Age verification is creating an information desert. The Online Safety Act sets every UK user to child as default. Teenagers? Blocked. Adults? Content denied unless we do age checks with unregulated companies. It's not just porn! News on Gaza and Ukraine is being scrubbed from view ⛔

404 Media

UK Users Need to Post Selfie or Photo ID to View Reddit's r/IsraelCrimes, r/UkraineWarFootage

“If visibility of r/IsraelCrimes is being restricted under the Online Safety Act, it’s only because the state fears accountability,” moderato...

#OnlineSafetyAct #onlinesafety #OSA #palestine #gaza #ukraine #reddit #ageverification #ageassurance #privacy #censorship #ukpolitics #ukpol

🚨 BREAKING 🚨 New powers were slipped into the UK Crime and Policing Bill yesterday ⚠️ The police will be given powers to extract data from seized devices and any online accounts accessed on it. No judicial oversight, just on the say so of a senior officer 😖 Read our response ⬇️

Open Rights Group

Police forces to get authoritarian powers to extract data from online accounts

Digital rights campaigners Open Rights Group has condemned the last minute addition of extreme powers to the Crime and Policing Bill.

#CrimeAndPolicingBill #police #policing #digitalrights #surveillance #privacy #ukpolitics #ukpol

Make it rain 🌧️ The UK government’s demand for a spy hole makes your iCloud storage leaky. All your pics, docs, finances and more are up for grabs. Hackers, blackmailers and predators will have a field day. Sign our petition to save Apple encrypted services!

38 Degrees

Keep our Apple data encrypted

It is reported that the Home Office has ordered Apple to build a backdoor into its encrypted services so that they can get hold of content that any...

#encryption #e2ee #privacy #security #cybersecurity #ukpolitics #ukpol #apple

The UK Data Use and Access Bill is in Parliament today and our data rights are on the line. ORG’s Legal and Policy Officer @npub128ky...grvv is keeping an eye on the goings on and live posting from the debate. Follow for all the latest 👀 ⬇️ #DUABill #DataBill #GDPR #dataprotection #ukpolitics #privacy #ukpol

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Mariano delli Santi (@marianods@mastodon.bida.im)

Good morning everyone. Today the Data Use and Access Bill will be discussed in second reading in the House of Commons. This is (always) the infamou...

We need a citizen-led UK declaration of digital rights and principles! ORG has signed Demo's open letter for: ⚫ Public consultation on digital rights to shape the declaration. ⚫ A national digital rights network ⚫ Digital rights to be integrated into future policy decisions "By developing this, the UK can build trust in our emerging digital policies and help responsible innovation to drive growth that benefits us all." #AIsummit #digitalrights #ukpolitics #ukpol

the Guardian

Britain needs to protect citizens’ rights in the race for AI | Letter

Letter: The government must urgently develop a declaration of digital rights and principles involving the public and civil society, write Polly Cur...

⚠️ Time is running out: the UK Data Bill will unleash AI ⚠️ Being stripped back is the right to human review over automated decisions that have life-changing impacts. Life mustn’t be haunted by the ghost in the machine. Join over 1.1K people: Sign and share NOW before the Bill returns to Parliament ⬇️ #dataprotection #GDPR #DataBill #DUABill #privacy #AI #ukpolitics #ukpol #digitalrights

38 Degrees

How to run an online petition There are thousands of petitions running on 38 Degrees right now. Over the years we've learnt a lot about how to word...

🚨 BREAKING 🚨 53 experts and civil society groups call on the UK government to scrap proposals that'll remove the right not to be subject to decisions made by AI. The Data Bill MUST keep the right to human review! Read our open letter ⬇️ #DUABill #PeopleNotMachines #AI #DataBill #dataprotection #privacy #GDPR #ukpolitics

Open Rights Group

Letter to Peter Kyle: Keep our right not to be subjected to decisions based solely on AI

Civil society organisations, trade unions, academics and campaigners have called for the government to scrap proposals to remove the right not to b...

Over 300 people have signed our petition to save the right to human review of decisions made by AI. The UK #DataBill must not expose us to algorithmic biases and mistakes. Humans, not machines, should have the final say in life-changing decisions. Add your name NOW ⬇️ #dataprotection #AI #DUABill £GDPR #ukpolitics

38 Degrees

How to run an online petition There are thousands of petitions running on 38 Degrees right now. Over the years we've learnt a lot about how to word...

"The Information Commissioner's Office’s reluctance to take enforcement action, alongside its policy of not challenging public sector organisations where needed, isn’t working. As we see the development of AI technology and its increased use by public sector organisations, we need strong data protection laws and a strong regulator who will act as the first line of defence for the British public." 🗣️ @npub1vn9c...0xjq – ORG Exec Director. #dataprotection #privacy #AI #ukpolitics

ComputerWeekly.com

ORG urges ICO to revise public sector enforcement approach | Computer Weekly

The Open Rights Group is urging the Information Commissioner’s Office to revise its light touch approach to public sector data protection iss...

