@openrightsgroup@social.openrightsgroup.org
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15h ago
Open Rights Group
@openrightsgroup@social.openrightsgroup.org
We fight for digital rights (UK). Join us. #privacy #freespeech #surveillance #censorship #dataprotection
social.openrightsgroup.org
🚨 First the social media ban, now the UK government wants to restrict VPNs 🚨
VPNs are a vital cybersecurity tool for businesses, politicians, journalists and families to protect data and communications.
Banning or requiring digital ID checks before buying VPNs would increase cybercrime risks and expose IP addresses to predators.
https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/2217934/vpn-ban-table-july-labour
#vpn #socialmediaban #ageverification #ukpolitics #cybersecurity #onlinesafety #ukpolitics #ukpol
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@PoliceStateUK@mastodon.me.uk
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3d ago
Police State UK
@PoliceStateUK@mastodon.me.uk
Tracking politics, policing and civil liberties in the UK. #UKPol #UKPolitics #CivilLiberties
mastodon.me.uk
"Snapchat, TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, X and Facebook will all be blocked.
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The messaging platforms WhatsApp and Signal will not be included in the ban, according to the government.
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The government expects the ban, which follows a consultation that received more than 116,000 responses, to come into force by spring next year. It will publish the full response to the consultation next month."
#UKPol #AgeVerification
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/jun/15/uk-under-16s-social-media-ban-how-will-it-work
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@remixtures@tldr.nettime.org
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3d ago
Miguel Afonso Caetano
@remixtures@tldr.nettime.org
Technical Writer @ UJET.cx (Portugal). PhD in Communication Sciences (ISCTE-IUL). Past: technology journalist, blogger & communication researcher. #TechnicalWriting #WebDev #WebDevelopment #OpenSource #FLOSS #SoftwareDevelopment #IP #PoliticalEconomy #Communication #Media #Copyright #Music #Cities #Urbanism
tldr.nettime.org
""Every failed attempt to make children safer online is followed by more surveillance and censorship," he said. "Children have rights too and these policies will harm their free expression and privacy rights, and push them into less regulated spaces. Meanwhile the business models driving harms are untouched."
Others questioned whether the measures can realistically be enforced. Mark Jones, an online harms specialist and partner at law firm Payne Hicks Beach, noted that the consultation closed only weeks ago and warned that determined teenagers have a habit of finding ways around restrictions.
"A social media ban only helps if it is genuinely enforceable," Jones said. "If large numbers of young people simply circumvent the restrictions, parents will just lose visibility into where their children are actually spending time online rather than reclaiming any control."
The political case for the crackdown appears relatively straightforward, but the practical one is less so. The government now has to persuade social media companies to enforce the rules and teenagers not to find ways around them."
https://www.theregister.com/personal-tech/2026/06/15/britain-plots-digital-bedtime-after-kicking-under-16s-off-social-media/5255341
#UK #AgeVerification #NannyState #Surveillance #Oligopolies #Censorship #BigBrother #BigTech #Privacy #Anonymity
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@openrightsgroup@social.openrightsgroup.org
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2d ago
Open Rights Group
@openrightsgroup@social.openrightsgroup.org
We fight for digital rights (UK). Join us. #privacy #freespeech #surveillance #censorship #dataprotection
social.openrightsgroup.org
“Soon it will be virtually impossible to be online in the UK without handing over identity documents or biometric data to unregulated companies.”
The social media ban means EVERY user has to prove they're over 16. This puts millions at risk of their personal data being hacked.
🗣️ ORG's @JamesBaker@social.openrightsgroup.org.
https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366644294/Big-tech-must-introduce-age-checks-to-support-UKs-under-16s-social-media-ban
#stopKillingInternet #StopKillingTheInternet #socialmediaban #socialmedia #ageverification #onlinesafety #privacy #censorship #ukpolitics #ukpol
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@dmarti@federate.social
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3d ago
Don Marti
@dmarti@federate.social
Desktop Linux user, live in California, on US-Eastern time mostly. I'm usually either the privacy person in the advertising meeting or the advertising person in the privacy meeting. All posts are personal opinions, not speaking for any organization here. (I follow back if you have already posted something that I can see. I unfollow for "AI" slop)
federate.social
If some service requires "age verification" you probably have another choice other than (1) compliance or (2) refusal.
