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  1. We urge the UK government to remove the powers in the Online Safety Bill that'll allow Ofcom to impose client-side scanning technology on private chat platforms.

    Join our campaign to protect privacy today! #DontScanMe

    #OnlineSafetyBill #e2ee #encryption #privacy

    action.openrightsgroup.org/don

  2. Our briefing to the House of Lords on the Online Safety Bill was referenced by Natalie Bennett during the Committee stage. Secure private communications are important to maintain privacy, especially for marginalised communities.

    Read our briefing here: openrightsgroup.org/publicatio

    #OnlineSafetyBill #DontScanMe #StopTheSpyClause #e2ee #ukpolitics

  3. ⚠️ The Online Safety Bill would "make Britain a global role model for repressive regimes."

    @Mer__edith, President of @signalapp, calls out the proposals that'll lead to "government-mandated mass surveillance applications on every UK smartphone."

    #OnlineSafetyBill #DontScanMe #StopTheSpyClause #privacy #surveillance

    telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/05/2

  4. Fancy authoritarianism through the back door? Well, the Online Safety Bill does just that. It gives Ofcom the power to require companies to scan our messages.

    So we hit the streets of London with a message to Parliament: Don't Scan Me!

    ✊ Join our campaign: action.openrightsgroup.org/don

    #DontScanMe #StopTheSpyClause #OnlineSafetyBill #ukpolitics #privacy

  5. Client-side scanning is like having a “government-supplied CCTV camera in every room of your house.” It puts faith in “an unknown algorithm to detect bad things, which get reported to a private moderation team provided by the people who built your house” - Matthew Hodgson, CEO of @element

    #DontScanMe #StopTheSpyClause #OnlineSafetyBill #e2ee #ukpolitics

    computerweekly.com/news/365535

  6. Plowing ahead with supposed ‘silver bullets’ in the Online Safety Bill is reckless.

    The warning is coming in loud and clear: putting client-side scanning on everyone’s device is a nightmare in the making.

    #DontScanMe #StopTheSpyClause #OnlineSafetyBill #privacy #e2ee #cybersecurity

    politicshome.com/thehouse/arti

  7. "Open Rights Group warned that what it called “a form of chat surveillance” is being slipped in through “a back door measure” in the legislation. Its paper went on to call for E2EE private messaging services to be put out of scope of the bill entirely."

    Join our campaign: action.openrightsgroup.org/don

    #DontScanMe #OnlineSafetyBill #StopTheSpyClause #e2ee #ukpolitics

    techcrunch.com/2023/03/10/uk-o

  8. False positives have damaging consequences. Yet the Online Safety Bill requires providers to report matches of child sexual abuse material to the National Crime Agency.

    Given the uncertainties around the tech, it should be approached by policy-makers with caution.

    #DontScanMe #StopTheSpyClause #OnlineSafetyBill #privacy

    theverge.com/2022/8/21/2331551

  9. The government have “pulled the veil off the intentions behind this bill” by making “scientifically unsubstantiated claims” about encryption.

    It’s clear that the Online Safety Bill “really is attacking encryption.”

    Read more from @Mer__edith

    #DontScanMe #StopTheSpyClause #OnlineSafetyBill #e2ee #ukpolitics

    independent.co.uk/tech/uk-onli

  10. This week we hit the streets in London to send a message to the UK government: Don’t Scan Me! We’re calling on lawmakers to support Lord Clement-Jones’ amendment to the #OnlineSafetyBill that would remove private messaging platforms from the surveillance measures.

    Join our campaign: action.openrightsgroup.org/don

    #DontScanMe #StopTheSpyClause #privacy #e2ee

  11. "Few would consent to the state putting CCTV in everyone’s bedroom to crack down on the abuse of children. But that is effectively what a technology notice could mean: a CCTV camera in everyone’s phones."

