#onlinesafetyact

@openrightsgroup@social.openrightsgroup.org · 3d ago

Social media bans don't work. Yet it's happening globally as leaders try to grab headlines with creeping digital ID checks. This doesn't take on how platforms are designed to capture users' attention with harmful content through data-driven algorithms so they can sell ads. ORG's @JamesBaker@social.openrightsgroup.org explains ➡️ https://peertube.openrightsgroup.org/w/bBTjPwubE92HMVGtt9dN2Z #stopKillingInternet #socialmediaban #socialmedia #onlinesafety #onlinesafetyact #privacy #censorship #ukpolitics #ukpol #kierstarmer

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Open Rights Group

@openrightsgroup@social.openrightsgroup.org · 3d ago

A global movement to #stopKillingInternet is coming. Bans will wall off the open Internet. Kids locked out and adults pushed through digital ID checks. Connection and access to information is being swept away for a policy that leaves platforms free to continue promoting harmful content for profit. Find out more ➡️ https://www.stopkillingtheinternet.com/ #socialmediaban #socialmedia #onlinesafety #onlinesafetyact #privacy #censorship #ukpolitics #ukpol #kierstarmer

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The Unknown Universe

@unknownuniverse@unkn.uk · 3d ago

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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Neil Brown

@neil@mastodon.neilzone.co.uk · 3d ago

And here’s the official announcement of age verification coming to everyone in the UK who wishes to use “social media”:

Social media to be banned for under-16s in landmark government move to give kids their childhood back

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/social-media-to-be-banned-for-under-16s-in-landmark-government-move-to-givekids-their-childhood-back

#OnlineSafetyAct

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Mx Verda

@MxVerda@lgbtqia.space · May 17, 2026

Oho...? https://www.tumblr.com/hrhowling/816817207863558144 https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/growing-up-in-the-online-world-a-national-consultation #UK #UnitedKingdom #OnlineSafetyAct #SnoopersCharter #OnlineSafety #internet #DigitalID #Age #AgeVerification

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Mx Verda

@MxVerda@lgbtqia.space · May 17, 2026

@ people with kids, wards, young people, duty of care, friends of, family of, neighbours of, and whatever else: https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/growing-up-in-the-online-world-a-national-consultation #UK #UnitedKingdom #OnlineSafetyAct #SnoopersCharter #OnlineSafety #internet #DigitalID #Age #AgeVerification

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Mx Verda

@MxVerda@lgbtqia.space · May 17, 2026

" we need to consider whether additional measures could build on our existing approach and ensure the UK remains the safest place for children to be online. [...] What happens next This consultation will close on the 26 May 2026. The government has committed to taking swift action on its findings. On 16 February 2026, the Prime Minister announced new legal powers to allow the government to act swiftly after the consultation response, without waiting for new primary legislation. We will publish our response in summer 2026. " https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/growing-up-in-the-online-world-a-national-consultation #UK #UnitedKingdom #OnlineSafetyAct #SnoopersCharter #OnlineSafety #internet #DigitalID #Age #AgeVerification

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Open Rights Group

@openrightsgroup@social.openrightsgroup.org · Mar 06, 2026

Ending online harms isn't a game of whack-a-mole. The only way is to bust the business model that rewards harmful results. Nothing changes until we break the spell that keeps us on platforms; the harvesting of our data to maximise engagement and fuel advertising. We need to get off the regulatory treadmill and #BreakBigTech. Sign the petition ⬇️ https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/break-big-tech #OnlineSafety #OnlineSafetyAct #bigtech #meta #x #musk #zuckerberg #ukpolitics #ukpol

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Police State UK

@PoliceStateUK@mastodon.me.uk · Feb 22, 2026

"British politicians and authorities are working intensively to escalate #censorship and mass #surveillance. In just the past year alone, they have attempted to force Apple to (secretly) install backdoors in its end-to-end encrypted cloud service; censorship has been introduced with the #OnlineSafetyAct; proposals for client-side scanning and government spyware on all UK phones..." #UKPol https://mullvad.net/en/and-then/uk

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Freezenet

@freezenet@noc.social · Jan 28, 2026

Pornhub to (Mostly) Block the UK Over Ridiculous Age Verification Laws Pornhub says that UK access to its site will cease as of February 2nd for most users, giving people more incentives to use things like VPNs. https://www.freezenet.ca/pornhub-to-mostly-block-the-uk-over-ridiculous-age-verification-laws/ #Business #Censorship #News #AgeVerification #Aylo #OnlineSafetyAct #Pornhub #UK #VPN

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@tommorris@mastodon.social · Jan 02, 2026

RE: @GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social

The UK government’s official internet policy:

if you run a web forum or fedi instance, you need to do a bunch of paperwork to comply with the #OnlineSafetyAct to protect the kids.
if you are rich and run a neo-nazi website with officially posted virtual CSAM, politicians won’t leave despite that being a million times worse than anything you’d read on a forum about fixed gear cycling or a mastodon server run by some queer furries running arch for their polycule.

Incredibly coherent.

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