If you don't want to get into an argument about values or politics with someone who wants to connect on an age-verified service, you can usually make up an error message or security alert. And people expect big companies to arbitrarily deny service or introduce bugs, so they'll try you again using a different communications medium #ageVerification 1/2
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@Em0nM4stodon@infosec.exchange
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3d ago
Em 
@Em0nM4stodon@infosec.exchange
Privacy Activist and Advocate. Security Passionate. Protector of Data. Tamer of Python. Lover of Encrypted Keys. Recycled Artist. Hardware Enthusiast. Fan of FOSS. Happy Mastodon Mentor to all newcomers! Spending most days writing, reading, and talking about privacy. Located in Canada 🇨🇦 (She/Her) 🏳️🌈 Currently: Looking for a new remote opportunity. Previously: Activism & Outreach Lead and Journalist at @privacyguides 🔒 Privacy tips at: #TinyPrivacyTip 🐘 Mastodon tips at: #TinyMastodonTip Other hashtags I talk about: #DigitalRights #HumanRights #Privacy #Security #Python #FOSS #FLOSS #OpenSource #NoAI Secondary accounts at (do not contact me there): 🐘 infosec.space/@Em0nM4stodon 🐘 mastodon.social/@Em0nM4stodon #nobridge #nobot #nobots #noai #noindex #nosearch #noarchive This is a personal account. Opinions expressed here are my own and do not necessarily reflect my employer. Especially emojis 
infosec.exchange
Do not provide your ID or facial scan to access social media.
I repeat, do NOT provide your ID or facial scan to access social media when requested.
This is not a drill.
If everyone refuse to comply, and let their accounts dormant instead, I promise you the platforms themselves, with their immense budget and network of lobbyists, are going to fight these absurd laws to recover their users.
They need you more than you need them.
Make them fight for your rights.
Do not comply.
Spread the word and boycott ID checks ✊
#StopIDSurveillance #AgeVerification #Privacy #HumanRights #Democracy #Safety #MassSurveillance #Authoritarianism
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@doin@c7.io
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3d ago
Doin的赛博空间 
@doin@c7.io
“多年来我弄懂了一个道理，那就是世界上任何事物都可能成为地狱的萌芽；一张脸、一句话、一个罗盘、一幅香烟广告，如果不能忘掉，就可能使人发狂。” ——豪尔赫·路易斯·博尔赫斯 “Across the Great Wall we can reach every corner in the world.” “飞越长城，走向世界。” 男（他/he） 来自后玲音与爱丽丝时代的幻想。 哔哩哔哩UP主/博客作者/互联网谜团调查员/传播学学习者 年龄验证和强制手机号注册是互联网之癌 刚刚从半休眠状态中苏醒，正在学习各种知识 此账号用于更新动态和标记自己发现的有意思的东西 标记/转载/提及/转嘟/喜欢/关注/回复等行为不代表同意或完全同意内容发布者的观点与立场 封面图取自 https://bgm.tv/character/76104 #都市传说 #互联网谜团 #赛博文艺复兴 #爱与和平 #年龄验证和强制手机号注册是互联网之癌
c7.io
RE: https://social.openrightsgroup.org/@openrightsgroup/116754532860613415
#StopKillingInternet 运动即将开始。这是 #StopKillingGames 的姊妹运动，旨在反对互联网年龄验证制度，促进关于互联网服务与用户利益的公开讨论，以建构更好的互联网。
https://www.stopkillingtheinternet.com/
@board @worldboard
#互联网抗癌记 #长毛象安利大会 #年龄验证 #隐私 #社交媒体 #未成年人 #新闻 #AgeVerification #Privacy #SocialMedia #Minor #News
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@unknownuniverse@unkn.uk
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3d ago
The Unknown Universe
@unknownuniverse@unkn.uk
Sysadmin documenting the fight for digital sovereignty. 🛠️ Tinkering in a Proxmox home lab. 🐧 Linux and Docker enthusiast. 🛡️ Hardened privacy: No Windows, no Google, just FOSS. 🌐 the.unknown-universe.co.uk #SelfHosted #Proxmox #Linux #Privacy #FOSS #Docker
unkn.uk
The UK PM has just announced an under-16 social media ban.
This is the 'Trojan Horse' in action. You cannot enforce a ban without an Age Verification layer, and you can’t have Age Verification without a National Digital ID or bio-metric database. They are using the 'child safety' card to build a mandatory surveillance gate for the entire internet.
Between the new taxes and the constant bans, it’s clear this government has zero respect for personal agency or digital sovereignty. If you aren't already moving your data off the cloud and into your own home lab, start now. The gap between our current society and a total surveillance state just got a whole lot smaller.
#UKPolitics #OnlineSafetyAct #Privacy #Surveillance #DigitalID #AgeVerification #MassSurveillance #DigitalRights
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@nixCraft@mastodon.social Rmeember:
- #AgeVerification is just “#KYC” under #FalsePretenses
and
- #KYC (aka. coerced #SelfDoxxing) IS the Illicit Activity!
