Post #782862

2026-03-25 20:53 UTC

House of Lords has defeated Government again on Online Safety. Rejecting new Henry VIII powers to ban sites. Insisting on an under 16 ban for social media. Also dropping requirement to age gate VPNs 🎉. Final twist Kidron has proposed a new raft of amendments that create quite radical changes to the Online Safety Act. I guess in hope Government goes for them in ping pong. #Parliament #onlinesafety #VPN

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@JamesBaker@social.openrightsgroup.org 2026-03-25 21:10

Here are the receipts - vote on Nash amendment https://votes.parliament.uk/votes/lords/division/3608 anyone interested in the new Kidron amendments https://bills.parliament.uk/publications/65607/documents/8082

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@cyberleagle@mastodon.social 2026-03-25 21:08

@JamesBaker@social.openrightsgroup.org Is there a link to the new Kidron amendments? Are they possibly related to the OSAN 10 point plan to amend the OSA?

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@simonzerafa@infosec.exchange 2026-03-25 21:12

@JamesBaker@social.openrightsgroup.org That's very interesting news 🙂👍

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@dash@social.coop 2026-03-25 21:41

@JamesBaker@social.openrightsgroup.org This feels like a competition between the two Houses for the most ill-thought-out ideas.

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@kkarhan@infosec.space 2026-03-26 09:06

@JamesBaker@social.openrightsgroup.org #UK really wants to be known as a #cyberfascist shithole, I guess. "#AgeVerification" IS the #IllicitActivity! #Cyberfascism

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