#onlinesafetybill — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #onlinesafetybill, aggregated by home.social.
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@AlisonCreekside Westminster is unable to protect Britain from the onslaught of CSAM over Twitter, but it can momentarily inconvenience adults wanting to see adults do consensual adult things to each other.
#OnlineSafetyBill #UKPOL #UKPOLITICS #Twitter #ClanOfPaedophiles #Technology #Censorship
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"we'll fine the World's Richest Man, that'll make him stop with the CSAM"
Except UKGOV won't even do that, they'll send a strongly worded letter to GrokAI, get a shit emoji in response and call it a day.
#GrokAI #ElonMusk #Musk
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NO TO ID VERIFICATION
Everyone, protest against ID verification and digital ID laws.
I also drew Mikleo as he wouldn't be happy with it
#onlinesafetybill #idverification #censorship #fanart #Mikleo #talesofzestiria #talesofseries #masssurveillance #anime #videogames #dystopia
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Has Britain Gone Too Far With Its Digital Controls? | The New York Times
Yes. And the Tony Blair institute is a lot of the problem.
“There’s a big philosophical debate going on here,” said Ryan Wain, the executive director of the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change, a London group started by the former prime minister that supports the government’s policies. “There’s a big question about what is freedom and what is safety.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/technology/britain-facial-recognition-digital-controls.html and https://archive.ph/55wVW
#ageVerification #censorship #digitalId #idCards #ofcom #onlineSafety #onlineSafetyBill #surveillance #tonyBlairInstitute
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We need a leader not a coward
#UKPOL #UKPOLITICS #Fascism #ElonMusk #Musk #Nazis #Fascists #UniteTheKingdom #OFCOM #OnlineSafetyBill
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Are #Mastodon / #FediVerse going to ban everything erotic and sexual (as westerners love to call NSFW) ... They gonna follow the bigoted UK laws and go full taliban :ms_exclamation_question: I hope not because it would be such a shame. Especially for the people who knows that this so called Online Safety Act has NOTHING to do with kinds in the first place. Never did, never will.
That Epstein list must be really long though.
#FediVerse #UK #OnlineSafetyBill #OnlineSafetyAct #Censorship #Epstein
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Hi folks operating Mastodon, Pixelfed, Lemmy, etc.
This has probably already been asked, but what are devs and instance admins doing (if anything at all) to comply with the Online Safety Act age verification requirements? Assuming it even applies to the Fedi, especially in well-moderated instances with no pornography or anything else on the naughty list.
#AskFedi #UK #OnlineSafetyBill #AgeVerification #Compliance #DigitalFreedom
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I live in the expensive, authoritarian hellhole that is the UK, so when I tried to seelol funnymeme on BlueSky I was asked to prove my age.
As I trust the platform somewhat, I let them check my debit card.
Didn't work. Had the same bank account for 20+ years. Not a great start, lads. #OnlineSafetyBill -
Aran welcomes you to the new internet era, where everything is conveniently sorted for you.
https://www.thesixthaxis.com/2025/07/25/welcome-to-the-new-internet/
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Remember everyone, when your grand-kids are using secret encrypted communications technology that you can't understand or read or control, it'll be because you banned them from the simple easy internet and left them no choice.
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This instance can’t guarantee you
not accidentally catching your elbow on the corner of your desk and doing an ow about it hurty.
#OnlineSafetyConcerns #OnlineSafetyBill #BringBackHangingForSmallFediInstanceHosts #UKLabour -
There is this online check list by #ofcom: https://www.ofcom.org.uk/online-safety/illegal-and-harmful-content/guide-for-services/ #OnlineSafetyBill
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The #OpenRightsGroup have launched a petition to protect small sites in the #UK from the #OnlineSafety legislation.
https://action.openrightsgroup.org/save-our-sites-write-your-mp
I am wondering what people think.
These laws were a cross-national coordinated effort: UK, USA, EU had them happening at the same time. As I understand it, EU and USA both had groups like @Chatgeheimnis work hard and it did not pass. UK was silent?
What is the state of the issue? What are admins thinking?
