2026-04-06T18:05:29Z https://yabu.me James Baker https://yabu.me/npub1cqh0uvs7ry30jn6x38ncc3f0rn4hx402lrzl70rs3jhjnu6zmluqq48tnn https://files.social.openrightsgroup.org/system/accounts/avatars/109/394/498/594/167/660/original/9c62735011fa7660.png https://files.social.openrightsgroup.org/system/accounts/avatars/109/394/498/594/167/660/original/9c62735011fa7660.png https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8c2vhg2r2xww6j6qtm59rmxq6enf5j0a4svt2n9vupuxvpn2g4uqzyrqzal3jrcvj9720g6y70rz99uwwku64atuvtleuwzx2720ngt0lsfczaan 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 2026-03-25T20:53:50Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfcnn6j3ahlyqzzqa65alnuk44xq8k4vhp36ekrcxmm2glmhl04sgzyrqzal3jrcvj9720g6y70rz99uwwku64atuvtleuwzx2720ngt0ls4zndrk ‼️ We have until Monday to tell MPs to save free access to the Internet ‼️<br/><br/>On Monday MPs are voting on the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill.<br/><br/>Amendments in this bill could give new Ministerial power to decide which internet services should be restricted, meaning all adults would need a digital ID check to establish their age to access services. #DigitalID #privacy #AgeGate <br/><br/><a href="https://action.openrightsgroup.org/no-id-checks-web-access">https://action.openrightsgroup.org/no-id-checks-web-access</a> 2026-03-08T12:55:16Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2tu96nx0fr0nm0je0g5ftvtn34dm68l730424c47l0lccqm58dkszyrqzal3jrcvj9720g6y70rz99uwwku64atuvtleuwzx2720ngt0lsry3qnd The House of Lords just voted to ban VPNs for children - <a href="https://votes.parliament.uk/votes/lords/division/3503">https://votes.parliament.uk/votes/lords/division/3503</a> #VPN #onlinesafety 2026-01-21T20:46:53Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsv80hfw098teau8xrcwhj95lj09tgt0ytjnks3qlhtttkpprle5uqzyrqzal3jrcvj9720g6y70rz99uwwku64atuvtleuwzx2720ngt0lsv9heyn The cybersecurity and resilience bill is now being debated in the commons. You can follow the debate here <a href="https://parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/7f6986e6-bca2-4b75-b5a6-d1e9a93feef7">https://parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/7f6986e6-bca2-4b75-b5a6-d1e9a93feef7</a> . Will follow along on this thread and keep you posted. Ian Murray kicks off talking about updating scope of regulation to include a wider range of organisations. #cybersecurty #digitalsovereigty #parliament 2026-01-06T13:09:30Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsg4w5j9ua96q7v66n0nmt6mf55kq9kpcafscehjlw0us5566kvwhszyrqzal3jrcvj9720g6y70rz99uwwku64atuvtleuwzx2720ngt0lshp7gn4 📚 18th–19th c. – Novel reading panic<br/>🗞️ Early 1900s – Dime novels &amp; pulp fiction<br/>🦸 1950s – Comic books &amp; juvenile delinquency<br/>🎸 1950s–60s – Rock ’n’ roll<br/>📺 1960s–70s – Television addiction<br/>🎲 1970s–80s – Dungeons &amp; Dragons<br/>🤘 1980s – Heavy metal &amp; Satanic Panic<br/>🎮 1990s – Video game violence and VHS nasties<br/>🌐 2000s – Internet &amp; online danger<br/>📱 2010s–2020s – Social media &amp; smartphone addiction<br/><br/>#moralpanics #timeline #onlinesafety 2025-12-13T09:04:59Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqds35n9frl3djzh4u7fextag6w3q6jt8te2yll5mc6fhrp6nuh6szyrqzal3jrcvj9720g6y70rz99uwwku64atuvtleuwzx2720ngt0lsw32tmm The amount of live show tickets that force you to download you a data tracking app to access them is such a con. Why should going to see live music mean handing over your personal data 2025-11-15T07:50:49Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfvcr7kdygpyzvxr6zq27lrck5u62dgglgcyd5n5rf89yppnc9zhszyrqzal3jrcvj9720g6y70rz99uwwku64atuvtleuwzx2720ngt0lsnmsyhj Hebden Bridge has lost a phone mast. No prior warning just everyone on some networks like O2 just losing signal overnight. But hey the Government wants us all to have digital