And now this.

#uk #OnlineSafetyAct #censorship #ukpolitics

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…

#OnlineSafetyAct #OnlineSafety #privacy #OSA #ageverification #agegate #ukpolitics #ukpol #censorship #spotify #reddit

Tell your MP: The Online Safety Act isn’t working

What's the problem? The Online Safety Act has been a disaster. Rather than protect children, millions of adults are facing widespread censorship, and teenagers are having their freedom of expression restricted.

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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 #OSA for you.

404media.co/spotify-uk-age-che…

#OnlineSafetyAct #ageverification #agegate #ukpol #ukpolitics #spotify #privacy #onlinesafety #censorship

Spotify Is Forcing Users to Undergo Face Scanning to Access Explicit Content

Submit to biometric face scanning or risk your account being deleted, Spotify says, following the enactment of the UK's Online Safety Act.

^{Samantha Cole (404 Media)}

Age verification is creating an information desert.

The Online Safety Act sets every UK user to child as default.

Teenagers? Blocked. Adults? Content denied unless we do age checks with unregulated companies.

It's not just porn! News on Gaza and Ukraine is being scrubbed from view, threatening #freedomofexpression as well as #privacy ⛔

404media.co/uk-users-need-to-p…

#OnlineSafetyAct #onlinesafety #OSA #palestine #gaza #ukraine #reddit #ageverification #ageassurance #censorship #ukpolitics #ukpol

UK Users Need to Post Selfie or Photo ID to View Reddit's r/IsraelCrimes, r/UkraineWarFootage

“If visibility of r/IsraelCrimes is being restricted under the Online Safety Act, it’s only because the state fears accountability,” moderators say.

^{Emanuel Maiberg (404 Media)}

'Crime-predicting' tech leads to more over-policing of Black, racialised, lower income and migrant communities.

It automates unjust stop and searches, harassment, handcuffing and use of force.

Sign and share our petition to BAN it ⬇️

you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions…

#SafetyNotSurveillance #policing #police #AI #surveillance #ukpolitics #ukpol #criminaljustice #precrime #predictivepolicing

Ban ‘Crime Predicting’ Police Tech

The Lie  AI and police tech don’t predict crime - they predict policing. These technologies are built on existing, flawed, police data.

^{38 Degrees}

Oops! AI did it again... you're not that innocent.

Nectar, a 'crime-predicting' system developed with #Palantir, could be rolled out nationally after a pilot with Bedfordshire police (UK).

Data such as race, sex life, trade union membership, philosophical beliefs and health are used to 'predict' criminality so people can be targeted for #surveillance.

inews.co.uk/news/police-use-co…

#SafetyNotSurveillance #policing #police #AI #ukpolitics #ukpol #criminaljustice #precrime #predictivepolicing

Police use controversial AI tool that looks at people’s sex lives and beliefs

Senior MPs and privacy campaigners have expressed alarm at the deployment of Palantir’s AI-powered crime-fighting software with access to sensitive personal information

^{Mark Wilding (The i Paper)}

I can't believe that the UK would even contemplate deporting an 8 year old and an 12 year old to Brazil alone. This is the letter the home office sent the 11 year old:

“I am satisfied that there are no serious or compelling reasons to grant you settlement. I am satisfied that you could return to Brazil and continue your education in Brazil where you would have the option to attend an English-speaking school.

Whilst this may involve a degree of disruption in family life this is considered to be proportionate to the legitimate aim of maintaining effective immigration control.”

I'm ashamed at the actions of this country.

#UkPolitics #Shameful #Children #Immigration

theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/j…

UK Home Office tells parents their children should return to Brazil alone

While Ana Luiza Cabral Gouveia and Hugo Barbosa can remain, letter says sons, 11 and eight, must go back to Brazil

^{Diane Taylor (The Guardian)}

"Google refuses to deny it received encryption order from UK government"

The UK’s encryption-breaking order for a backdoor into iCloud isn’t a one-off.

The secret hearing happening RIGHT NOW is bigger than just Apple. If the government wins, our right to privacy and security falls.

Other services will be hit.

therecord.media/google-refuses…

Sign our petition ➡️ you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions…

#e2ee #encryption #apple #google #privacy #security #cybersecurity #ukpol #ukpolitics #tech

Google refuses to deny it received encryption order from UK government

U.S. lawmakers say Google has refused to deny that it received a Technical Capability Notice from the U.K. — a mechanism to access encrypted messages that Apple reportedly received.

