Post by @openrightsgroup@social.openrightsgroup.org

@openrightsgroup@social.openrightsgroup.org

2026-10-07 10:39 UTC

There are better ways to protect children online: ⚫️ Tackle business models that reward engagement maximisation ⚫️ Restrict intrusive profiling and behavioural advertising ⚫️ Mandate giving people control over recommender systems and feeds ⚫️ Support social media models that put people in control #ageverification #privacy #freedomofexpression #onlinesafety #socialmediaban #ukpolitics #ukpol #digitalrights

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@Saorsa@public.mitra.social 2026-10-07 11:28

If only we had entire advisory boards we could ignore before pushing forward any legislation. The UK government have always treated petitions as an after thought. The only real action we can take is to encourage our friends, families and acquaintances to move away from proprietary social media that will be compelled by law to comply over to self-hosted, free and open source platforms in countries beyond the reach of the United Kingdom's government. @openrightsgroup@social.openrightsgroup.org @PoliceStateUK@mastodon.me.uk Tags: #AgeVerification, #Privacy, #FreedomOfExpression, #FreedomOfSpeech, #OnlineSafety, #SocialMediaBan, #UKPolitics, #UKPOL, #DigitalRights.

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@alienghic@timeloop.cafe 2026-10-07 14:22

@openrightsgroup@social.openrightsgroup.org I'd like to see anti trust enforcement that breaks meta/Facebook up. A bunch of the reported harms all involve zuckerberg owned services. Maybe things would be better if we got rid of him.

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