mastodon 4.7.3Platform power and free expression program manager at @openrightsgroup@social.openrightsgroup.org. Director of @gamersvoice@mastodon.social. Orchestrator of Stop Killing the Internet. Messaging in a personal capacity.
Mullvad have had an anti-surveillance advert censored in the UK. Hopefully the Streisand effect does its thing https://mullvad.net/en/and-then/uk #UK #censorship #Mullvad
It’s funny I listen to debates from parliamentarians on social media and then I listen to my 14 year old son. I can only conclude the 14 year old is wiser and more clued up about it than most MPs and peers. Rather than trying to ban teenagers and exclude them as in need of protection, I think older generations should listen and learn from them.
AI policing nuked this guy’s account. He had to waste days trying to get it resolved. When ‘safety algorithms’ become mandated everywhere this will get lots lots worst. https://www.reddit.com/r/FuckMicrosoft/s/QWI2guPk8W
Coming to the U.K. soon thanks to Starmer and the Kings Speech https://www.biometricupdate.com/202604/french-govt-confirms-hack-of-at-least-18m-records-from-id-document-database
This really alarming that Europol was running a shadow IT system to snoop on people https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366642525/They-protect-the-law-while-breaking-it-Inside-Europols-shadow-IT-system @jim@social.openrightsgroup.org said “As a matter of urgency, Europol needs to explain how deep these problems go, and whether they extend to questions over evidential integrity.” #EU #europol #privacy
So I now get to live under a Reform majority controlled Council…
Phil Booth has done a video explaining the Digital ID consultation and how the scheme relates to Gov.uk One Login. Well worth a watch and sharing with friends and family https://youtu.be/mC16RbBzd2Y?si=pCn6E2-m33z-US4E #DigtialID #privacy #no2id
Tomorrow morning there should be a letter about online digital ID checks (what industry and the establishment like to brand age verification ) being published by a range of organisations including @openrightsgroup@social.openrightsgroup.org
@neil@mastodon.neilzone.co.uk @cyberleagle@mastodon.social New Kidron amendments to the OSA have dropped see https://bills.parliament.uk/publications/65607/documents/8082 think hope is Government goes for them in ping pong of Children and School’s wellbeing bill
The ICO issued a joint statement on ‘age assurance’ aka privacy invading digital ID. Their odd position is now people must go through privacy invading procedures to ‘protect their data’ and to be sure users are > 13 years old. This likely why Apple are saying U.K. law requires age assurance stuff. https://ico.org.uk/about-the-ico/media-centre/news-and-blogs/2026/03/joint-statement-from-ico-and-ofcom-on-age-assurance/ #AgeGate #apple #ICO #UK
“And it should go much further than the old Magna Carta, to enshrine the rights we have asserted over generations since. A free press. Genuinely free. Freedom of expression. And yes, that means on social media too” - Davey calls for a new written constitution to defend our freedoms and rights in his Lib Dem conference speech. Best I’ve heard from in a while. #freeexpression #rights
The Lib Dem’s have an emergency motion opposing a blanket ban on U16s. Has some good points about freedom of expression for young people. Still faces issues around how you rate platforms, small sites and the issue around age gates + personal data. Under an age system access to anything other than a U rating requires proof of age. #LibDems #privacy #onlinesafety https://www.libdems.org.uk/conference/papers/spring-2026/extra
Ofcom’s work on scanning your private messages has dropped https://www.ofcom.org.uk/online-safety/illegal-and-harmful-content/consultation-technology-notices it looks to me like they unlawfully narrowed the scope the scope of their impact assessment by refusing to assess the real-world consequences of scanning private communications at scale. @neil@mastodon.neilzone.co.uk @cyberleagle@mastodon.social
Swing the censer, bless thy blade,
fear an altar where laws are made,
when the children cry at night,
thrones take power in sacred light.
Ash and earth, salt and flame,
Burn the liberties in your name
Chant the spell hold the charm
None can spare us from every harm
Lib Dem’s passed their motion opposing a blanket ban on social media for 16s.
So the past couple days the @gamersvoice@mastodon.social team has been working with @StopKillingGames@mastodon.social. Pleased to announce we have agreed to act as the U.K. Chapter of the campaign. So we will be using Gamer’s Voice as the NGO to take things forward! See https://gamersvoice.org/uk-stop-killing-games/ for details #gaming #SKG #UK
Ah Timoson the great progressive reform of prisoners. Who gives them and honest days work and then (checks notes) invites Palantir to come up with a tech dystopian visit to create a digital open air prison… https://www.techpolicy.press/the-uks-sentencing-act-leaves-the-door-open-for-big-tech-to-build-digital-prisons/
