The UK Online Safety Act returns to Parliament. It's enabled iffy age-assurance providers, wrongly censored content and shuttered small sites while done nothing to tackle the dominance of major platforms. Tell your MP to attend the debate on 15 December ⬇️
Open Rights Group
Tell your MP to attend the debate on the Online Safety Act
 #onlinesafetyact #onlinesafety #osa #freedomofexpression #ageverification #ukpolitics #ukpol
“Millions of teens would lose the freedom to enjoy games and social interaction in the name of safety.” An amendment to the UK Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill could block under 16s from online games where they can interact or talk with other players. ORG’s @npub1cqh0...8tnn for Lib Dem Voice ⬇️ https://www.libdemvoice.org/banning-children-from-online-games-and-spying-on-every-device-why-we-must-oppose-baroness-benjamins-attack-on-liberty-78846.html #gaming #gamers #ukpolitics #ukpol
The UK eVisa system is beset with problems. New research highlights the human cost of these hostile digital systems that are flawed by design. Root and branch reform is needed as the government intends to rollout digital ID to everyone in the UK. Read more ⬇️
ComputerWeekly.com
Error-prone eVisa system a precursor of digital ID | Computer Weekly
Research highlights how the Home Office’s electronic visa system has used migrants as a ‘testing ground’ for the government&rsquo...
 #evisa #migrantrights #migrants #immigration #digitalid #ukpolitics #ukpol
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 ⬇️
Open Rights Group
Win a copy of Enshittification signed by Cory Doctorow
Enter the Competition!
 #enshittification #corydoctorow #digitalrights #competition
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