#internetregulation — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #internetregulation, aggregated by home.social.
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🚨 Oh no, the UK's watchdog fined #4chan for not asking users if they're old enough to troll! 🌐 Meanwhile, #Ofcom discovers the Internet isn't a daycare, who knew? 😂
https://www.ofcom.org.uk/online-safety/illegal-and-harmful-content/4chan-fined-450000-for-not-protecting-children-from-online-pornography #InternetRegulation #onlineSafety #UKWatchdog #HackerNews #ngated -
Our recent blog examines how these measures operated in practice, looking at the legal framework under the IT Act, the role of platform geo-blocking, and the use of executive advisories and criminal law during crisis situations.
Read here: https://sflc.in/content-blocking-and-censorship-during-pahalgam-attack/ #ContentBlocking #DigitalGovernance #InternetRegulation #Section69A #PlatformGovernance #FreedomOfExpression #MediaFreedom 13m
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Our recent blog examines how these measures operated in practice, looking at the legal framework under the IT Act, the role of platform geo-blocking, and the use of executive advisories and criminal law during crisis situations.
Read here: https://sflc.in/content-blocking-and-censorship-during-pahalgam-attack/ #ContentBlocking #DigitalGovernance #InternetRegulation #Section69A #PlatformGovernance #FreedomOfExpression #MediaFreedom 13m
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Our recent blog examines how these measures operated in practice, looking at the legal framework under the IT Act, the role of platform geo-blocking, and the use of executive advisories and criminal law during crisis situations.
Read here: https://sflc.in/content-blocking-and-censorship-during-pahalgam-attack/ #ContentBlocking #DigitalGovernance #InternetRegulation #Section69A #PlatformGovernance #FreedomOfExpression #MediaFreedom 13m
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Our recent blog examines how these measures operated in practice, looking at the legal framework under the IT Act, the role of platform geo-blocking, and the use of executive advisories and criminal law during crisis situations.
Read here: https://sflc.in/content-blocking-and-censorship-during-pahalgam-attack/ #ContentBlocking #DigitalGovernance #InternetRegulation #Section69A #PlatformGovernance #FreedomOfExpression #MediaFreedom 13m
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Our recent blog examines how these measures operated in practice, looking at the legal framework under the IT Act, the role of platform geo-blocking, and the use of executive advisories and criminal law during crisis situations.
Read here: https://sflc.in/content-blocking-and-censorship-during-pahalgam-attack/ #ContentBlocking #DigitalGovernance #InternetRegulation #Section69A #PlatformGovernance #FreedomOfExpression #MediaFreedom 13m
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👴💼🇬🇧 The UK House of Lords, with all the wisdom of a soggy crumpet, thinks #banning #VPNs for kids will somehow fix the internet. 🚫🔒 Let's watch as tech-ignorant lawmakers try to out-boomer each other while teens continue to outsmart them with ease! 🧠🤦♂️
https://alecmuffett.com/article/134925 #TechIgnorance #HouseOfLords #InternetRegulation #OutsmartingLawmakers #HackerNews #ngated -
"On 8 May, 2025, the @wikimediafoundation, the nonprofit that hosts @wikipedia, announced that it is challenging the lawfulness of the UK’s Online Safety Act (OSA)’s Categorisation Regulations. We are arguing that they place Wikipedia and its users at unacceptable risk of being subjected to the OSA’s toughest “Category 1” duties, which were originally designed to target some of the UK’s riskiest websites."
#Wikipedia #WikimediaFoundation #OnlineSafetyAct #OnlineSafety #UKlaw #InternetRegulation
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#UK #SocialMedia #InternetRegulation #HateSpeech #Amplification #Riots: "The last question is whether we need more law anyway. There’s already a lot of law out there. When the dust settles, we’ll see that people have been prosecuted under public order legislation, under malicious communications legislation, for communications offences, and so on. Punishing those who actually riot is not going to be a problem. Punishing those who used social media to instigate these acts is not likely to prove a problem either.
Punishing those behind the acts is another matter. It seems notable to me that of the many proposals being mentioned by politicians so far, none seem to be even trying to hold those whose rhetoric, both online and offline, have made it all happen, to account. Until and unless they do, the rest is all irrelevant."
https://paulbernal.wordpress.com/2024/08/15/riots-and-social-media-regulation-some-thoughts/
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Considering the amount of far right content that keeps making its way into my YouTube recommendations, I now understand how so many people end up falling down the path of hate.
YouTube needs to do better and moderate its platform.
I’m especially sickened by the sheer amount of anti-trans content that enters my YouTube recommendations. Videos that outright suggest that people assault transgender individuals.
Yesterday, I saw a video from a literal Nazi. His content was promoted and had a large number of views. He engages in marches around cities, urging others to join him in his hate campaigns. This really shouldn’t be sent to my front page, or anyone’s, for that matter.
I created an alternate account on another device, on another network. This account had no links to my own and a fresh install of its OS. I received the same content nearly immediately. I found YouTube’s Shorts feature pushed it particularly hard.
I also noticed that YouTube’s “news” tab promoted Sky News above all other broadcasters.
News arguably shouldn’t be treated differently on the platform at all, but to promote a network with such bias and prejudice above all others is inexcusable.
Remember not to engage with this content. Move on as soon as you realise what it is. Don’t dislike it. Don’t comment condemning it. Move on.
The more you interact, the more is promoted.
YouTube, you must do better. This isn’t acceptable. Stop this hate bait and get it off the platform.
#YouTube #News #SkyNews #Google #Nazi #FarRight #YouTubeCensorship #OnlineSafety #AntiHate #SocialResponsibility #TransRights #MediaBias #InternetRegulation #ContentModeration #DiversityAndInclusion #SocialJustice #TechAccountability #HateSpeech #OnlineActivism #Equality #AlgorithmBias #DigitalCitizenship #FairMedia