From mortgages to the NHS, insurance to immigration, automated decision-making is set to increase across business and government. Now is NOT the time to remove safeguards that protect us from mistakes. SIGN the petition to keep the right to a human review of AI decisions. #DataBill #dataprotection #privacy #DUABill #AI #GDPR #ukpolitics

38 Degrees

How to run an online petition There are thousands of petitions running on 38 Degrees right now. Over the years we've learnt a lot about how to word...

The UK government plans to embed AI in public services. To achieve it, they want to take the brakes off automated decision-making by sacrificing our rights. And, from Meta to Palantir, Big Tech is eyeing up the personal data bounty from the UK State. #DataBill #AI #dataprotection #privacy #DUABill #ukpolitics #GDPR

the Guardian

Meta pushes AI bid for UK public sector forward with technology aimed at NHS

Tech giant awards funding to project to shorten waits in A&E, after ‘hackathon’ on using Llama system in Britain

⚠️ The UK #DataBill will unleash AI harms ⚠️ Being stripped back is the right to human review over automated decisions – even if they have life-changing impacts. Life mustn’t be haunted by the ghost in the machine. Sign and share our petition to keep human review! ✍️ ⬇️

38 Degrees

How to run an online petition There are thousands of petitions running on 38 Degrees right now. Over the years we've learnt a lot about how to word...

#dataprotection #DUABill #privacy #AI #ukpolitics #petition #GDPR

Making it easier for the police to access data will make abuses of power more likely. "Any reductions in accountability [under the UK Data Use and Access Bill] could harm communities that are overpoliced and worsen existing tensions." 🗣️ ORG's Sara Chitseko. #DUABill #privacy #dataprotection #GDPR #AI #ukpolitics

Sky News

The Data Use and Access Bill: How new laws may affect the way your data is handled

Done wrong, privacy and digital rights campaigners warn the revamp of data laws could open the door to the state or shady big-tech firms using our ...

Data protection can defend us against harmful AI practices. BUT the Data Use and Access Bill (UK) weakens our rights and gives companies and organisations more powers to use automated decisions. This is of particular concern in areas of policing, welfare and immigration where life-changing decisions could be made without human review. The new Bill reheats the mistakes of the failed #DPDIBill. Read our response ⬇️ #dataprotection #GDPR #privacy #AI #ukpolitics

Open Rights Group

Data Use and Access Bill will fail to protect public from AI harms

The Data Use and Access Bill will fail to protect the public from harmful uses of artificial intelligence, say digital rights campaigners, Open Rig...

From Meta to X to LinkedIN, companies are eyeing up our data to train AI. Despite this, the Information Comissioner's Office is leaving a data protection enforcement gap in the UK. This weakness sends the message that the use of UK people’s data is fair game, leaving one-sided commercial exploitation unchecked. ORG is calling for the data watchdog to be reformed in upcoming legislation. Our latest blog ⬇️ #dataprotection #AI #ukpolitics #GDPR #privacy #digitalrights

Open Rights Group

The ICO is leaving an AI enforcement gap in the UK

In response to our formal complaint to the ICO against Meta’s use of personal data to train Artificial Intelligence models without consent, the I...

In what looks like a blatant breach of GDPR, X users are automatically opted-in to have their data harvested to train Grok AI. Our personal data mustn't be used without opt-in consent. We need the ICO to step up before it’s too late. Our statement ⬇️ #privacy #AI #dataprotection #GDPR #Musk https://www.openrightsgroup.org/press-releases/x-appears-to-breach-gdpr-with-ai-data-grab/

AI is on the political agenda 🤖 The King's Speech (UK) points towards regulation to ensure the safe development of AI tech. With a tension between the drive for economic growth and the protection of our rights, we take a look at the potential pitfalls. Read our latest blog ⬇️ #AI #digitalrights #ukpolitics #dataprotection

Open Rights Group

AI Regulation: Will Labour Promote Growth and Protect Rights?

In the King’s Speech, Labour committed to binding regulation on “the handful of companies developing the most powerful AI models” to ensure t...

🚨 BREAKING 🚨 ORG has complained to the Information Commissioner's Office (UK) about Meta's changes to their privacy policy. Meta's plans to take users’ information to 'develop and improve AI' appear to violate GDPR in a number of ways. We say privacy over profits! Find out more ⬇️ #Meta #Privacy #AI #DataProtection #GDPR

Open Rights Group

ORG complaint to ICO about Meta privacy policy changes

Open Rights Group has submitted a complaint to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) about Meta’s plans to take users’ information to �...

Missed our political hustings this week? No fear, it's on our Youtube channel to catch up at your leisure. Hear from our panel about how Digital Rights will be affected in the Age of AI over the next UK Parliament. #DigitalRights #GeneralElection2024 #AI #ukpolitics #GE2024 #privacy #dataprotection

TONIGHT: Digital Rights in the Age of AI. Catch the hustings chaired by Timandra Harkness with Jonathan Camrose (Conservatives), Lord Clement-Jones (Lib Dems) and Jack Lenox (Green Party) on how the the next government can protect our digital rights. 📺 Watch live 8–9.30pm BST on Youtube ⬇️ #digitalrights #AI #generalelection #ukpolitics