@simon_brooke@mastodon.scot
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16h ago
Simon Brooke
@simon_brooke@mastodon.scot
Anarcho-syndicalist, autistic, crofter, cyclist, depressive, entrepreneur, geek, searchable, Trans ally, Zapatista. Politics & environment, especially #LandReform, #ButlerianJihad, #Gaza. Clinically insane. he/him. Credo: Life is harsh. What we can do - and what we should do - is strive to make it less harsh for the people around us. Addendum: you would not deliberately block a wheelchair ramp. Do not post images to social media without alt text. Pronouns: any/don't care Born at 313.7 ppm
mastodon.scot
A UK MP reported a constituent to the police for the 'crime' of writing to him about #Gaza
What's worse, she was arrested at 04:33 -- which presumably means they went into her house in the middle of the night to arrest her. I've had this happen to me fifty years ago -- over a plan to ship schoolbooks to #Namibia -- and I know how terrifying it can be.
#UKPol
#Labour
https://www.doughtystreet.co.uk/news/brighton-woman-acquitted-charge-persistent-emails-cause-annoyance-prime-minister-foreign
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@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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@openrightsgroup@social.openrightsgroup.org
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19h ago
Open Rights Group
@openrightsgroup@social.openrightsgroup.org
We fight for digital rights (UK). Join us. #privacy #freespeech #surveillance #censorship #dataprotection
social.openrightsgroup.org
This #RefugeeWeek, we're calling on UK politicians to show courage and stand up for people seeking safety!
That means fighting back against the Home Office's potentially unlawful use of AI in asylum decision-making.
Tell your MP to back an immediate ban ➡️ https://action.openrightsgroup.org/ban-ai-tools-asylum-decision-making
#asylum #ai #immigration #homeoffice #migrants #ukpolitics #ukpol
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@2legged@mastodon.ie
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1d ago
Claire McNab
@2legged@mastodon.ie
Anarcho-ruralist, feminist, queer, anti-speciesist libsoc from #Leitrim. There is no such thing as too much #garlic. Posts about #dogs, #Ireland, #neoliberalism, #IrishNeutrality, #ScottishIndependence, #trans rights, #humanrights, #Palestine /#Gaza, and the disintegration of the #UK (aka #TheMadCountry). Opponent of CW abuse. Don't hide a post when a subject line would do. Persistently disruptive CW abusers may be 🚫 blocked. If you follow me on Bluesky, please also follow @ap.brid.gy
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Brighton woman arrested & tried for writing to own MP.
Claire Kerrison arrested at 4:33am on 17 June 2025, in her Brighton home, for sending emails concerning 'israel's' #genocide in #Gaza to #PeterKyle MP.
4 cops seized her electronics. Held her for >8 hours. Released on strict bail. Charged under Communications Act.
Case dragged on for a year. Multiple court hearings. Case dismissed.
https://www.doughtystreet.co.uk/news/brighton-woman-acquitted-charge-persistent-emails-cause-annoyance-prime-minister-foreign
https://greghadfield.medium.com/exclusive-how-labour-mp-peter-kyle-triggered-a-4am-police-raid-on-a-constituent-for-writing-to-dd012f23122e
https://x.com/i/status/2066929013902156272
#uklegal #ukpol #TheMadCountry
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@2legged@mastodon.ie
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2d ago
Claire McNab
@2legged@mastodon.ie
Anarcho-ruralist, feminist, queer, anti-speciesist libsoc from #Leitrim. There is no such thing as too much #garlic. Posts about #dogs, #Ireland, #neoliberalism, #IrishNeutrality, #ScottishIndependence, #trans rights, #humanrights, #Palestine /#Gaza, and the disintegration of the #UK (aka #TheMadCountry). Opponent of CW abuse. Don't hide a post when a subject line would do. Persistently disruptive CW abusers may be 🚫 blocked. If you follow me on Bluesky, please also follow @ap.brid.gy
mastodon.ie
Because the British government now treats protest as terrorism, the average terror suspect in England and Wales is a white woman in her 50s who held a handwritten cardboard sign .
