Lights are going out across the Net for UK users.

Age verification is driving sites to shut down, geo-block the UK or restrict features and content.

In trying to tackle to worst of the Net, it's harming the best.

🗣️ ORG Exec Director, @jim

#OnlineSafetyAct #onlinesafety#OSA #ageverification #ageassurance #freedomofexpression #digitalrights #censorship #ukpol #ukpolitics

Audio recording of Jim Killock, ORG Exec Director, speaking on the Jemery Vine Show, BBC Radio 2.
Audio recording of Jim Killock, ORG Exec Director, speaking on the Jemery Vine Show, BBC Radio 2.
@openrightsgroup @jim and if you have a problem with this law the Technology Minister will call you a 'paedo'

The language of the Playground, how apt.

#OnlineSafetyAct#PeterKyle#UKPOL#UKPOLITICS

Al Ghaff
Al Ghaff boosted

The #OnlineSafetyAct has well and truly kicked off in the UK.

Just a few minutes after the Online Safety Act went into effect, there was a surge in #vpn downloads.

Today, the governing #Labour Party is reportedly exploring banning VPNs 🤦🏻‍♂️

Here are the countries that currently the use of VPNs are either fully or partially restricted:

Age verification has set up “child online safety” as a challenge to be broken, a problem to be evaded, rather than a goal to be pursued by all. Tone deaf approach by Govt, Industry, & safety activists has set back the cause by a generation
https://alecmuffett.com/article/113811
#AgeVerification#DigitalEconomyAct#OnlineSafety #OnlineSafetyAct #censorship #uk

Neil Brown
Neil Brown boosted

At a cafe today, saw/heard a group of teenagers using the wifi. One of them obviously went to a site with new OSA age challenge; after brief (mild) profanity, consensus of group was just to log in using parent's photo (already on phone) & date of birth. Total delay, not more than a couple of minutes, including craic among the group.
#Anecdata #OnlineSafetyAct #NotFitForPurpose

A website getting hacked and losing 13,000 “verification photos and images of government IDs” in the same week the age verification nonsense comes into force for the #OnlineSafetyAct is fitting. Because that’s what we will see a whole lot more of… to protect the children.

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/tea-app-hacked-13000-photos-leaked-4chan-call-action-rcna221139

@neil ohhh.... Not even thought about them.

Still, I'm sure the experts at #ofcom have...

Right?

.... Right ?

#onlineSafetyAct