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Grant Denkinson

#Ofcom launches investigation into #GBNews over #LGBTQ+ slur goodlawproject.org/ofcom-launc #GoodLawProject "launched an online tool helping the public make a complaint to Ofcom about this latest example of GB News platforming toxic rhetoric. A record 71,582 people filed complaints in this way – almost 17,000 more than the 54,595 who complained about Piers Morgan in 2021."

Good Law Project · Ofcom launches investigation into GB News over LGBTQ+ slur | Good Law ProjectBroadcast that received more than 70,000 complaints over a lie linking the LGBTQ+ community to paedophilia will be subject to a formal investigation.
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Open Rights Group

There's still time to put pressure on the UK government.

The UK Secretary of State has the power to exempt small, safely moderated websites from the Online Safety duties.

We need urgent change to protect net plurality, rather than further consolidating power in monopoly platforms. We need competition for a safer Internet.

Write to your MP (UK) #SaveOurSites 🌐

action.openrightsgroup.org/sav

Open Rights GroupSave our sites - Write to your MPSmall UK websites, user-to-user services and even computer games that are completely safe and well managed, are faced with difficult paperwork, risks assessments, registration and fines thanks to the Online Safety Act. Even personal blogs with comments are forced to undergo these difficult tests and compliance tasks. Getting it wrong or ignoring them could cost an operator their house – as fines can be imposed for failing to do them. As a result, many small websites in the UK are deciding to close down.
#OnlineSafety#onlinesafetyact#ukpolitics
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Open Rights Group

The UK Online Safety Act comes into effect today.

Its onerous duties may cause many small sites, blogs and fedi instances to shut down or geoblock UK users when faced with potential fines and penalties.

This won't keep children safe. It'll benefit large platforms like Facebook and X that are laying waste to content moderation.

theregister.com/2025/01/14/onl

The Register · It's not just Big Tech: The UK's Online Safety Act applies across the boardBy Lindsay Clark
#OnlineSafety#onlinesafetyact#ukpolitics
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Open Rights Group

When it comes to blogs, Ofcom says one thing, the UK Online Safety Act says another.

This lack of clarity over whether blogs with comments are exempt will push small sites to shut down completely.

We need the UK government to tighten up the definitions and exemptions in the Act.

Read our explainer for more detail ➡️ openrightsgroup.org/blog/save-

Open Rights GroupSave our Sites: Deadline 17 MarchIncredible as it may seem, thanks to the Online Safety Act, dozens of harmless, safe, small websites are closing down by 17 March, rather than face threats of fines that could lose their operators their homes.
#fediverse#onlinesafetyact#ofcom
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Open Rights Group

Under the UK Online Safety Act, small blogs, forums and fedi instances are faced with disproportionate requirements to:

⚫️ Check if they have UK users

⚫️ Do a risk assessment on whether kids might access the content, or if CSAM or terrorist material might be posted in the comments

⚫️ Put themselves at the risk of fines, and even prison sentences, if they fail to comply with Ofcom’s future directives

#SaveOurSites 🌐

#fediverse#onlinesafetyact#ofcom
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Ben Tasker

New #Documentation: Geo-blocking UK users in #BunnyCDN

I've got a site that, I think, #Ofcom _could_ decide falls under Part 5 of the #OnlineSafetyAct (actually, more accurately, I can't say definitively enough that they wouldn't).

I'm not willing to pay any money to the Age Verification industry, or let them have visitor data.

So, I've decided to move the site definitively out of scope by ensuring it doesn't have UK users

The post describes how to geoblock the UK

bentasker.co.uk/posts/document

www.bentasker.co.uk · Geoblocking the UK with BunnyCDN
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Open Rights Group

Carpe DM 👁️‍🗨️?

End-to-end encryption = online safety. It keeps what we send on messaging apps secure from hackers and predators.

🚫 Tell Ofcom NOT to implement message scanning powers in their consultation.

⏰ You have until 5pm TODAY!

#PracticeSafeText 💬

action.openrightsgroup.org/48-

Open Rights Group48 Hours to tell Ofcom: 'Practice safe text'The vital cybersecurity tool of end-to-end encryption is under threat. Here's why: Ofcom are currently running a consultation on their framework for implementing the 'Spy Clause' section 121 of the Online Safety Act. This clause gives Ofcom the power to issue a technical notice to a provider, and require them to use a specific technology to scan everyone's messages for terrorist material or child sexual exploitation materials (CSEM). This consultation closes at 5pm on Monday 10th March. The problem is there is no safe scanning technology that exists.
#e2ee#encryption#onlinesafety
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Open Rights Group

Do you want hackers and predators to slide into your DMs?

That's what would happen if message scanning tech is forced onto messaging apps.

Ofcom's consultation on powers that'd break end-to-end encryption closes on Monday!