#OnlineSafetyBill #fediverse #law#moderation
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With the #OnlineSafetyAct coming into force in the next two weeks, I'd like to share the assessments that we made for phpc.social, as well as the changes to our policy.
We believe that this is sufficient to comply with the Act at this moment.
This is not legal advice.
Assessment: https://github.com/derickr/online-safety-assessments/blob/main/mastodon-phpc.social.rst
Policy Additions: https://github.com/derickr/online-safety-assessments/blob/main/mastodon-terms-phpc.social.rst
Actual Changes to Policy: https://github.com/phpcommunity/policies/commit/a5539fde1b390709e0897b86385265314a1e866b
These are all published under CC-BY 4.0.
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On the radio as I wake they're telling me the government is constantly reviewing the #OnlineSafetyBill which sounds like good news since it's terrible onerous uworkable and likely to create walls blocking Britain from the internet.
But they're talking about strengthening it, making it even more onerous and unworkable and so everyone even more likely to just cut the connections to the UK.
Of course 😔
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@networkstring @neil Right, that leaves the small reputable operators (like myself) in a bind… hence this letter to my MP: https://derickrethans.nl/online-safety-act.html
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@TheVampireFishQueen @openrightsgroup @JamesBaker Agreed (and we make this point in the blog). #Ofcom have limited flexibility under the #onlinesafetybill but need to do as much as they can as damage limitation
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People acting like the UK Online Safety bill accidentally causes the shutdown of small independent forums, rather than that being the entire point of it: To ensure the only hosts allowed are corporations with legal departments who will censor and spy as required by government (and are likely already doing both for their own reasons anyway).
Okay, sure. They were told over and over again, but it's an accident, they didn't mean to.
Sure.
Wanna buy a bridge?
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Fahmi: No Plans To Block Unlicensed Social Media Platforms #mcmc #onlinesafetybill #socialmedia
https://www.lowyat.net/2024/336945/fahmi-block-unlicensed-social-media/
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Online Safety Bill: Social Media Platforms Will Have Three Key Responsibilities #cyberbullying #onlinesafetybill #socialmedia
https://www.lowyat.net/2024/335328/online-safety-bill-responsibilities/
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The Senate has passed the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) and the Children and Teens’ Online Privacy Protection Act (also known as COPPA 2.0), the first major internet bills focused on protecting children online to reach that milestone in two decades.
However, the bills haven’t been without their opposition, with concerns from some groups that they could actually harm marginalized kids and limit free expression online. @theverge has more on the bills, and the next steps to making them law.
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The conversation with @josh and @matthew about @matrix on @FLOSS_Weekly was fascinating and for once I would have enjoyed more than an hour. Matthew's frustration with trying to explain to legislators why #ChatControl and #OnlineSafetyBill are so misguided was especially striking - I do hope @EUCommission listen.
https://hackaday.com/2024/06/19/floss-weekly-episode-788-matrix-its-git-for-communications/
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Tech firms must ‘tame’ algorithms under Ofcom child safety rules | Social media | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/media/article/2024/may/08/tech-firms-must-tame-algorithms-under-ofcom-child-safety-rules#TechFirms
#Ofcom
#SocialMedia
#ChildSafety
#OnlineSafety
#OnlineSafetyBill
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Wondering how server owners will cope with age verification requirements here in the UK. The algorithm requirements don't apply as Mastodon doesn't have an algorithm anyway.
#AgeVerfication
#UKGov
#SocialMedia
#Ofcom
#UKLaw
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The BBC loves to both-sides arguments you see. They are neutral.
Except when it's banning kids from the internet. Then they only represent one side of the argument, deny that any other side could possibly exist, and insist impossible things which can't work will protect kids while offering no evidence that internet access is even really more harmful than helpful.
