The Ofcom Files, Part 4: Ofcom Rides Again
https://prestonbyrne.com/2025/12/04/the-ofcom-files-part-4-ofcom-rides-again/
#HackerNews #OfcomFiles #Ofcom #Rides #Again #DigitalRegulation #TechNews #MediaWatch
James Baker
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‘The devil’s in the detail’
Hear from ORG’s @JamesBaker on the intersection of the Database State and AI in #DigitalID, how Ofcom’s Magnum Opus of #OnlineSafety regulations abdicates responsibility for social problems to #BigTech, and the self sabotage of trying to break #encryption.
But in the end, ‘opposition creates innovation’ ✊
Listen now ⬇️
https://vpetersson.com/podcast/S02E20.html
#onlinesafetyact #ukpol #ofcom #privacy #cybersecurity #tech #ukpolitics
‘The devil’s in the detail’
Hear from ORG’s @JamesBaker on the intersection of the Database State and AI in #DigitalID, how Ofcom’s Magnum Opus of #OnlineSafety regulations abdicates responsibility for social problems to #BigTech, and the self sabotage of trying to break #encryption.
But in the end, ‘opposition creates innovation’ ✊
Listen now ⬇️
https://vpetersson.com/podcast/S02E20.html
#onlinesafetyact #ukpol #ofcom #privacy #cybersecurity #tech #ukpolitics
Chewie
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Is Ofcom coming for VPNs?
Monitoring their use through the narrow lens of whether the UK Online Safety Act is working is shortsighted.
"It’s important to note VPNs can help protect children's security online too, they aren’t just used to avoid content blocks."
🗣️ ORG's @JamesBaker
#vpn #onlinesafetyact #onlinesafety #osa #ofcom #privacy #security #cybersecurity #ukpolitics #ukpol
Is Ofcom coming for VPNs?
Monitoring their use through the narrow lens of whether the UK Online Safety Act is working is shortsighted.
"It’s important to note VPNs can help protect children's security online too, they aren’t just used to avoid content blocks."
🗣️ ORG's @JamesBaker
#vpn #onlinesafetyact #onlinesafety #osa #ofcom #privacy #security #cybersecurity #ukpolitics #ukpol
Alan Zimmerman
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What time it is? It's 5 o'clock... somewhere. So here comes the fifth #FDroid legal post.
It's all about content, transparency, and user protections. It features strong tags like #OnlineSafetyAct #Ofcom #DSA and #DMA and how these shape our own policies.
Will this break some prejudice? One way to find out: https://f-droid.org/2025/10/21/navigating-the-digital-markets-act-digital-services-act-and-the-online-safety-act.html
What time it is? It's 5 o'clock... somewhere. So here comes the fifth #FDroid legal post.
It's all about content, transparency, and user protections. It features strong tags like #OnlineSafetyAct #Ofcom #DSA and #DMA and how these shape our own policies.
Will this break some prejudice? One way to find out: https://f-droid.org/2025/10/21/navigating-the-digital-markets-act-digital-services-act-and-the-online-safety-act.html
James Baker
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The Ofcom Tea Party: 4Chan Lawyer publishes Ofcom correspondence, British regulator claims “sovereign immunity” to defend itself – and sovereign powers to regulate foreign companies
https://alecmuffett.com/article/117792
#4chan #OfcomFiles #OnlineSafety #OnlineSafetyAct #PrestonByrne #censorship #ofcom #surveillance
The Ofcom Tea Party: 4Chan Lawyer publishes Ofcom correspondence, British regulator claims “sovereign immunity” to defend itself – and sovereign powers to regulate foreign companies
https://alecmuffett.com/article/117792
#4chan #OfcomFiles #OnlineSafety #OnlineSafetyAct #PrestonByrne #censorship #ofcom #surveillance
The limit does not exist when it comes to the UK Online Safety Act.
Ofcom is pushing at the edges of this law to age-gate livestreaming. This will prevent young content creators from engaging with audiences and put a lid on self-expression.
Find out more in our latest blog by @jim ⬇️
https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/online-safety-act-comes-for-livestreaming/
#onlinesafetyact #onlinesafety #osa #ofcom #freedomofexpression #livestreaming #ageverification #ukpolitics #ukpol
Ofcom is flexing its powers in the UK Online Safety Act to impose age verification on anyone who livestreams.