    #DontScanMe #StopTheSpyClause #OnlineSafetyBill #ukpolitics #e2ee

    spectator.co.uk/article/why-wh

  12. "Weakening end-to-end encryption would reduce everyone’s safety online, including the children this bill is trying to protect. Without strong encryption, the sensitive data of millions of people would be at risk."

    Proton calls on the government to revise the Online Safety Bill to protect privacy, free speech and encryption.

    #DontScanMe #StopTheSpyClause #OnlineSafetyBill #privacy #ukpolitics #e2ee

    proton.me/blog/online-safety-b

  13. RT @openrightsgroup: WhatsApp would rather be blocked from the UK than scan our private messages.

    Will Cathcart, the Head of WhatsApp, has spoken out against moves to undermine encryption in the Online Safety Bill.

    Join our campaign today #DontScanMe #StopTheSpyClause

    action.openrightsgroup.org/don

  14. The Online Safety Bill “could allow the scanning of everyone’s private messages, potentially undermining the encryption that keeps us safe. The House of Lords must support amendments that will prevent illiberal legislation passing unchecked.” - ORG’s Policy Manager Dr Monica Horten.

    #DontScanMe #OnlineSafetyBill #StopTheSpyClause #e2ee #ukpolitics #privacy

    digit.fyi/online-safety-bill-c

  15. “In its current form, [the Online Safety Bill] threatens every person’s right to freedom of expression and privacy. In particular, the bill could allow the scanning of everyone’s private messages.” - ORG Policy Manager, Dr Monica Horten.

    #DontScanMe #OnlineSafetyBill #StopTheSpyClause #e2ee #ukpolitics #privacy

    computerweekly.com/news/365535

  16. Ahead of the House of Lords (UK) Committee Stage on the Online Safety Bill today, we've published a briefing on the illegal content safety duties and prior restraint, supported by Index on Censorship, Wikimedia UK and the Electronic Frontier Foundation.

    Find out more here. openrightsgroup.org/publicatio

    #OnlineSafetyBill #StopTheSpyClause #DontScanMe #privacy #e2ee #ukpolitics

  17. ⚠️ The Online Safety Bill returns to the House of Lords (UK) today for its Committee stage.

    We call on the Lords to support Lord Clement-Jones’ amendment that would remove private messaging platforms from the ambit of the disproportionate spy clause. #DontScanMe

    👉 Join our campaign today: action.openrightsgroup.org/don

    #OnlineSafetyBill #privacy #e2ee #encryption #ukpolitics

  18. Secure messenging services warn the Online Safety Bill ‘could break end-to-end encryption, opening the door to routine, general and indiscriminate surveillance of personal messages of friends, family members, employees, executives, journalists, human rights activists and even politicians themselves’ #DontScanMe

    #OnlineSafetyBill #StopTheSpyClause #privacy #surveillance #e2ee #ukpolitics

    independent.co.uk/tech/whatsap

  19. ‘An unprecedented threat’

    WhatsApp, Session, @signalapp, @element, Threema, Viber and Wire join forces to oppose the attack on encryption in the Online Safety Bill.

    They call on the government to think again. #DontScanMe #StopTheSpyClause #e2ee #ukpolitics #privacy

    bbc.co.uk/news/technology-6530

  20. The Online Safety Bill (UK) “threatens every person's right to freedom of expression and privacy… [it] could allow the scanning of everyone's private messages, potentially undermining the encryption that keeps us safe.”

    ORG’s Policy Manager, Dr Monica Horten, on the Bill returning to the Lords next week. They must accept Lord Moylan’s amendment to protect end-to-end encryption. #DontScanMe #e2ee #privacy

    computing.co.uk/news/4112163/o

  21. Introducing the new Message Scanner!

    Coming to your apps from the makers of the Online Safety Bill. It’s goodbye encryption and hello mass surveillance. (Recommended by authoritarians everywhere).

    Or tell the government #DontScanMe

    👉 Join our campaign: action.openrightsgroup.org/don

    #OnlineSafetyBill #StopTheSpyClause #privacy #surveillance