Ridiculous and untenable.
#ukpol-#uklegal #terrorism
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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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@openrightsgroup@social.openrightsgroup.org
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1d 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 use of AI in asylum decision-making is likely unlawful.
These tools rewrite interviews, choosing what to include and exclude.
Without knowing this, asylum applicants can't be sure accurate information is used to inform decisions.
📺️ ORG's @sarahalsherif@mas.to explains.
https://peertube.openrightsgroup.org/w/fhDQ1ezbb79jedsHPTqe1X
#RefugeeWeek #courage #asylum #ai #migrants #immigration #ukpolitics #ukpol
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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
TOMORROW ⏰️
We're bringing our work on AI in the asylum system to Parliament for #RefugeeWeek.
ORG's @sarahalsherif@mas.to will join lawyers and human rights defenders to examine the legality and dangers of the Home Office's use of Al in asylum decisions.
🗓️ 17 June
🕡️ 6:30-8pm
📍 Portcullis House, Westminster, UK
Register now ⬇️
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-use-of-ai-in-the-uk-asylum-system-tickets-1990233498971#location
#ai #asylum #homeoffice #migrants #ukpolitics #ukpol
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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
NEW: A global movement to defend the open internet 🌐
Stop Killing the Internet brings creators, communities and civil society together to say: the Internet must remain open, private and free.
ORG is joining the movement as the UK moves to ban social media and scan devices.
Find out more ⬇️
https://www.openrightsgroup.org/press-releases/stop-killing-the-internet-new-global-movement-launches/
#StopKillingTheInternet #StopKillingInternet #socialmediaban #openinternet #privacy #freeexpression #ukpolitics #ukpol
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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
“Open Rights Group encourages people around the world who want a human-rights based approach to tackling harm to join this movement."
We can't stand by as governments pursue online safety in ways that gut our rights to privacy and free expression.
🗣️ ORG's @JamesBaker@social.openrightsgroup.org.
#StopKillingTheInternet #StopKillingInternet #socialmediaban #openinternet #privacy #freeexpression #ukpolitics #ukpol
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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
Governments are moving toward bans, scanning, curfews and restrictions that could change the internet for everyone.
#StopKillingTheInternet supports rights-respecting approaches to child protection, privacy, democratic accountability and platform responsibility.
The movement launches on 27 June ⬇️
#StopKillingTheInternet #StopKillingInternet #socialmediaban #openinternet #privacy #freeexpression #ukpolitics #ukpol
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@Digital_Coolie@mastodon.social
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2d ago
The Digital Coolie 🇵🇸🇮🇷🇱🇧🇾🇪🇮🇶
@Digital_Coolie@mastodon.social
Slaving away in the IT salt mines. ------------------------------------- “كونا للظالم خصماً، وللمظلوم عوناً.” “Be an enemy to the oppressor and a helper of the oppressed.” - Imam Ali (A.S.) just before his martyrdom, dictating his will to his sons. "Those who are silent when others are oppressed are guilty of oppression themselves" - Imam Hussain ibn Ali (A.S.) Marg bar Amrika! Marg bar Israel!
mastodon.social
An Israeli firm has interfered in elections in Scotland, New York, France, Angola and Togo, using large numbers of fake social media accounts to target politicians who have criticised Israel’s genocide in Gaza, French authorities have found.
#us #usa #uspol #israel #uk #ukpol #france #scotland #mossad #genocide #Palestine #Gaza
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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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@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
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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@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
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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@pre@boing.world
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3d ago
Adam Dalliance
@pre@boing.world
Working on an interactive #vr #scifi story, that involves lots of #programming and #animation and #art: @starship I sometimes talk about #left #politics and #anarchy. Live in #london #uk There's also the tarot show: @wordcloudtarot And you can follow my links feed: @linkbot #fedi22 #searchable #nobots
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UKPol kids banned
Hover or focus to reveal
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OBrien on the radio thinks that its okay to ban kids from Youtube even though their exam revision videos are on youtube, because the revision videos will just end up somewhere else.
