of the Internet are going dark for UK users since the Online Safety Act heaped weighty duties on platforms.

Sites are geoblocking the UK, overmoderating content, age-gating access or shutting down completely.

We need your help to track how content is being censored 🫵

Use our tool to report a site that's shutting down or restricting access to UK users as a result of the #OSA.

➡️ https://www.blocked.org.uk/osa-blocks

#OnlineSafetyAct #onlinesafety #censorship #freespeech #ukpolitics #ukpol

Parts of the Internet are going dark for UK users since the Online Safety Act heaped weighty duties on platforms.

Sites are geoblocking the UK, overmoderating content, age-gating access or shutting down completely.

We need your help to track how content is being censored 🫵

Use our tool to report a site that's shutting down or restricting access to UK users as a result of the #OSA.

➡️ https://www.blocked.org.uk/osa-blocks

#OnlineSafetyAct #onlinesafety #censorship #freespeech #ukpolitics #ukpol

“The [UK] Online Safety Act risks silencing a generation."

It's “a fundamental encroachment on the right to freedom of expression to impart and receive information. Older teenagers engaging with political debates or current events may be cut off from vital sources of information because platforms will err on the side of removal to avoid hefty penalties.”

🗣️ ORG's @JamesBaker

https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/2089661/online-safety-law-watchdog

#OnlineSafetyAct #onlinesafety#OSA #freespeech #ukpolitics #ukpol

Algorithms will hyperactively dredge feeds of what's 'illegal' and 'harmful'.

Both terms are wishy washy in the UK Online Safety Act.

So platforms will over-moderate rather than get hit with penalties for a finger in the air judgement. Censorship is baked into the equation, and that's why the OSA threatens free expression.

Tell your MP to FIX IT ⬇️

https://action.openrightsgroup.org/tell-your-mp-online-safety-act-isn%E2%80%99t-working

#OnlineSafetyAct #onlinesafety#OSA #freespeech #ukpolitics #ukpol #freeexpression #privacy #agegate #ageverification

Algorithms will hyperactively dredge feeds of what's 'illegal' and 'harmful'.

Both terms are wishy washy in the UK Online Safety Act.

So platforms will over-moderate rather than get hit with penalties for a finger in the air judgement. Censorship is baked into the equation, and that's why the OSA threatens free expression.

Tell your MP to FIX IT ⬇️

https://action.openrightsgroup.org/tell-your-mp-online-safety-act-isn%E2%80%99t-working

#OnlineSafetyAct #onlinesafety#OSA #freespeech #ukpolitics #ukpol #freeexpression #privacy #agegate #ageverification

“The [UK] Online Safety Act risks silencing a generation."

It's “a fundamental encroachment on the right to freedom of expression to impart and receive information. Older teenagers engaging with political debates or current events may be cut off from vital sources of information because platforms will err on the side of removal to avoid hefty penalties.”

🗣️ ORG's @JamesBaker

https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/2089661/online-safety-law-watchdog

#OnlineSafetyAct #onlinesafety#OSA #freespeech #ukpolitics #ukpol

Censorship of content relating to Palestine is a result of the UK government banning Palestine Action and duties placed on platforms by the UK Online Safety Act to moderate 'illegal' content.

Signatories to our open letter call on Ofcom to proactively defend the right to free expression.

Hear more from ORG's Prorgamme Manager, Sara Chitseko ⬇️

#OnlineSafetyAct #onlinesafety #censorship #freespeech #freeexpression #freedomofexpression #palestine #gaza #palestineaction #ukpolitics #ukpol

The UK Online Safety Act requires platforms to assess and moderate 'illegal' content.

This mixed with the UK’s vague definition of terrorism could lead to content being wrongly flagged and removed.

This includes supportive posts about Palestine or protests and debate about the Palestine Action ban.

Read our open letter ⬇️

https://www.openrightsgroup.org/publications/open-letter-implementation-of-palestine-action-proscription-on-social-media/

#OnlineSafetyAct #onlinesafety #censorship #freespeech #freeexpression #freedomofexpression #palestine #gaza #palestineaction #ukpolitics #ukpol

Censorship of content relating to Palestine is a result of the UK government banning Palestine Action and duties placed on platforms by the UK Online Safety Act to moderate 'illegal' content.

Signatories to our open letter call on Ofcom to proactively defend the right to free expression.

Hear more from ORG's Prorgamme Manager, Sara Chitseko ⬇️

#OnlineSafetyAct #onlinesafety #censorship #freespeech #freeexpression #freedomofexpression #palestine #gaza #palestineaction #ukpolitics #ukpol

Age verification has overextended itself 🚨

UK users are coerced into giving sensitive data to many unregulated providers under the threat of wide-ranging censorship.

It’s an open goal for cybercriminals 🤬

Tell your MP (UK) the Online Safety Act isn’t working ⬇️

https://action.openrightsgroup.org/tell-your-mp-online-safety-act-isn%E2%80%99t-working

#OnlineSafetyAct #privacy #ageverification #onlinesafety#OSA #ukpol #ukpolitics #freeexpression #censorship #freedomofexpression #freespeech

Age verification has overextended itself 🚨

UK users are coerced into giving sensitive data to many unregulated providers under the threat of wide-ranging censorship.

It’s an open goal for cybercriminals 🤬

Tell your MP (UK) the Online Safety Act isn’t working ⬇️

https://action.openrightsgroup.org/tell-your-mp-online-safety-act-isn%E2%80%99t-working

#OnlineSafetyAct #privacy #ageverification #onlinesafety#OSA #ukpol #ukpolitics #freeexpression #censorship #freedomofexpression #freespeech

🚨 BREAKING 🚨

We warn that the Palestine Action ban coupled with UK Online Safety Act is ‘a threat to public debate’.

The OSA forces “terrorist” content to be removed, meaning PA and Palestinian content could easily be swept up and deleted, warn @eff @edri and many others.

Read about our open letter ⬇️

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/02/palestine-action-ban-coupled-with-online-safety-act-are-threat-to-public-debate

#onlinesafetyact #osa #palestine #gaza #onlinesafety #freeexpression #censorship #freedomofexpression #freespeech #ofcom #ukpolitics #ukpol

🚨 BREAKING 🚨

We warn that the Palestine Action ban coupled with UK Online Safety Act is ‘a threat to public debate’.

The OSA forces “terrorist” content to be removed, meaning PA and Palestinian content could easily be swept up and deleted, warn @eff @edri and many others.

Read about our open letter ⬇️

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/02/palestine-action-ban-coupled-with-online-safety-act-are-threat-to-public-debate

#onlinesafetyact #osa #palestine #gaza #onlinesafety #freeexpression #censorship #freedomofexpression #freespeech #ofcom #ukpolitics #ukpol

Someone said Ofcom haven’t really done anything with the Online Safety Act. That’s a bit unfair as they have produced around 1700 pages of guidance. It’s really a bureaucratic magnum opus of the modern age. The UKs gift to the world, something for historians to puzzle over. It’s subtly subversive - an anarchist Trojan - anyone who reads it loses hope in Governmentality. #onlinesafety#Ofcom