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The UK government may be looking to ban VPNs for children, effectively undermining the privacy they offer for everyone else - including adults. I've signed a petition to get them to reconsider this position. If you are a UK citizen, you can sign too: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/754408
The UK government may be looking to ban VPNs for children, effectively undermining the privacy they offer for everyone else - including adults. I've signed a petition to get them to reconsider this position. If you are a UK citizen, you can sign too: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/754408
Even secure systems are fragile if the plug can be plugged from a distance.
In an upended world, the threat is real. That's why the UK needs to steel its digital infrastructure against foreign political interference.
Tell your MP to back #DigitalSovereignty ⬇️
What does a UK #DigitalSovereignty strategy look like?
⚫ Open Source software to ensure continuity. We can switch suppliers whilst maintaining critical services, because we aren't locked into a closed proprietary system.
⚫ Interoperable systems to strengthen competition and the resilience of UK tech.
#opensource #interoperability #sovereingty #uk #tech #ukpolitics #ukpol
The UK is overexposed in its dependency on foreign tech to keep government, public services and democratic processes running.
There are moves across Europe to assert #DigitalSovereignty – Germany, France and the European Commission are all looking at developing strategies.
The time to act is now!
Write to your MP (UK) ➡️ https://action.openrightsgroup.org/protect-britain%E2%80%99s-digital-backbone-%E2%80%94-ask-your-mp-act
UK national security is exposed in having vital systems supplied by a handful of foreign tech companies.
We're vulnerable to risks, such as service withdrawal, sanctions, commercial failure, geopolitical disruption and unilateral changes to service terms.
The UK government lacks effective control.
What does a UK #DigitalSovereignty strategy look like?
⚫ Open Source software to ensure continuity. We can switch suppliers whilst maintaining critical services, because we aren't locked into a closed proprietary system.
⚫ Interoperable systems to strengthen competition and the resilience of UK tech.
#opensource #interoperability #sovereingty #uk #tech #ukpolitics #ukpol
Even secure systems are fragile if the plug can be plugged from a distance.
In an upended world, the threat is real. That's why the UK needs to steel its digital infrastructure against foreign political interference.
Tell your MP to back #DigitalSovereignty ⬇️
UK national security is exposed in having vital systems supplied by a handful of foreign tech companies.
We're vulnerable to risks, such as service withdrawal, sanctions, commercial failure, geopolitical disruption and unilateral changes to service terms.
The UK government lacks effective control.
Even secure systems are fragile if the plug can be plugged from a distance.
In an upended world, the threat is real. That's why the UK needs to steel its digital infrastructure against foreign political interference.
Tell your MP to back #DigitalSovereignty ⬇️
America sneezes. We catch a cold.
And the UK is overexposed.
As long as foreign tech runs our digital infrastructure, our systems can be used as leverage or disrupted on Trump's say so.
Tell your MP to support the motion for #DigitalSovereignty ⬇️
https://action.openrightsgroup.org/tell-government-devise-uk-digital-sovereignty-strategy
#trump #sovereignty #tech #nationalsecurity #uk #ukpolitics #ukpol
America sneezes. We catch a cold.
And the UK is overexposed.
As long as foreign tech runs our digital infrastructure, our systems can be used as leverage or disrupted on Trump's say so.
Tell your MP to support the motion for #DigitalSovereignty ⬇️
https://action.openrightsgroup.org/tell-government-devise-uk-digital-sovereignty-strategy
#trump #sovereignty #tech #nationalsecurity #uk #ukpolitics #ukpol
“When I was in justice, my ultimate vision for that part of the criminal justice system was to achieve, by means of AI and technology, what Jeremy Bentham tried to do with his Panopticon. That is that the eyes of the state can be on you at all times.”
– Shabana Mahmood, Home Secretary of the UK
(For those of you not in the UK, these are the so-called “centrists.”)
Via @fkamiah17
#panopticon #fascism #Labour #UK #ukPol #ShabanaMahmood #JeremyBentham #BigBrotherIsWatchingYou
Banning social media for under-16s is on the cards in the UK.
Age verification is the only way to do this, meaning millions will have to hand over sensitive data.
This industry lacks effective regulation. An U16s ban would multiply existing privacy risks.
#socialmedia #uk #socialmediaban #ageverification #privacy #ukpolitics #ukpol
A version of the U16s ban is already being debated in the UK House of Lords as an amendment to the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill.
This goes beyond social media to include social functions of online games, WhatsApp and Wikipedia.
Shutting young people out of digital public spaces, rather than building ones that work for them is not protection. It is exclusion.
#socialmedia #uk #socialmediaban #privacy #freedomofexpression #ukpolitics #ukpol
Online harms are driven by platform design and business models. A blanket ban on young people doesn't fix this.
We need:
⚫ Interoperability to promote competition over standards.
⚫ Greater user control over feeds and content moderation.
⚫ Strong enforcement of data protection laws for children.
⚫ Limits on profiling and targeted advertising, and greater transparency around how user data is used on platforms.
#socialmedia #uk #socialmediaban #privacy #freedomofexpression #ukpolitics #ukpol
Banning social media for under-16s is on the cards in the UK.
Age verification is the only way to do this, meaning millions will have to hand over sensitive data.
This industry lacks effective regulation. An U16s ban would multiply existing privacy risks.
#socialmedia #uk #socialmediaban #ageverification #privacy #ukpolitics #ukpol
A version of the U16s ban is already being debated in the UK House of Lords as an amendment to the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill.
This goes beyond social media to include social functions of online games, WhatsApp and Wikipedia.
Shutting young people out of digital public spaces, rather than building ones that work for them is not protection. It is exclusion.
#socialmedia #uk #socialmediaban #privacy #freedomofexpression #ukpolitics #ukpol
Online harms are driven by platform design and business models. A blanket ban on young people doesn't fix this.
We need:
⚫ Interoperability to promote competition over standards.
⚫ Greater user control over feeds and content moderation.
⚫ Strong enforcement of data protection laws for children.
⚫ Limits on profiling and targeted advertising, and greater transparency around how user data is used on platforms.
#socialmedia #uk #socialmediaban #privacy #freedomofexpression #ukpolitics #ukpol
“Protecting children online should not mean building a surveillance infrastructure for everyone.”
“We need regulation that puts users back in control, not policies that force people to trade their privacy and voice for access to modern life.”
🗣️ James Baker for ORG.
#socialmedia #uk #socialmediaban #privacy #freedomofexpression #ukpolitics #ukpol
Banning social media for under-16s is on the cards in the UK.
Age verification is the only way to do this, meaning millions will have to hand over sensitive data.
This industry lacks effective regulation. An U16s ban would multiply existing privacy risks.
#socialmedia #uk #socialmediaban #ageverification #privacy #ukpolitics #ukpol
This is a forward thinking server running the Bonfire social media platform.
LGBTQA+ and BPOC friendly.