NEVER comply with EITHER!
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@openrightsgroup@social.openrightsgroup.org
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3d ago
Open Rights Group
@openrightsgroup@social.openrightsgroup.org
We fight for digital rights (UK). Join us. #privacy #freespeech #surveillance #censorship #dataprotection
social.openrightsgroup.org
The UK social media ban for under-16s does nothing to sort out the harms caused by platforms.
Harmful content is a product of a business model that uses data to drive engagement and target users with ads.
Digital ID checks feed more data into this system, while leaving the engine for harms unchecked.
Read our response ⬇️
https://www.openrightsgroup.org/press-releases/starmers-social-media-ban-fails-to-address-root-causes-of-online-harms/
#socialmediaban #socialmedia #starmer #stopkillinginternet #ukpolitics #ukpol #onlinesafety #ageverification #digitalid #privacy #censorship
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@KimSJ@mastodon.social
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4d ago
Kim Spence-Jones 🇬🇧😷
@KimSJ@mastodon.social
Born at 314ppm CO2. Escapee from Twitter, and now from home.social too. 🫤 Tofu-loving woke ex EU citizen. Retired hi-tech entrepreneur, once focused on future cities/buildings, climate & UBI, now keen on saving the planet and democracy. I dream of the day when I can return my focus to my first loves. If you don’t like #politics, you probably shouldn’t follow me. 😁 Though I do also have a #creative side, and I'm a #maker too. he/him Still masking
mastodon.social
@BBC@c.im
Let’s see the full results of the Government consultation on banning under-16s from Social Media.
Even with the biased questions, I simply do not believe that the ‘vast majority’ support the ban.
#SocialMedia #AgeVerification
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@patnat@social.tchncs.de
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Jun 11, 2026
OKD 
🚴 📷
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@patnat@social.tchncs.de
GER: M37 aus #Karlsruhe #Radfahrer, #Gamer, #Linux User und #Sysadmin. Fährt gelegentlich durch die Gegend und macht #Fotos von #Landschaften Interessiert an #Astronomie und dem #Weltall, #Technik, #Wissenschaft, #Paläontologie, #Evolution ENG: M37 from Karlsruhe, Germany #Bicyclist, Gamer, Linux User and sysadmin Occasionally rides the bike through the countryside and takes #photos of #landscapes Interested in #astronomy and #space, #technology, #science, #paleontology, evolution
social.tchncs.de
RE: https://mastodon.online/@joho/116730558955694159
Did anyone propose age verification for TV-News?
If not, why?
Can you really broadcast pictures and videos of corpses and massacres at 7 PM without checking, whether an 8-year old is in front of the TV?
Block Imgur but show pictures of dead people attacked by a terrorist in a car?
Yeah, hypocrites.
The entire age verification BS is a lobby-endeavour sponsored by Meta.
#ageverification #privacy #meta #socialmediaban
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Age verification ...
#privacy #privacymatters #ageverification #socialmedia #surveillance #dataskydd #dataprotection #gdpr #deepstate
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@joho@mastodon.online
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Jun 11, 2026
Joaquim Homrighausen
@joho@mastodon.online
Active Open Source developer. Working with IT since before it was called IT. Usually converting ☕ into something (not necessarily useful). WebFusionist, GDPR, Linux, Curious, Technologist, Photography, Father, Whiskey, IT, Aikido, FidoNet, CodeNinja, WordPress, Open Source, Cooking, Coding, DevOps. Sweden
mastodon.online
Age verification ...
#privacy #privacymatters #ageverification #socialmedia #surveillance #dataskydd #dataprotection #gdpr #deepstate
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@Em0nM4stodon@infosec.exchange
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Jun 10, 2026
Em
@Em0nM4stodon@infosec.exchange
Privacy Activist and Advocate. Security Passionate. Protector of Data. Tamer of Python. Lover of Encrypted Keys. Recycled Artist. Hardware Enthusiast. Fan of FOSS. Happy Mastodon Mentor to all newcomers! Spending most days writing, reading, and talking about privacy. Located in Canada 🇨🇦 (She/Her) 🏳️🌈 Currently: Looking for a new remote opportunity. Previously: Activism & Outreach Lead and Journalist at @privacyguides 🔒 Privacy tips at: #TinyPrivacyTip 🐘 Mastodon tips at: #TinyMastodonTip Other hashtags I talk about: #DigitalRights #HumanRights #Privacy #Security #Python #FOSS #FLOSS #OpenSource #NoAI Secondary accounts at (do not contact me there): 🐘 infosec.space/@Em0nM4stodon 🐘 mastodon.social/@Em0nM4stodon #nobridge #nobot #nobots #noai #noindex #nosearch #noarchive This is a personal account. Opinions expressed here are my own and do not necessarily reflect my employer. Especially emojis
infosec.exchange
A thread to Stop ID Surveillance from coming to Canada ⛔️🧵
Yesterday, I sent a long letter the Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, Culture Minister Marc Miller, and the leaders of all other major federal parties in Canada.
