This is what I was trying to explain about the UK's #OnlineSafetyAct xxx
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Sexual Health subreddits r/STD and r/SafeSex are being blocked for under 18s due to the Online Safety Act. An issue for those aged 16-18 who might well go there for advice. #onlinesafetyact #reddit #sexualhealth
❌ You can't trade privacy to prevent crime.
⚠️ Message scanning tech punches a hole in everyone's security. Surveillance organisations, hackers, scammers and predators alike will be able to creep into your life.
Read our longread on the need to protect end-to-end encryption ⬇️
#PracticeSafeText #e2ee #encryption #OnlineSafetyAct #privacy #security
https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/the-case-for-encryption/
🚨 Time is Running Out to Save Encryption 🔐
Ofcom is consulting on implementing message scanning powers in the UK Online Safety Act.
This would break end-to-end encryption on the messaging apps we all use!
⏰ CLOSES Monday 10 March, 5pm.
Use our tool to tell Ofcom #PracticeSafeText 💬
ACT NOW ⬇️
https://action.openrightsgroup.org/48-hours-tell-ofcom-practice-safe-text
#e2ee #encryption #OnlineSafetyAct #ukpolitics #ukpol #privacy #ofcom #security #cybersecurity #whatsapp #signal
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Will the last small site turn off the lights?
The UK Online Safety Act imposes the same duties and penalties on blogs, forums and fedi instances as huge platforms.
Many small, safely moderated sites will shut down or block UK users.
Crushing competition is the last thing we need for a safer Internet!
Act now before 17 March ⬇️
https://action.openrightsgroup.org/save-our-sites-write-your-mp
#fediverse #onlinesafety #onlinesafetyact #mastodon #activitypub #ukpolitics #ukpol #netplurality
#AgeVerification: what's the harm?
In which I distill a lot of casual pub chats I've had with friends into a layperson's guide to the #OnlineSafetyAct. What it is, the problems it causes, and why you should definitely care.
https://www.girlonthenet.com/blog/age-verification-whats-the-harm/