Open Rights Group
@openrightsgroup@social.openrightsgroup.org  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

The UK Online Safety Act ransoms your privacy for free speech 🛑

By age gating vaguely defined ‘harmful’ content, UK users face censorship.

It coerces people into coughing up their ID to unregulated age verification providers or scammers.

Write to your MP ⬇️

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

#OnlineSafetyAct #onlinesafety#OSA #freespeech #freeexpression #freedomofexpression #ukpolitics #ukpol #privacy #ageverification #agegate #censorship
Open Rights Group
@openrightsgroup@social.openrightsgroup.org  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

The UK Online Safety Act ransoms your privacy for free speech 🛑

By age gating vaguely defined ‘harmful’ content, UK users face censorship.

It coerces people into coughing up their ID to unregulated age verification providers or scammers.

Write to your MP ⬇️

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

#OnlineSafetyAct #onlinesafety#OSA #freespeech #freeexpression #freedomofexpression #ukpolitics #ukpol #privacy #ageverification #agegate #censorship
Open Rights Group
@openrightsgroup@social.openrightsgroup.org  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

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
Open Rights Group
@openrightsgroup@social.openrightsgroup.org  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

“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
Open Rights Group
@openrightsgroup@social.openrightsgroup.org replied  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

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
Open Rights Group
@openrightsgroup@social.openrightsgroup.org  ·  activity timestamp last month

Liberal Reform have condemned the UK #OnlineSafetyAct for its threat to privacy and free exchange of information.

"Article 8 of the ECHR is clear that there is a right to privacy. By requiring age verification to access certain websites, the legislation forces people to put their names next to their search history on the internet."

Will the #LibDems oppose this "poorly drafted legislation"?

https://www.libdemvoice.org/we-have-a-duty-of-care-to-speak-out-against-the-online-safety-act-77994.html

#onlinesafety #privacy #freedomofexpression#OSA #ukpol #ukpolitics
Open Rights Group
@openrightsgroup@social.openrightsgroup.org replied  ·  activity timestamp last month

The UK Online Safety Act has hit the fan 💩

It's clear to see in the overreaching censorship across platforms due to age-gated content.

Plus the privacy risks being stored up with an unregulated age verification industry.

Tell your MP it's gone too far ⬇️

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

#OnlineSafetyAct #onlinesafety #privacy #freedomofexpression#OSA #ukpol #ukpolitics #censorship #agegate #ageverification #ageassurance
Open Rights Group
@openrightsgroup@social.openrightsgroup.org  ·  activity timestamp last month

Adults treated like kids unless they sacrifice privacy. Young people cut off from support and information. Public debate neutered.

Ofcom must take stock of these threats to freedom of expression and Parliament must reform the Online Safety Act to limit its scope.

Tell your MP to fix it ⬇️

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

#OnlineSafetyAct #onlinesafety #freedomofexpression #censorship #ukpolitics #ukpol #privacy #ofcom#OSA #agegate
Open Rights Group
@openrightsgroup@social.openrightsgroup.org  ·  activity timestamp last month

The UK Online Safety Act has erected an age wall through the Internet 🚧

UK users are forced to accept censorship or hand over sensitive data to unregulated providers.

The government’s response? You’re a predator 🤨

Enough. Tell your MP to fix it now ⬇️

action.openrightsgroup.org/tel
Open Rights Group
@openrightsgroup@social.openrightsgroup.org  ·  activity timestamp last month

I'm your (not so) private dancer 🔞

Spotify users in the UK have to verify their age to listen to Parental Advisory music due to the Online Safety Act.

We're being infantalised for something that's already manageable by parental controls.

It could even end up in accounts being deactivated 🤯

Bad law makes for bad, incoherent outcomes. That's the for you.

404media.co/spotify-uk-age-che
Open Rights Group
@openrightsgroup@social.openrightsgroup.org replied  ·  activity timestamp last month

The UK Online Safety Act has erected an age wall through the Internet 🚧

UK users are forced to accept censorship or hand over sensitive data to unregulated providers.

The government’s response? You’re a predator 🤨

Enough. Tell your MP to fix it now ⬇️

action.openrightsgroup.org/tel
Open Rights Group
@openrightsgroup@social.openrightsgroup.org  ·  activity timestamp last month

I'm your (not so) private dancer 🔞

Spotify users in the UK have to verify their age to listen to Parental Advisory music due to the Online Safety Act.

We're being infantalised for something that's already manageable by parental controls.

It could even end up in accounts being deactivated 🤯

Bad law makes for bad, incoherent outcomes. That's the for you.

404media.co/spotify-uk-age-che
James Baker
@JamesBaker@social.openrightsgroup.org  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago

Reddit go with Persona for age verification of U.K. users. They confirm it won’t just be for pornographic content but all harmful content categories covered by the online safety act. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/07/reddit-starts-verifying-ages-of-uk-users-to-comply-with-child-safety-law/ #privacy #redditt#AgeGate