^{therecord.media}

📣 Break the silence: Save encryption!

The UK government wants to be able to access anything, anywhere, any time — from your pics to your docs.

It begins with Apple. Other services will be next. That's why we must take a stand NOW!

Sign and share our petition ⬇️

you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions…

#encryption #e2ee #Apple #privacy #security #cybersecurity #ukpolitics #ukpol #icloud #tech

Keep our Apple data encrypted

It is reported that the Home Office has ordered Apple to build a backdoor into its encrypted services so that they can get hold of content that any Apple user has upload to the cloud. Encryption keeps our private information safe and secure.

^{38 Degrees}

The message is clear across the political divide: let's hear it!

The UK government should argue in open court why they want to make us less secure by ordering a backdoor into Apple encryption.

A secret Tribunal would be an affront to the privacy and security issues at stake. It must be held in public.

Read the joint letter from ORG, Big Brother Watch and Index on Censorship ⬇️

openrightsgroup.org/press-rele…

#Apple #encryption #e2ee #privacy #security #cybersecurity #ukpol #ukpolitics #tech

Make the Investigatory Powers Tribunal on Apple Encryption a Public Hearing

Rights groups call for Apple’s closed appeal against the Home Office’s encryption-breaching order to be opened to the public.

^{Open Rights Group}

UK MPs have joined the chorus of voices wanting the Apple case to be held in public.

"If the Home Office wants to have effectively unfettered access to the private data of the (innocent) general public, they should explain their case in front of the public."

🗣️ David Davis MP.

"People deserve to know what's happening to their private personal information."

🗣️ Victoria Collins MP.

news.sky.com/story/apple-vs-ho…

#encryption #e2ee #Apple #privacy #security #cybersecurity #ukpolitics #ukpol

Apple vs Home Office encryption court battle must be held in public, say MPs

A row between the tech giant and the government over customer data will reportedly move to London's High Court this week – but the hearing will be held behind closed doors.

^{Tim Baker (Sky News)}

📣 Make it public!

The call is getting louder for a public hearing of the appeal over the UK's order to break Apple encryption.

Alongside the joint letter from ORG, Big Brother Watch and Index on Censorship, UK MPs, US Congress Members and the BBC want the secrecy to end.

bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4g0rr…

#encryption #e2ee #privacy #security #cybersecurity #ukpol #ukpolitics #Apple #tech

Pressure grows to hold secret Apple privacy hearing in public

Civil liberties campaigners have joined US politicians and the BBC in saying Friday's hearing should not be secret.

^{Tom Singleton (BBC News)}

"The consensus among cybersecurity experts could not be clearer:

There is no way to provide government access to end-to-end encrypted data without breaking end-to-end encryption, thus putting every user’s security and privacy at risk."

Join the voice of experts in the joint letter to stop the UK's order to break encryption – Sign and share our petition today ⬇️

#encryption #privacy #Apple #cybersecurity #ukpolitics #ukpol

you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions…

Keep our Apple data encrypted

It is reported that the Home Office has ordered Apple to build a backdoor into its encrypted services so that they can get hold of content that any Apple user has upload to the cloud. Encryption keeps our private information safe and secure.

^{38 Degrees}

ORG and over 150 signatories call on the UK government to RESCIND its demand to create a backdoor to Apple encryption.

It "jeopardises the security and privacy of millions, undermines the UK tech sector, and sets a dangerous precedent for global cybersecurity."

"The world’s second-largest provider of mobile devices would be built on top of a systemic security flaw, putting all of its users’ security and privacy at risk."

#encryption #privacy #cybersecurity #ukpolitics

globalencryption.org/2025/02/j…

Ayes to the right, 330, Noes to the left 275. It passed!

Holy shit, something good happened!

#UKPolitics #UKPol

The assisted dying bill debate is just beginning, with Kim Leadbeater kicking it off.

For anyone unfamiliar with Parliamentary debates, free votes on moral issues typically introduced as a Private Member's Bill like this usually lead to very good debates demonstrating Parliament at its best.

It's likely to be a good one to watch: parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/…

#UKPolitics #UKPol

Parliamentlive.tv

House of Commons

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