COMPETITION TIME ⏰ We're giving away a signed copy of Enshittification by Cory Doctorow @npub1fdrp...lvhs! Be in it with a chance to win it. Enter by 5 January ⬇️
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The UK Online Safety Act affects freedom of expression. Its hefty requirements risk undermining the ability of small, non-profit and public-interest websites to operate. Read the joint briefing from ORG, Big Brother Watch, @npub1m24q...d9a3 and Index on Censorship ⬇️
Open Rights Group
Joint Briefing: Petition Debate on Repealing the Online Safety Act
Prepared by UK civil society, digital rights, and open-knowledge organisations.
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Facial recognition is biased. The police know it. The UK Home Office know it. And they don't care. This dangerous, intrusive tech produces more false positives for women, young people and members of ethnic minority groups. We need Parliamentary scrutiny now!
the Guardian
UK police forces lobbied to use biased facial recognition technology
Exclusive: System more likely to suggest incorrect matches for images of women and Black people
 #facialrecognition #surveillance #policing #privacy #ukpolitics #ukpol #safetynotsurveillance
Juries are a crucial check on the abuse of power. The UK government must not roll back jury trials. Doing so will result in automated injustice as the criminal justice system looks towards crime-predicting tech and algorithmic decision-making. Read more ⬇️
Open Rights Group
Defending Trial by Jury
Justice Secretary, David Lammy, has announced plans to drastically reduce the use of jury trials in England and Wales.
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From dodgy age verification to censorship, the UK Online Safety Act has gone wrong. That's why over 500k people have told the government to think again. MPs will debate this petition on 15 December. Tell your MP to turn up for our digital rights ⬇️
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Tell your MP to attend the debate on the Online Safety Act
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NEW REPORT: Digital immigration status is causing deep anxiety. Migrants are reliant on a faulty system to prove their right to live and work in the UK. A fear of making mistakes and dealing with errors costs them greatly in their daily lives. Read more ⬇️
Open Rights Group
Exclusion by Design: Digital Identification and the Hostile Environment for Migrants
The debate over digital ID systems has recently intensified in the UK, with Prime Minister Keir Starmer framing digital IDs as a mechanism to curb ...
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Fear, anxiety and stress. This is the experience of migrants under the UK digital immigration system. A new report reveals how glitches, data errors and complex processes make it difficult to access to work, housing, study, travel and services. Read more ➑️
Open Rights Group
Stressed, Fearful and Excluded: New research exposes harms of digitalising immigration status
New research warns that the digitalisation of immigration status system is causing stress, confusion, and exclusion and placing an unfair burden on...
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Stop a Surveillance State before it's built! UK MPs are due to debate the petition against plans to introduce Digital ID. Nearly 3 million people have spoken. It's time that MPs listen. Use our tool to tell your MP to attend the debate on 8 December ⬇️
Open Rights Group
Tell your MP to attend the debate on digital IDs
 #NotoDigitalID #DigitalID #surveillance #ukpolitics #privacy #ukpol
β€œThe Home Office [UK] can take immediate steps to reduce the anxiety that migrants are experiencing by giving them the safety of a physical or digital back up that will allow them to prove their status in any circumstances." πŸ—£οΈ @npub1lxxf...6r6y for ORG Read more about the new report 'Excuded by Design: Digital Identification and the Hostile Environment for Migrants' ⬇️
The Independent
eVisa causing stress, confusion and exclusion for some migrants, study finds
Millions of people now have online visa accounts after government ditched physical paperwork
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