ID so that’s alright even if we can no longer even access the internet! #rural #connectivity #DigtialID 2025-10-25T09:51:23Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspfaz7ky0ndzux67haydcrfczwspketyepcwrxyheqhykcunrwcdqzyrqzal3jrcvj9720g6y70rz99uwwku64atuvtleuwzx2720ngt0ls8ugvtd Wow Mirror now reporting an ad van protesting the Trump visits has been ceased by Police. It appears the U.K. does actually have a free speech crisis! <a href="https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/ad-van-picture-donald-trump-35916462">https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/ad-van-picture-donald-trump-35916462</a> #freespeech #trump 2025-09-17T12:15:56Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspa4y3mr6n22vwffrssmzxpq97yw83jqe5h3llhu7wqut65wxrkhszyrqzal3jrcvj9720g6y70rz99uwwku64atuvtleuwzx2720ngt0lsvhdn0e Arrested for ‘malicious communication ‘. The communication was projecting an image of Trump with Epstein on Windsor Castle. <a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/donald-trump-jeffrey-epstein-windsor-castle-b2827891.html">https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/donald-trump-jeffrey-epstein-windsor-castle-b2827891.html</a> 2025-09-17T09:04:44Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsyl2k7xjc4lajjqjztcyfmpu3xf9lwm7r7j5xsuqztrnk7j976wgszyrqzal3jrcvj9720g6y70rz99uwwku64atuvtleuwzx2720ngt0lsn062ew In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsv8dpk7y066685t0zmkcmrxh3kcguzc8gvcupap7dcpu8n5ms4p3gxnfwkz'>nevent1q…fwkz</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Odd that DSIT are directly intervening when it ought it be Ofcom who have responsibility for regulating how platforms are implementing it. Where was this reported? Maybe should write to them and ask them to clarify their views as to whether more needs to be done to protect freedom of expression. 2025-08-10T07:37:29Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs80a3dxrut6a29x8hzj0k2zzjg7zwmhvwhf709s834chtsvjmjnzczyrqzal3jrcvj9720g6y70rz99uwwku64atuvtleuwzx2720ngt0lst3fr4e In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqv5tj8faf6gw3wns68yq3nyd77n4cq35jde8vmrtrvquxkqlg6rswuphg0'>nevent1q…phg0</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Yes this hasn’t gone away. Ofcom consulted on this early in the year and you can read the replies <a href="https://www.ofcom.org.uk/online-safety/illegal-and-harmful-content/consultation-technology-notices">https://www.ofcom.org.uk/online-safety/illegal-and-harmful-content/consultation-technology-notices</a> including over 780 from individuals via <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1p2phu7kdl540vs6a89du6agkce6p8xaxtf65g9r0w7ful9vlncls83hjzg" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Open Rights Group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1p2p…hjzg</span>)</a></span> 2025-08-03T13:12:27Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs08cnh79uepdfeqq8xzjcraeuu96z5fkwzhursq5mj36h8xe4mh7qzyrqzal3jrcvj9720g6y70rz99uwwku64atuvtleuwzx2720ngt0lsvlvcqy A reminder that according to the Ministry of defence VPNs allow users to bypass state-imposed censorship. #VPN #Censorship<br/> <img src="https://files.social.openrightsgroup.org/system/media_attachments/files/114/955/533/717/084/527/original/67ef8b6cc446dd13.png"> <br/> 2025-08-01T21:05:21Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvntx52u5jsm2x5a4nnpasae4adf69vduvene564lvcyy7enf9euqzyrqzal3jrcvj9720g6y70rz99uwwku64atuvtleuwzx2720ngt0lsjpmpas In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsx9a5syshcqmyf4kazqs3twfquj3s20qt2hehz3l090wcmfklmphgdqgdda'>nevent1q…gdda</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>What is primary priority content and what is just priority content. Why do we have a primary priority and not a primary and secondary content. We ponder the