Cory Doctorow
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Well done for making us all safe online:
Well done for making us all safe online:
Imgur blocks access to UK users after [Ofcom] proposed regulatory fine | BBC News
https://alecmuffett.com/article/115312
#AgeVerification #OnlineSafety #OnlineSafetyAct #censorship #imgur #ofcom #surveillance
Erik Uden 🍑
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🆘 Klarnamenpflicht? Auf keinen Fall!
Ja, Hass im Netz ist real und unerträglich. Doch eine Klarnamenpflicht wäre der falsche Weg, denn:⬇️
#KeinHass #StopHateNotNames #Meinungsfreiheit #DigitalRights #Netzpolitik #QueerRights #LGBTQ #HumanRights #NoHateSpeech #GegenHass #Antifaschismus #Datenschutz #OnlineSafety #StopHate #HassImNetz #StopHateSpeech #Solidarität #Freiheit #Justice #Aktivismus #GegenHassImNetz #FightForFreedom #ProtectPrivacy #InternetFreedom #Feminismus #QueerFeminism
🆘 Klarnamenpflicht? Auf keinen Fall!
Ja, Hass im Netz ist real und unerträglich. Doch eine Klarnamenpflicht wäre der falsche Weg, denn:⬇️
#KeinHass #StopHateNotNames #Meinungsfreiheit #DigitalRights #Netzpolitik #QueerRights #LGBTQ #HumanRights #NoHateSpeech #GegenHass #Antifaschismus #Datenschutz #OnlineSafety #StopHate #HassImNetz #StopHateSpeech #Solidarität #Freiheit #Justice #Aktivismus #GegenHassImNetz #FightForFreedom #ProtectPrivacy #InternetFreedom #Feminismus #QueerFeminism
🆘 Klarnamenpflicht? Auf keinen Fall!
Ja, Hass im Netz ist real und unerträglich. Doch eine Klarnamenpflicht wäre der falsche Weg, denn:⬇️
#KeinHass #StopHateNotNames #Meinungsfreiheit #DigitalRights #Netzpolitik #QueerRights #LGBTQ #HumanRights #NoHateSpeech #GegenHass #Antifaschismus #Datenschutz #OnlineSafety #StopHate #HassImNetz #StopHateSpeech #Solidarität #Freiheit #Justice #Aktivismus #GegenHassImNetz #FightForFreedom #ProtectPrivacy #InternetFreedom #Feminismus #QueerFeminism
Al Ghaff
and 1 other
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VPNs must not face the chop 🚫
Next week the UK House of Lords will debate whether VPNs undermine the Online Safety Act.
Banning or blocking VPNs will shatter security, privacy and free expression in a self-defeating attempt to make the unworkable workable.
Read our briefing ⬇️
https://www.openrightsgroup.org/publications/briefing-vpns-and-the-online-safety-act/
#OnlineSafetyAct #onlinesafety #OSA #VPN #VPNs #privacy #cybersecurity #freespeech #ukpolitics #ukpol #ageverification
VPNs aren’t a meaningful threat to age assurance.
⚫ 6–12 year olds are very unlikely to use them, due to technological and economic barriers.
⚫ Older teens already know other workarounds. For these teenagers educational rather than ineffectve technical interventions might be more appropriate.
⚫ Adults use VPNs as they don’t trust unregulated age assurance providers with their personal data.
#OnlineSafetyAct #onlinesafety#OSA#VPN#VPNs #privacy #cybersecurity #freespeech #ukpolitics #ukpol
VPNs protect families, businesses and democracy.
They keep NHS data secure, help parents manage online risks, and give people in repressive states access to news.
Treating VPNs as a “problem” is misguided. Attacking them is an exercise in throwing the baby out with the bath water.
Efforts should focus on educational measures for young people and regulating the age verification industry.
#OnlineSafetyAct #onlinesafety#OSA#VPN#VPNs #privacy #cybersecurity #freespeech #ukpolitics #ukpol
VPNs must not face the chop 🚫
Next week the UK House of Lords will debate whether VPNs undermine the Online Safety Act.
Banning or blocking VPNs will shatter security, privacy and free expression in a self-defeating attempt to make the unworkable workable.
Read our briefing ⬇️
https://www.openrightsgroup.org/publications/briefing-vpns-and-the-online-safety-act/
#OnlineSafetyAct #onlinesafety #OSA #VPN #VPNs #privacy #cybersecurity #freespeech #ukpolitics #ukpol #ageverification
VPNs aren’t a meaningful threat to age assurance.
⚫ 6–12 year olds are very unlikely to use them, due to technological and economic barriers.
⚫ Older teens already know other workarounds. For these teenagers educational rather than ineffectve technical interventions might be more appropriate.
⚫ Adults use VPNs as they don’t trust unregulated age assurance providers with their personal data.
#OnlineSafetyAct #onlinesafety#OSA#VPN#VPNs #privacy #cybersecurity #freespeech #ukpolitics #ukpol
VPNs must not face the chop 🚫
Next week the UK House of Lords will debate whether VPNs undermine the Online Safety Act.
Banning or blocking VPNs will shatter security, privacy and free expression in a self-defeating attempt to make the unworkable workable.
Read our briefing ⬇️
https://www.openrightsgroup.org/publications/briefing-vpns-and-the-online-safety-act/
#OnlineSafetyAct #onlinesafety #OSA #VPN #VPNs #privacy #cybersecurity #freespeech #ukpolitics #ukpol #ageverification
The UK Online Safety Act is ballooning in scope.
Bumping up 'self-harm' content as a priority offence means these sort of posts will be stripped from social media for adults and kids.