That means locking down accounts of under-18s and forcing everyone else to submit to privacy intrusive age checks.
We can't allow the Online Safety Act to ransom your privacy for free speech.
Reply to the consultation ⬇️
#onlinesafetyact #onlinesafety #osa #ofcom #freedomofexpression #livestreaming #ageverification #ukpolitics #ukpol
The limit does not exist when it comes to the UK Online Safety Act.
Ofcom is pushing at the edges of this law to age-gate livestreaming. This will prevent young content creators from engaging with audiences and put a lid on self-expression.
Find out more in our latest blog by @jim ⬇️
https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/online-safety-act-comes-for-livestreaming/
#onlinesafetyact #onlinesafety #osa #ofcom #freedomofexpression #livestreaming #ageverification #ukpolitics #ukpol
Jim Killock
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Ofcom's latest proposals would mean that:
🔴 Lawful activism could be censored as it happens.
🔴 Content about Palestine may auto-delete from your feeds.
🔴 The police can clampdown on protest online.
With proactive scanning of content, political censorship under the Online Safety Act is potentially boundless.
#onlinesafetyact #onlinesafety #OSA #censorship #ofcom #freedomofexpression #palestineaction #freespeech #ukpolitics #ukpol
Jim Killock
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Don't let activism blink out of sight!
Ofcom (UK) wants all social posts to be scanned for 'illegal' content before they appear in our feeds.
And the AI doing it will go OTT. Posts about protest could get removed or suppressed as the UK Online Safety Act expands even further.
Say no to more censorship ⬇️
#onlinesafetyact #onlinesafety #OSA #censorship #ofcom #freedomofexpression #palestineaction #freespeech #ukpolitics #ukpol
Ofcom's latest proposals would mean that:
🔴 Lawful activism could be censored as it happens.
🔴 Content about Palestine may auto-delete from your feeds.
🔴 The police can clampdown on protest online.
With proactive scanning of content, political censorship under the Online Safety Act is potentially boundless.
#onlinesafetyact #onlinesafety #OSA #censorship #ofcom #freedomofexpression #palestineaction #freespeech #ukpolitics #ukpol
Don't let activism blink out of sight!
Ofcom (UK) wants all social posts to be scanned for 'illegal' content before they appear in our feeds.
And the AI doing it will go OTT. Posts about protest could get removed or suppressed as the UK Online Safety Act expands even further.
Say no to more censorship ⬇️
#onlinesafetyact #onlinesafety #OSA #censorship #ofcom #freedomofexpression #palestineaction #freespeech #ukpolitics #ukpol
Terror powers to proscribe organisations like Palestine Action or Just Stop Oil will be enforced through the Online Safety Act.
As we've seen from the heavy-handed policing of protests about Palestine Action, proactive scanning will over-remove protest content as automated filters can't understand context or nuance.
#onlinesafetyact #onlinesafety #OSA #censorship #ofcom #freedomofexpression #palestineaction #freespeech #ukpolitics #ukpol
Ofcom (UK) could disconnect livestreamers from audiences.
New age verification proposals mean anyone who doesn't prove they're over 18 will be cut off from comments, reactions, recordings or gifts on their streams.
Tell the consultation: no more censorship ⬇️
#onlinesafetyact #ofcom #onlinesafety #osa #freedomofexpression #livestreaming #ukpolitics #ukpol
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
The Age Verification Providers Association and the Association of Digital Verification Professionals
(yep, this shit is real)
#Ofcom #OnlineSafetyAct #RishiSunak #AgeVerificationProvidersAssociation
Colum Lyons, seems to be something to do with he Association of Digital Verification Professionals according to LinkedIn
the Association of Digital Verification Professionals
on its landing page, this organisation has a baby lit by the glow of a digital screen because obviously babies are now online and have to verify their identity - this is a picture of the leader of the AVPA, Alastair Graham
search results for The Age Verification Providers Association, an association of organisations that provide Age Verification services which is part of the UK government's attempt to enshittify the entire internet