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UK law changes pose a threat to NHS communication, doctors warn
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/health/other/uk-law-changes-pose-a-threat-to-nhs-communication-doctors-warn/ar-BB1hoj2t?cvid=e05d88b75d164b3e8d767abb6cff1d7f&ocid=winp2fptaskbarhover&ei=7#UK
#UKLaw
#MessagingApps
#NHS
#WhatsApp
#OnlineSafetyBill
#PatientData
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STUFF TO READ: How to sum up 1700 pages in four words | @webdevlaw on the purposefully intimidating Ofcom “Online Safety” consultation, and where we’ve seen similar before
Sounds familiar:
And let’s be clear: it took months for the EC to even consider that they’d made a mistake. Before they did that, they threw in a lot of attacks against the campaigners, the advocates, and anyone who had a problem with a law meant to “rein in the tech giants” but which slapped them in the face instead.
https://webdevlaw.uk/2023/11/11/how-to-sum-up-1700-pages-in-four-words/
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Meta's algorithm labelling people as terrorists highlights how even seemingly straightforward automated systems can make mistakes, that invariably exacerbate racism and discrimination.
This is going to be an even bigger problem when the Online Safety Bill is implemented and tech companies are obliged to identify illegal content and prevent it from being posted.
Over-moderation will seriously harm freedom of expression.
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Meta's algorithm labelling people as terrorists highlights how even seemingly straightforward automated systems can make mistakes, that invariably exacerbate racism and discrimination.
This is going to be an even bigger problem when the Online Safety Bill is implemented and tech companies are obliged to identify illegal content and prevent it from being posted.
Over-moderation will seriously harm freedom of expression.
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Meta's algorithm labelling people as terrorists highlights how even seemingly straightforward automated systems can make mistakes, that invariably exacerbate racism and discrimination.
This is going to be an even bigger problem when the Online Safety Bill is implemented and tech companies are obliged to identify illegal content and prevent it from being posted.
Over-moderation will seriously harm freedom of expression.
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Meta's algorithm labelling people as terrorists highlights how even seemingly straightforward automated systems can make mistakes, that invariably exacerbate racism and discrimination.
This is going to be an even bigger problem when the Online Safety Bill is implemented and tech companies are obliged to identify illegal content and prevent it from being posted.
Over-moderation will seriously harm freedom of expression.
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Meta's algorithm labelling people as terrorists highlights how even seemingly straightforward automated systems can make mistakes, that invariably exacerbate racism and discrimination.
This is going to be an even bigger problem when the Online Safety Bill is implemented and tech companies are obliged to identify illegal content and prevent it from being posted.
Over-moderation will seriously harm freedom of expression.
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@mimikama Niemand sollte #Zuckerberg oder #Musk vertrauen, aber es sollte auch nicht die Gefährlichkeit der Kommission #vonderLeyen unterschätzt werden 🤷♂️
#DigitaleDiensteGesetz #Chatkontrolle
#Chatcontrol #DigitalServiceAct
#OnlineSafetyBill
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Campaigners warned of unintended consequences of the maintream press' loophole in the #OnlineSafetyBill - and they're already biting. Russell Brand's 'Rumble' acting as a certified news source? So much for tackling fake news.
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🚨 COVERING THORN LOBBYING GOV TO MANDATE CLIENTSIDE SCANNING LEGISLATION (encryption compromise)
#encryption #crypto #e2ee #Signal #WhatsApp #ChatControl #KOSA #EARNITACT #OnlineSafetyBill #UK #EU #USA #clientsidescanning #HumanRights #privacy #infosec #cybersecurity #Journalism #ethics
Watch On #Peertube Mirror
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🚨 NGO LOBBYING GOV CLIENTSIDE SCANNING AGAINST ENCRYPTION
#encryption #crypto #e2ee #Signal #WhatsApp #ChatControl #KOSA #EARNITACT #OnlineSafetyBill #UK #EU #USA #clientsidescanning #HumanRights #privacy #infosec #cybersecurity #Journalism #ethics
#YOUTUBE PREMIER ABOUT TO START (join the live chat!):
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📱 iPhone iMessage "Zeroclick" Exploits (ie: FORCEDENTRY / BLASTPASS)
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⚠️ UK Online Safety Bill Passes
#Apple #News #infosec #cybersecurity #privacy #Pegasus #NSOgroup #spyware #malware #iPhone #iMessage #FORCEDENTRY #BLASTPASS #UK #onlinesafetybill #UnitedKingdom #FreeSpeech #FreeExpression #tech #Peertube
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Age verification is coming with the Online Safety Bill. It’ll force the choice of blocking content to ensure platforms are suitable for children or make all users verify their age.
