Fancy a digital chastity belt? The UK government wants Apple and Google to stop you from taking or sending pics of your bits. Intrusive scanning tech on your phone would block nudes unless you verify your age with biometrics or official ID. It's creepy mission creep.
Ars Technica
UK to “encourage” Apple and Google to put nudity-blocking systems on phones
Government seeks "nudity-detection algorithms" in iOS and Android, report says.
 #surveillance #ageverification #privacy #digitalrights #ukpolitics #ukpol #apple #google
The botched UK eVisa scheme needs to be investigated. The Home Office failed to assess the risks of a digital-only scheme. As a result, migrants have experienced widespread data errors, inaccessible design and technical failures. Read about our open letter to the ICO ⬇️
The Independent
Canadian citizen’s personal details shared with Russian woman in eVisa data breach
Migrant rights groups call on the data watchdog to investigate ‘unresolved’ problems with eVisa rollout
 #evisa #migrants #migrantrights #immigration #homeoffice #ico #ukpolitics #ukpol
The UK Online Safety Act is a mess. MPs are debating the petition for its repeal now. ORG calls for a rights-based approach: Limit its scope to minimise threats to freedom of expression/small sites, and regulate age verification providers to protect privacy. Read our briefing ⬇️
Open Rights Group
Briefing: Online Safety Act Parliamentary Petition Debate
It might seem strange to some MPs that anyone could be opposed to ‘Online Safety’.
 #onlinesafetyact #osa #onlinesafety #freedomofexpression #privacy #censorship #ageverification #ukpolitics #ukpol
The UK Home Office has failed migrants. The eVisa scheme is founded on an incomplete and misleading Data Protection Impact Assessment, meaning foreseeable risks were not mitigated. ORG has brought together 19 civil society groups to call on the ICO to formally investigate the resulting data protection breaches and accessibility issues. Read our open letter ⬇️
Open Rights Group
Civil society urges the ICO to investigate the Home Office’s failing eVisa system
19 civil society organisations have called on the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) to formally investigate data protection breaches and ac...
 #dataprotection #gdpr #evisa #immigration #migrants #migrantrights #ico #ukpolitics #ukpol #homeoffice
The UK Online Safety Act ushered in an age verification market without regulating providers. Our open letter calls for this to be corrected ahead of tomorrow's debate. We're supported by the Age Verification Providers Association and 600+ members of the public. Read more ⬇️
Open Rights Group
Online Safety Act: Age assurance industry must be regulated
Open Rights Group has written to the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, Liz Kendall MP calling for regulation of age assura...
 #OnlineSafetyAct #onlinesafety #osa #ageverification #privacy #ukpolitics #ukpol
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