epistomogy and linguistic nuances of the legalese. How do we define content? What if a piece of content changes slightly is it still the same content like the ship ofTheseus? Does content have a platonic form of potential harm, or rather does it subjectivity exist in the meaning we ascribe it as bona fide existentialists? :) 2025-08-01T18:02:51Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsx9a5syshcqmyf4kazqs3twfquj3s20qt2hehz3l090wcmfklmphgzyrqzal3jrcvj9720g6y70rz99uwwku64atuvtleuwzx2720ngt0ls2rpwmh Someone said Ofcom haven’t really done anything with the Online Safety Act. That’s a bit unfair as they have produced around 1700 pages of guidance. It’s really a bureaucratic magnum opus of the modern age. The UKs gift to the world, something for historians to puzzle over. It’s subtly subversive - an anarchist Trojan - anyone who reads it loses hope in Governmentality. #onlinesafety #Ofcom 2025-08-01T17:56:02Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszk372queh0ndpnjukss0twfvwa4kxnewvr0vrnamgs9mh4qgq09gzyrqzal3jrcvj9720g6y70rz99uwwku64atuvtleuwzx2720ngt0lsn46yv7 The petition against the online safety act is hitting 170k. I’ve not seen a petition reach such numbers in a long time. <a href="https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/722903">https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/722903</a> I would encourage people to also sign up and support campaigns working on this issue &gt; <a href="https://www.openrightsgroup.org/join/">https://www.openrightsgroup.org/join/</a> #onlinesafetyact #privacy 2025-07-26T11:57:36Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdj9xhka3v5ezeqxnm7a64d0n6f648z9j6syv9txzlrjsmyun9n5gzyrqzal3jrcvj9720g6y70rz99uwwku64atuvtleuwzx2720ngt0ls6m2ez5 Anyone using Grindr will have to upload an ID document and photos to US company Facetec. <a href="https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/07/03/grindr-uk-age-assurance-security/">https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/07/03/grindr-uk-age-assurance-security/</a> what could go wrong?! #privacy #onlinesafety #biometrics 2025-07-04T09:29:40Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxpxdzmhwhe264sl7h89d06rgfm0mjzjghcy567u936f7yxuefnzszyrqzal3jrcvj9720g6y70rz99uwwku64atuvtleuwzx2720ngt0lslm85yh When the facial recognition algorithm says<br/>You are guilty. Sorry if a women in Manchester wrongly accused of shoplifting and getting banned from shops despite being innocent. <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cdr510p7kymo">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cdr510p7kymo</a> #biometrics #news #survillance 2025-06-14T07:22:26Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszsmc60alrajtyzl4epg5slh68ssf87caxc698w7sse62mc96sacczyrqzal3jrcvj9720g6y70rz99uwwku64atuvtleuwzx2720ngt0lswhcmup Big tech is upping its censorship game. For example you can switch your VPN and watch how Tik Tok now censors different search terms about Trump in different countries. Tested this myself. So much for ‘free speech in the US’. #TikTok #Censorship #Trump<br/> <img src="https://files.social.openrightsgroup.org/system/media_attachments/files/113/866/506/609/083/983/original/4570748d72aa75c6.png"> <br/> <img src="https://files.social.openrightsgroup.org/system/media_attachments/files/113/866/506/742/177/488/original/9da26e5ab036a294.png"> <br/> 2025-01-21T13:11:48Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2wze7g76p20alvjur7z6yv0e6j66ryqa4fzv0z9a57u4l57asnkczyrqzal3jrcvj9720g6y70rz99uwwku64atuvtleuwzx2720ngt0ls3y7em7 An online cycling community forum says it will shut rather than having to deal with the onerous requirements of the Online Safety Act <a href="https://www.lfgss.com/conversations/401475/">https://www.lfgss.com/conversations/401475/</a> many of us warned they would destroy the best bits of the Internet while trying to tackle the worst. 