ORG's @JamesBaker explains how this change to the law will result in therapeutic or support content being censored.
Watch now ➡️ https://peertube.openrightsgroup.org/w/gQq5ccfPvw3ibzt1EwNMuX
#OnlineSafetyAct#OSA #onlinesafety #freespeech #freedomofexpression #censorship #ukpolitics #ukpol
The UK Online Safety Act is a badly designed, overblown law that's laying waste to content online.
The government must address the threats to freedom of expression from over-moderation, not use Henry VIII powers to extend its scope.
Write to your MP ⬇️
https://action.openrightsgroup.org/tell-your-mp-online-safety-act-isn%E2%80%99t-working
#OnlineSafetyAct#OSA #onlinesafety #freespeech #freedomofexpression #ukpol #ukpolitics #censorship
The UK Online Safety Act is ballooning in scope.
Bumping up 'self-harm' content as a priority offence means these sort of posts will be stripped from social media for adults and kids.
ORG's @JamesBaker explains how this change to the law will result in therapeutic or support content being censored.
Watch now ➡️ https://peertube.openrightsgroup.org/w/gQq5ccfPvw3ibzt1EwNMuX
#OnlineSafetyAct#OSA #onlinesafety #freespeech #freedomofexpression #censorship #ukpolitics #ukpol
Erik Moeller
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Censorship creeps onwards 🤐
Ignoring issues with the UK Online Safety Act, the government is using Henry VIII powers to engulf more content.
Aimed at blocking 'self-harm' content, algorithms will misidentify support resources and content will vanish behind age gates.
https://www.digit.fyi/uk-gov-to-toughen-online-safety-act-against-self-harm-content/
#onlinesafetyact #onlinesafety #osa #censorship #freespeech #freedomofexpression #ukpolitics #ukpol
Censorship creeps onwards 🤐
Ignoring issues with the UK Online Safety Act, the government is using Henry VIII powers to engulf more content.
Aimed at blocking 'self-harm' content, algorithms will misidentify support resources and content will vanish behind age gates.
https://www.digit.fyi/uk-gov-to-toughen-online-safety-act-against-self-harm-content/
#onlinesafetyact #onlinesafety #osa #censorship #freespeech #freedomofexpression #ukpolitics #ukpol
What's 'illegal' is open to interpretation.
UK terror laws criminalise people for taking part in a proscribed group AND for expressing 'support' which is 'reckless' in getting others to support it.
Duties on platforms under the UK Online Safety Act encourage automated moderation that disproportionately affects marginalised political speech.
#PalestineAction#Palestine #onlinesafetyact #onlinesafety #freespeech #freedomofexpression #censorship #gaza #ukpol #ukpolitics
Algorithms will hyperactively dredge feeds of what's 'illegal' before people even see it.
Platforms will over-moderate, rather than face penalties. The impact on protest about Palestine is far-reaching when up against automated censorship.
Write to your MP that the UK Online Safety Act isn't working ⬇️
https://action.openrightsgroup.org/tell-your-mp-online-safety-act-isn%E2%80%99t-working
#onlinesafetyact #onlinesafety #censorship #freespeech#PalestineAction#Palestine #gaza #ukpol #ukpolitics
Platforms have a duty to mitigate the risk of 'illegal' content under the UK Online Safety Act.
Faced with unclear definitions, they'll over-moderate content about protest and Palestine solidarity.
Especially as Ofcom advises platforms they can bypass OSA duties by censoring more than is required!
#PalestineAction #onlinesafetyact #onlinesafety #gaza #freespeech #censorship #freedomofexpression #ukpolitics #ukpol #Palestine #protest
What's 'illegal' is open to interpretation.
UK terror laws criminalise people for taking part in a proscribed group AND for expressing 'support' which is 'reckless' in getting others to support it.
Duties on platforms under the UK Online Safety Act encourage automated moderation that disproportionately affects marginalised political speech.
#PalestineAction#Palestine #onlinesafetyact #onlinesafety #freespeech #freedomofexpression #censorship #gaza #ukpol #ukpolitics
The Palestine Action ban in the UK is hitting the streets and our feeds.
Beyond mass arrests, the Online Safety Act requires social media platforms to block 'illegal' content.
This is leading to the over-censorship of content relating to Gaza and protest.
Read more ⬇️
#PalestineAction #onlinesafetyact #onlinesafety #gaza #freespeech #censorship #freedomofexpression #ukpolitics #ukpol #Palestine #protest
Platforms have a duty to mitigate the risk of 'illegal' content under the UK Online Safety Act.
Faced with unclear definitions, they'll over-moderate content about protest and Palestine solidarity.
Especially as Ofcom advises platforms they can bypass OSA duties by censoring more than is required!
#PalestineAction #onlinesafetyact #onlinesafety #gaza #freespeech #censorship #freedomofexpression #ukpolitics #ukpol #Palestine #protest
The Palestine Action ban in the UK is hitting the streets and our feeds.
Beyond mass arrests, the Online Safety Act requires social media platforms to block 'illegal' content.
This is leading to the over-censorship of content relating to Gaza and protest.
Read more ⬇️
#PalestineAction #onlinesafetyact #onlinesafety #gaza #freespeech #censorship #freedomofexpression #ukpolitics #ukpol #Palestine #protest
Jonathan Schofield
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Mastodon says it doesn’t ‘have the means’ to comply with age verification laws | TechCrunch
https://alecmuffett.com/article/114759
#AgeVerification#OnlineSafety #OnlineSafetyAct #censorship #mastodon #surveillance #vpn