Use our tool to tell them #PracticeSafeText 💬

#e2ee #encryption #onlinesafety #onlinesafetyact #ukpolitics #ukpol #cybersecurity #security #privacy #ofcom #whatsapp #signal

action.openrightsgroup.org/48-

Open Rights Group48 Hours to tell Ofcom: 'Practice safe text'The vital cybersecurity tool of end-to-end encryption is under threat. Here's why: Ofcom are currently running a consultation on their framework for implementing the 'Spy Clause' section 121 of the Online Safety Act. This clause gives Ofcom the power to issue a technical notice to a provider, and require them to use a specific technology to scan everyone's messages for terrorist material or child sexual exploitation materials (CSEM). This consultation closes at 5pm on Monday 10th March. The problem is there is no safe scanning technology that exists.
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Open Rights Group

Save Encryption. Save the World 🌐

Only by blocking message scanning technology on messaging apps can we ensure online safety!

End-to-end encryption prevents predators and hackers from weeding their way into our private lives.

We must #PracticeSafeText 💬

openrightsgroup.org/blog/the-c

Open Rights GroupThe Case for EncryptionSpying on private messages has long been on the security services’ wish list.
#e2ee#encryption#onlinesafety
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Open Rights Group

Message scanning tech on everyone's phone would expose us to dangerous new threats.

How does that achieve online safety?

Tell Ofcom NOT to break end-to-end encryption in their consultation, ending Monday 10 March.

Use our tool to say #PracticeSafeText 💬

action.openrightsgroup.org/48-

Open Rights Group48 Hours to tell Ofcom: 'Practice safe text'The vital cybersecurity tool of end-to-end encryption is under threat. Here's why: Ofcom are currently running a consultation on their framework for implementing the 'Spy Clause' section 121 of the Online Safety Act. This clause gives Ofcom the power to issue a technical notice to a provider, and require them to use a specific technology to scan everyone's messages for terrorist material or child sexual exploitation materials (CSEM). This consultation closes at 5pm on Monday 10th March. The problem is there is no safe scanning technology that exists.
#e2ee#encryption#onlinesafety
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staringatclouds

#Letter #OFCOM

Time's running out: Ofcom's message scanning consultation closes at 5pm on Monday 10 March

End-to-end encryption on all messaging apps is under threat

Ofcom are currently running a consultation on this

This clause allows Ofcom to issue a technical notice to a messaging service provider like WhatsApp & Signal

Requiring them to use a specific technology to scan EVERYONE's messages for terrorist material or CSEM.

But no safe scanning technology exists

action.openrightsgroup.org/48-

Open Rights Group48 Hours to tell Ofcom: 'Practice safe text'The vital cybersecurity tool of end-to-end encryption is under threat. Here's why: Ofcom are currently running a consultation on their framework for implementing the 'Spy Clause' section 121 of the Online Safety Act. This clause gives Ofcom the power to issue a technical notice to a provider, and require them to use a specific technology to scan everyone's messages for terrorist material or child sexual exploitation materials (CSEM). This consultation closes at 5pm on Monday 10th March. The problem is there is no safe scanning technology that exists.
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Open Rights Group

❌ No safe message scanning technology exists.

⚠️ These powers would force a cybersecurity weakness onto apps like WhatsApp and Signal.

‼️ Hackers, predators and spies could crowbar their way into everything you send.

✍️ Tell Ofcom: End-to-end Encryption Means Online Safety ➡️ action.openrightsgroup.org/48-

⏰ CLOSES Monday 10 March at 5pm.

#PracticeSafeText 💬

Practice Safe Text: End-to-end encryption means online safety
#e2ee#encryption#OnlineSafetyAct
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Open Rights Group

🚨 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 ⬇️

action.openrightsgroup.org/48-

Open Rights Group48 Hours to tell Ofcom: 'Practice safe text'The vital cybersecurity tool of end-to-end encryption is under threat. Here's why: Ofcom are currently running a consultation on their framework for implementing the 'Spy Clause' section 121 of the Online Safety Act. This clause gives Ofcom the power to issue a technical notice to a provider, and require them to use a specific technology to scan everyone's messages for terrorist material or child sexual exploitation materials (CSEM). This consultation closes at 5pm on Monday 10th March. The problem is there is no safe scanning technology that exists.
#e2ee#encryption#OnlineSafetyAct
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MediaFaro News Digest

UK’s internet watchdog toughens approach to deepfake porn.

Ofcom, the UK’s internet safety regulator, has published a new draft guidance as it continues to implement the Online Safety Act (OSA) — the latest set of recommendations aim to support firms to meet legal obligations to protect women and girls from online threats like harassment and bullying, misogyny, and intimate image abuse.

mediafaro.org/article/20250225

TechCrunch · UK’s internet watchdog toughens approach to deepfake porn | TechCrunchOfcom, the U.K.'s internet safety regulator, has published another new draft guidance as it continues to implement the Online Safety Act (OSA) -- the
#UK#Deepfake#Porn
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