2024-12-16T19:31:24Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8yud2k07hc9uznr5f7q8qm4v9uj40ngjfd60etkl7prlxxj2y94gzyrqzal3jrcvj9720g6y70rz99uwwku64atuvtleuwzx2720ngt0lsqw2ls5 Internet safety in the 00s “never use your real name online”. Internet safety 20s “give us your ID to get online”. #ageverification 2024-11-27T07:57:16Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsg2fycnp6dct3df4aeaa8eh4euvr98gsxn9vmzemkpz0kekfjxdngzyrqzal3jrcvj9720g6y70rz99uwwku64atuvtleuwzx2720ngt0lsxecdtm Today in at #oggcamp in #manchester with <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1p2phu7kdl540vs6a89du6agkce6p8xaxtf65g9r0w7ful9vlncls83hjzg" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Open Rights Group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1p2p…hjzg</span>)</a></span> come along and say hello at our stall. 2024-10-12T09:31:02Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqr2fsc05qse5dtew8069gzl4rldnekhp8t7k05h4an66v2q8wt6czyrqzal3jrcvj9720g6y70rz99uwwku64atuvtleuwzx2720ngt0lsm5r7tk Every day now we are hearing more personal stories of people who are struggling to get their e-Visa. So many people are at risk from what is looming to become a car crash example in how to do digitalisation of identity documents. #evisa #homeoffice #immigration 2024-09-25T09:10:36Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswc38ewuxa2sgh8za8rgtw5nkeeezvv2mu02dqpj953l729rw8jtgzyrqzal3jrcvj9720g6y70rz99uwwku64atuvtleuwzx2720ngt0lsj7cl3w This weekend we are campaigning down a Lib Dem Conference in Brighton. See <a href="https://www.openrightsgroup.org/events/campaigning-at-lib-dem-conference-in-brighton/">https://www.openrightsgroup.org/events/campaigning-at-lib-dem-conference-in-brighton/</a> for details. If you follow on Mastodon and fancy lending a hand or grabbing a coffee let me know! #digitalrights #libdems #brighton 2024-09-11T10:47:38Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9r92z60q0deksqw3a20w5l4xhaztg9pmz23fwl0ardyluf6lwuegzyrqzal3jrcvj9720g6y70rz99uwwku64atuvtleuwzx2720ngt0ls3zkrqe Danish politicians talking about wanting to ban encrypted messaging apps. As the article highlights politicians rely on and use secure messaging apps. They are essential for all democracies! <a href="https://cybernews.com/privacy/denmark-ban-telegram-signal-whatsapp/">https://cybernews.com/privacy/denmark-ban-telegram-signal-whatsapp/</a> #privacy #e2ee #denmark 2024-08-28T15:57:07Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsw07d7mtsxwmmag5dajs9nqzgy8nls7mrx3hd4c4ldar0dymp0qlszyrqzal3jrcvj9720g6y70rz99uwwku64atuvtleuwzx2720ngt0lstqwwrf 27 campaign groups, charities and human rights organisations write to Sir Kier Starmer urging them not to expand live facial recognition technology. Further expansion of a digital surveillance state is not the solution to social conflicts and riots. <a href="https://inview.org.uk/news/177007-ctarmer_plan_to_expand_facial_recognition_technology_after_far-right_riots_condemned_by_charities">https://inview.org.uk/news/177007-ctarmer_plan_to_expand_facial_recognition_technology_after_far-right_riots_condemned_by_charities</a> #facialrecogntion #surveillance 2024-08-14T12:12:17Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstwsd3gh4wrvw0gy5k9mfnxg6yyef4d08dxtvpha3458ntxfklwcgzyrqzal3jrcvj9720g6y70rz99uwwku64atuvtleuwzx2720ngt0lsgusrja Looks like the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) in the US is dead. This leaves the UK’s Online Safety Act as a pretty big outlier in how the internet will be regulated <a href="https://www.fightforthefuture.org/news/2024-08-01-kosa-is-dead-now-its-time-to-unite-to-take-on-big-tech-for-real/">https://www.fightforthefuture.org/news/2024-08-01-kosa-is-dead-now-its-time-to-unite-to-take-on-big-tech-for-real/</a> 2024-08-01T15:21:47Z