I sent this letter to voice my concerns about the upcoming bill that is planned to be introduced today at 5 p.m. ET, to propose a ban of social media for children, therefore requiring all social media platforms to identify every adults accessing it.
This is a long thread of what I wrote (mute me for one hour if you don't want to see it).
Feel free to copy any parts you want to share in your own letter of opposition sent to your representatives this week.
Here's how to find their contact information: https://www.ourcommons.ca/members/en/search
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#StopIDSurveillance #Privacy #HumanRights #AgeVerification #CanPoli #Canada
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@Em0nM4stodon@infosec.exchange
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Jun 10, 2026
Em
@Em0nM4stodon@infosec.exchange
Privacy Activist and Advocate. Security Passionate. Protector of Data. Tamer of Python. Lover of Encrypted Keys. Recycled Artist. Hardware Enthusiast. Fan of FOSS. Happy Mastodon Mentor to all newcomers! Spending most days writing, reading, and talking about privacy. Located in Canada 🇨🇦 (She/Her) 🏳️🌈 Currently: Looking for a new remote opportunity. Previously: Activism & Outreach Lead and Journalist at @privacyguides 🔒 Privacy tips at: #TinyPrivacyTip 🐘 Mastodon tips at: #TinyMastodonTip Other hashtags I talk about: #DigitalRights #HumanRights #Privacy #Security #Python #FOSS #FLOSS #OpenSource #NoAI Secondary accounts at (do not contact me there): 🐘 infosec.space/@Em0nM4stodon 🐘 mastodon.social/@Em0nM4stodon #nobridge #nobot #nobots #noai #noindex #nosearch #noarchive This is a personal account. Opinions expressed here are my own and do not necessarily reflect my employer. Especially emojis
infosec.exchange
Today, the Canadian government wants to introduce a bill banning social media for children under 16.
This means requiring ID from every adults who want to access social media. This is a privacy and democracy nightmare.
"Ottawa is set to introduce legislation to enact what the government is calling the Digital Safety Act and the Digital Safety Commission of Canada Act.
It’s expected to be introduced later Wednesday, with Culture Minister Marc Miller holding a news conference at 5 p.m. ET after a technical briefing."
https://globalnews.ca/news/11897929/social-media-ban-under-16/
Contact our Prime Minister Mark Carney and Culture Minister Marc Miller TODAY to voice your opposition:
mark.carney@parl.gc.ca
Marc.Miller@parl.gc.ca
Contact your local MP as well by finding their contact information here: https://www.ourcommons.ca/members/en/search
We must Stop ID Surveillance in Canada before it's too late.
#StopIDSurveillance #Privacy #HumanRights #AgeVerification #Authoritatianism
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@openrightsgroup@social.openrightsgroup.org
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Jun 10, 2026
Open Rights Group
@openrightsgroup@social.openrightsgroup.org
We fight for digital rights (UK). Join us. #privacy #freespeech #surveillance #censorship #dataprotection
social.openrightsgroup.org
Image scanning for nudes 🤝 digital ID checks
This will affect everyone. All adults will have to hand over their ID to turn off the blocks on their phone.
But the scanning software will hang around. Something that could end up being used to censor much more.
We can't allow this trojan horse tech.
ORG's @JamesBaker@social.openrightsgroup.org spoke to TalkTV about the UK government's plans.
https://peertube.openrightsgroup.org/w/6dYE596iFv5viV5QHemnR8
#censorship #ageverification #digitalID #privacy #ukpolitics #ukpol
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@Em0nM4stodon@infosec.exchange
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Jun 09, 2026
Em
@Em0nM4stodon@infosec.exchange
Privacy Activist and Advocate. Security Passionate. Protector of Data. Tamer of Python. Lover of Encrypted Keys. Recycled Artist. Hardware Enthusiast. Fan of FOSS. Happy Mastodon Mentor to all newcomers! Spending most days writing, reading, and talking about privacy. Located in Canada 🇨🇦 (She/Her) 🏳️🌈 Currently: Looking for a new remote opportunity. Previously: Activism & Outreach Lead and Journalist at @privacyguides 🔒 Privacy tips at: #TinyPrivacyTip 🐘 Mastodon tips at: #TinyMastodonTip Other hashtags I talk about: #DigitalRights #HumanRights #Privacy #Security #Python #FOSS #FLOSS #OpenSource #NoAI Secondary accounts at (do not contact me there): 🐘 infosec.space/@Em0nM4stodon 🐘 mastodon.social/@Em0nM4stodon #nobridge #nobot #nobots #noai #noindex #nosearch #noarchive This is a personal account. Opinions expressed here are my own and do not necessarily reflect my employer. Especially emojis
infosec.exchange
In reality, what they call age verification is abusive ID surveillance checks for everyone.
