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Well, that didn't take very long.
https://www.theguardian.com/games/2025/oct/07/discord-data-breach-proof-of-age-id-leaked
Well, that didn't take very long.
https://www.theguardian.com/games/2025/oct/07/discord-data-breach-proof-of-age-id-leaked
Oh, fuck, right, imgur is now blocked from the UK due to the monumentally stupid Online Safety Act #OSA
Age verification is about to be expanded to streaming here in the U.K. essentially banning all teenagers from a live stream that people can comment or interact with. - consultation is here https://www.ofcom.org.uk/online-safety/illegal-and-harmful-content/online-safety-additional-safety-measures #streaming #UK #ofcom #OSA
Presumably, to access this resource, the visitor will need to prove their age??
#ukpolitics #osa
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0r0vk1j4j8o
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 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
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
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
The Open Rights Group is working on an amendment to the OSA which would propose a small site exemption, for sites that are maintained without a view to profit, with a small number of active users, and which the owner reasonably believes to pose no risk to users.
If you want to give thoughts on various parts of the potential amendments, there's a form here:
https://cloud.openrightsgroup.org/nextcloud/apps/forms/s/dQB6GSRQ4jHzGjxiYG5tAnDB
I've stated this on the form, but the idea of "having to tell Ofcom" anything is a bit dangerous - sounds like every interactive website would have to register centrally just to exist! That's a significant further escalation from where we are now.
It should be passive, as with the current OSA - you do an assessment which can be made available on request (at least that's my understanding of it)
Steam has done pretty reasonable and balanced decision in response to Online Safety Act: "account is age verified if the valid card is stored in the account"
https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/292B-3DA3-CFC8-97F6
#Steam #OnlineSafetyAct#OSA #Gaming#Videogames #Surveillance #Privacy
Steam has done pretty reasonable and balanced decision in response to Online Safety Act: "account is age verified if the valid card is stored in the account"
https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/292B-3DA3-CFC8-97F6
#Steam #OnlineSafetyAct#OSA #Gaming#Videogames #Surveillance #Privacy
The UK Online Safety Act is a badly designed, overblown piece of legislation that's laying waste to content online.
Ofcom must take stock of these threats to freedom of expression in their guidance and Parliament must reform the Act.
Write to your MP ⬇️
https://action.openrightsgroup.org/tell-your-mp-online-safety-act-isn%E2%80%99t-working
#OnlineSafetyAct#OnlineSafety #osa #censorship #freespeech #ukpolitics #ukpol #privacy
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