He thinks though that the suicide encouragement and terrible anorexia mutual support will not simply end up somewhere else I guess. 🤷♂️
"No downside to this at all" he reckons. 🤣
"Nobody sensible can be against this ban"
This is what irks me most. The absolute refusal to see any issues at all in the ban. Just refusing to understand that there's any support help or encouragement for kids on these forums. That they are only places for radicalisation and bullying.
TikTok, Snapchat, Instagram, YouTube, Reddit, Twitch, X, Threads, Facebook and Kick.
I note that Bluesky didn't make the blacklist. I expect it'll be added during debate. Can't list everything though, so the kids will surely just go to whoever isn't listed? 4-chan seems to not be included? What a strange list.
I don't use any of them besides Youtube so won't be forced into ID checks for them myself. My youtube account is itself over 18 years old so don't think they'll ask.
#ukpol #socialMedia
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@Lazarou@mastodon.social
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3d ago
Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈
@Lazarou@mastodon.social
Husband to Rachel ( @Rachey ) #Bisexual #Xennial #Progressive #Transhumanism #Space #London #SimCity4 #Worldbuilding He/They Death to the Oligarchy Destroyer Of Worlds Do NOT Tone Police me. DMs are not for strangers. I do not give a fuck about your Privileged White Guy opinions, educate yourself instead of telling me off.
mastodon.social
"The nation, it seems, has been coming round to London’s way of thinking, as have some Londoners who voted Leave. At the same time, though, the capital has continued to be treated by politicians of different kinds as a useful enemy, as a suitable case for neglect and as a problem for the rest of the country."
London isn't your Enemy, the Rich are. It looks a bit racist when you go on about 'London' tbh...
https://www.onlondon.co.uk/dave-hill-ending-the-brexit-state-of-mind/
#London #Brexit #UKPol #UKPolitics
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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
"Every failed attempt to make children safer online is followed by more surveillance and censorship.
Children have rights too and these policies will harm their free expression and privacy rights, and push them into less regulated spaces."
🗣️ ORG's James Baker on the under-16s social media ban.
https://www.theregister.com/personal-tech/2026/06/15/britain-plots-digital-bedtime-after-kicking-under-16s-off-social-media/5255341
#socialmediaban #ukpol #onlinesafety #stopKillingInternet #ukpolitics
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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
A social media ban won't fix online harms.
That's because the business model creating them is left untouched.
It just makes every user do an ID check to prove they’re over 16.
Instead we should tackle the attention capture economy of targeted ads and personalised algorithms.
Sign our petition ⬇️
https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/break-big-tech
#socialmediaban #onlinesafety #socialmedia #stopKillingInternet #ukpol #ukpolitics #privacy #censorship #bigtech
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@Wen@mastodon.scot
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3d ago
Wen
@Wen@mastodon.scot
I am a climber, runner (with a Collie), cyclist and swimmer. I was running a small (but perfectly formed) analytics company now employee owned to mark my retirement. Commute between the Highlands and The Borders, campaign for Scottish independence, bake bread and occasionally dabble in bad art. I winge about a lot - the environment, bad governance and stupidity but do try to provide a wee bit of evidence and highlight good news. Languages : English, German, Gaelic, Pashtu, Spanish, Italian
mastodon.scot
The court of appeal has rulled that banning Palestine Action as terrorist (I summarise) was lawful. So we can expect further crackdowns by Labour - expect Environmental protests soon and Welsh, NI and Scottish parties calling for independence to be next in line.
#PalestineAction #Terrorism #OverReach #Disproportionate #Labour #UKPol
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