Start calling it what it is:
ID Surveillance.
We must all fight to Stop ID Surveillance.
#StopIDSurveillance #AgeVerification #MassSurveillance #Authoritarianism #Privacy #HumanRights
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@Em0nM4stodon@infosec.exchange
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Jun 09, 2026
Em
@Em0nM4stodon@infosec.exchange
Privacy Activist and Advocate. Security Passionate. Protector of Data. Tamer of Python. Lover of Encrypted Keys. Recycled Artist. Hardware Enthusiast. Fan of FOSS. Happy Mastodon Mentor to all newcomers! Spending most days writing, reading, and talking about privacy. Located in Canada 🇨🇦 (She/Her) 🏳️🌈 Currently: Looking for a new remote opportunity. Previously: Activism & Outreach Lead and Journalist at @privacyguides 🔒 Privacy tips at: #TinyPrivacyTip 🐘 Mastodon tips at: #TinyMastodonTip Other hashtags I talk about: #DigitalRights #HumanRights #Privacy #Security #Python #FOSS #FLOSS #OpenSource #NoAI Secondary accounts at (do not contact me there): 🐘 infosec.space/@Em0nM4stodon 🐘 mastodon.social/@Em0nM4stodon #nobridge #nobot #nobots #noai #noindex #nosearch #noarchive This is a personal account. Opinions expressed here are my own and do not necessarily reflect my employer. Especially emojis
infosec.exchange
PRIVACY ALERT!
Please boost for reach! 🚨👇
The Canadian government is planning
to introduce a bill on Wednesday, June 10th, to mandate identity surveillance of every adult using social media in Canada! 👁️🗨️
https://globalnews.ca/news/11894610/canada-social-media-ban-teens-online-harms-bill/
A ban on social media for children
does nothing to reduce the harm caused by commercial social media. Instead, it means mandatory ID scans for every adult using social media.
We must stop this authoritarian proposal,
and demand our government focuses instead on reducing the harm for everyone using social media.
It has been explained by experts over and over that bans of social media are shortsighted lazy measures that do not help in the end, but in fact harm everyone, including the children.
Stop ID surveillance in Canada! ✊⛔️
Contact your MP and our Prime Minister TODAY to voice your opposition. Here's where to find their contact information: https://www.ourcommons.ca/members/en/search
If you aren't aware of this issue yet, here's more information on age verification: https://www.eff.org/issues/age-verification
#AgeVerification #Privacy #Canada #HumanRights #CanPoli #StopIDChecks #StopIDSurveillance
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@openrightsgroup@social.openrightsgroup.org
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Jun 09, 2026
Open Rights Group
@openrightsgroup@social.openrightsgroup.org
We fight for digital rights (UK). Join us. #privacy #freespeech #surveillance #censorship #dataprotection
social.openrightsgroup.org
The government's aim to block nude images would take away control over our devices.
ORG's @JamesBaker@social.openrightsgroup.org explains that this is about mandating for all of us as adults to go through ID checks simply to unlock the actual use of our phone.
Despite there existing ways for parents to protect kids already.
https://peertube.openrightsgroup.org/w/2xsCd8sjXZQYgy17cu8phs
#privacy #starmer #ukpolitcs #ukpol #ageverification
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@openrightsgroup@social.openrightsgroup.org
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May 26, 2026
Open Rights Group
@openrightsgroup@social.openrightsgroup.org
We fight for digital rights (UK). Join us. #privacy #freespeech #surveillance #censorship #dataprotection
social.openrightsgroup.org
🚨 LAST CHANCE 🚨
The UK government's online safety consultation closes TODAY.
We must push back against more and more online ID checks. Making every adult hand over sensitive data to unregulated providers is itself UNSAFE.
Let's take on Big Tech business models instead!
Have your say ➡️ https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/growing-up-in-the-online-world-a-national-consultation
#onlinesafety #privacy #ageverification #bigtech #digitalID #ukpolitics #ukpol
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