This is “a huge boon to age verification companies, for little practical benefit for child safety, and much harm to people’s privacy.”
🗣 @jim - ORG Exec Director.
#OnlineSafetyBill #privacy #ukpoltics #freedomofexpression
https://www.verdict.co.uk/news/uk-online-safety-bill-how-can-sites-verify-users-ages/
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Recent actions from the #uk government like the #onlinesafetybill and essential outlawing of #protest has pushed me ideologically over the edge in recent years. I'm looking to join a movement that aims for change and not the liberal kind but the #radical kind. The #socialist appeal seamed like an obvious choice but their seeming participation in #survailance is highly worrying, requiring phone numbers, postcodes, legal names and all their communication channels are #proprietary.
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We're about to see prior restraint imposed across social media for UK users: a particularly draconian form of censorship that bans content before publication.
A court doesn't judge content to be illegal, that's up to tech companies. Or, the algorithms those companies will use to identify such content, leading to over-moderation.
Find out more.
#OnlineSafetyBill #censorship #freedomofexpression #freespeech #priorrestraint #ukpolitics
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A Look at the Online Safety Bill and How It Might Affect Privacy in the UK - The Online Safety Bill, a piece of legislation that seeks assurances to keep some ... - https://news.bitcoin.com/a-look-at-the-online-safety-bill-and-how-it-might-affect-privacy-in-the-uk/ #onlinesafetybill #stephenparkinson #ageassurance #ukgovernment #encryption #spyclause #news #uk
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“Donelan’s demands that tech companies cut off access to their tools for under-13s are the equivalent of the misguided practice of abstinence-only teaching in sex education classes at school: you can pretend kids aren’t doing it, but they will anyway.”
#SocialMedia #Children #OnlineSafetyBill #MichelleDonelan
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/sep/09/internet-ban-children-tiktok-tory-social-media
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Michelle Donelan, MP (with the Home Office in addition to DSIT) "said further work to develop the technology was needed but added that government-funded research had shown it was possible. This, incidentally is entirely untrue: their researchers were at pains to explain that the technology is unfit for purpose:"
#OnlineSafetyBill #E2EE #encryption
Join #OpenRightsGroup https://www.openrightsgroup.org/join/
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#UK Pulls Back From Clash With Big Tech Over Private Messaging -Slashdot
The UK government will concede it will not use controversial powers in the #onlinesafetybill to scan messaging apps for harmful content until it is "technically feasible" to do so, postponing measures that critics say threaten users' #privacy. Financial Times
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government backdoors in cryptography be like
#privacy #surveillance #encryption #e2ee #KOSA #EARNITAct #OnlineSafetyBill #ChatControl #eIDAS #SaltTyphoon #ProtectEU
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📬 Online Safety Bill soll Verschlüsselung weltweit abschaffen
#Datenschutz #Rechtssachen #Backdoors #EFF #InvestigatoryPowersAct #LucyFrazer #MessengerDienste #OnlineSafetyBill #OSB https://tarnkappe.info/artikel/it-sicherheit/datenschutz/online-safety-bill-soll-verschluesselung-weltweit-abschaffen-278959.html -
I just seen this comment on a vid. i just watched in reference to the UK's Online Safety Act. I Totally agree! This also would relate to the USA's Restrict Act bill as well.
"Those who say they don't care about online privacy because they have "nothing to hide" don't realise that's akin to saying "i don't care about freedom of speech because I have nothing to say.""
- comment by @robmarshall9026 (YT)#privacy #rights #government #masssurveillance #surveillance #encryption #onlinesafetybill #OnlineSafetyAct #RestrictAct
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This week's net.wars, "The safe place", realizes that the UK's oncoming online safety bill will fragment the Internet: https://netwars.pelicancrossing.net/2023/07/21/the-safe-place/ #NetWars #OnlineSafetyBill #FreedomOfExpression #Censorship #privacy #ukigf
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The opinion finds that there is “likely to be significant interference with freedom of expression that is unforeseeable and which is thus not prescribed by law”. #onlinesafetybill #freedomofexpresson #censorship
