How's it going since the UK Online Safety Act slammed an age gate on the Internet?

Age verification providers with dodgy privacy policies, over-moderation of content, scammers scheming and sites closing down.

Here's a week in the life of an unworkable law ⬇️

https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/the-great-british-firewall-age-verification-has-failed/

#OnlineSafetyAct #onlinesafety#OSA #privacy #ageverification #ageassurance #ukpolitics #ukpol #freedomofexpression #censorship #netplurality

Plurality online is being wrecked.

The UK Online Safety Act imposes heavy burdens on small sites, including risk assessments for a broad range of content, the threat of fines or the cost of checking the age of every user.

❌ Many small sites are shutting down or blocking UK users entirely.

✅ Change the categorisation of sites, so small sites and instances are exempt.

#OnlineSafetyAct #onlinesafety#OSA #privacy #ageverification #ageassurance #ukpolitics #ukpol #netplurality

Reddit, Grindr and Bluesky have chosen age verification providers based outside the UK with concerning privacy policies. Go figure.

❌ You can't choose provider
❌ Platforms don't need to pick certified providers
❌ Providers don't need to meet specific privacy or security standards

✅ Regulate the age verification industry now.

#OnlineSafetyAct #onlinesafety#OSA #privacy #ageverification #ageassurance #ukpolitics #ukpol #freedomofexpression #censorship #netplurality

The UK Online Safety Act is a hot mess 🥴

Drunk on boarding up more of the Internet than even the government's paedo test could justify.

Pushing people into riskier stuff online, enabling scammers and walking off with your ID.

Tell your MP to sort it out! ⬇️

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

#OnlineSafetyAct #onlinesafety#OSA #privacy #ageverification #ageassurance #ukpolitics #ukpol #netplurality #censorship #cybersecurity

Plurality online is being wrecked.

The UK Online Safety Act imposes heavy burdens on small sites, including risk assessments for a broad range of content, the threat of fines or the cost of checking the age of every user.

❌ Many small sites are shutting down or blocking UK users entirely.

✅ Change the categorisation of sites, so small sites and instances are exempt.

#OnlineSafetyAct #onlinesafety#OSA #privacy #ageverification #ageassurance #ukpolitics #ukpol #netplurality

How's it going since the UK Online Safety Act slammed an age gate on the Internet?

Age verification providers with dodgy privacy policies, over-moderation of content, scammers scheming and sites closing down.

Here's a week in the life of an unworkable law ⬇️

https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/the-great-british-firewall-age-verification-has-failed/

#OnlineSafetyAct #onlinesafety#OSA #privacy #ageverification #ageassurance #ukpolitics #ukpol #freedomofexpression #censorship #netplurality

Reddit, Grindr and Bluesky have chosen age verification providers based outside the UK with concerning privacy policies. Go figure.

❌ You can't choose provider
❌ Platforms don't need to pick certified providers
❌ Providers don't need to meet specific privacy or security standards

✅ Regulate the age verification industry now.

#OnlineSafetyAct #onlinesafety#OSA #privacy #ageverification #ageassurance #ukpolitics #ukpol #freedomofexpression #censorship #netplurality

The UK Online Safety Act threatens net plurality.

ORG calls on the government not to centralise power in monopoly Big Tech. We need measures to introduce competition, so users can choose platform experiences they can trust.

Write to your MP #SaveOurSites ⬇️

https://action.openrightsgroup.org/save-our-sites-write-your-mp

#OnlineSafetyAct #OSA #freedomofexpression #netplurality #ukpolitics #ukpol

In trying to tackle the worst of the web, we're harming the best of it.

In the face of onerous duties, sites may simply block UK users. And with it goes our right to access information.

That's why @wikipedia has launched a judicial review of the #OnlineSafetyAct.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c62j2gr8866o

#OSA #freedomofexpression #netplurality #OnlineSafety #ukpolitics #ukpol #wikipedia #SaveOurSites

NEW REPORT: How to fix the UK Online Safety Act.

This broken legislation weighs heavy on small sites, exerting a burden that only Big Tech can withstand.

It further concentrates the market dominance of platforms that have incubated harmful content.

Instead we need greater user choice and voice over platforms.

Read more about our report ⬇️

https://www.openrightsgroup.org/press-releases/online-safety-act-entrenches-big-tech-market-dominance-new-report-finds/

#OnlineSafetyAct #OSA #freedomofexpression #ukpolitics #ukpol #onlinesafety #bigtech #SaveOurSites #netplurality

The UK government must change the categorisation of sites under the Online Safety Act to protect net plurality.

Small and well moderated sites should be exempt from these duties to stop them from closing or blocking UK users.

Tell your MP to #SaveOurSites ⬇️

https://action.openrightsgroup.org/save-our-sites-write-your-mp

#OnlineSafetyAct #OSA #NetPlurality #ukpolitics #ukpol #wikipedia #freedomofexpression

Wikipedia @wikimediauk are going to court over the UK Online Safety Act!

Saddling platforms with hefty duties and penalties under the new regime will cause many safe sites to fold.

We can't lose the best of the web due to laws that were meant to tackle the worst of it.

#SaveOurSites

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c62j2gr8866o

#OnlineSafetyAct #OSA #NetPlurality #ukpol #ukpolitics #wikipedia #freedomofexpression