Lurking in the UK Online Safety Act is the spy clause that could make encrypted message apps scan our private chats.
This would shatter our right to privacy and create vulnerabilites that anyone could exploit.
That's why we launched #PracticeSafeText ⬇️
https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/the-case-for-encryption/
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Message scanning powers are sleeping on the statute book. They must never get activated.
The UK government has already tried to make Apple put a backdoor in its encrypted services. It's clear they want to recklessly dismantle our cybersecurity protections.
We must save encryption to #PracticeSafeText 💬
#GlobalEncryptionDay #encryption #e2ee #privacy #cybersecurity #security #OnlineSafetyAct #ukpolitics #ukpol #surveillance
Encryption scrambles what we send on messaging apps.
Only the person you’re talking to can make sense of it. That’s your chats, pics and deets for their eyes only.
This is how we protect kids, parents and people experiencing domestic abuse from those who want to use your private life against you.
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Powers in the UK Online Safety Act to introduce message scanning technology is far from an online safety measure. It's a gift to predators and stalkers❗
Forcing a backdoor into encrypted systems so everything we send can be scanned makes us vulnerable to anybody who wants to exploit that weakness.
#PracticeSafeText #GlobalEncryptionDay #encryption #e2ee #privacy #cybersecurity #security #OnlineSafetyAct #ukpolitics #ukpol #surveillance
Practice Safe Text for Global Encryption Day 🔒
Messaging apps we use to chat, share and plan shield us from scams, stalking and sextortion.
But the UK Online Safety Act contains a time bomb that lets the government break encryption for surveillance.
Find out more about our campaign ➡️ https://www.openrightsgroup.org/campaign/save-encryption/
#PracticeSafeText #GlobalEncryptionDay #encryption #e2ee #privacy #cybersecurity #security #OnlineSafetyAct #ukpolitics #ukpol #surveillance
What happens encrypted, stays encrypted… unless you add the world press to the chat 🤡
How to #PracticeSafeText:
1️⃣ Use end-to-end encryption.
2️⃣ Check your contacts.
FAO: The US Administration. https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/03/trump-administration-accidentally-texted-me-its-war-plans/682151/
Donate to our campaign to #SaveEncryption: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/save-encryption-in-the-uk#/
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The clock is running down to save encryption ⏰
Will you join over 750 people who've used our tool to reply to Ofcom's consultation on implementing message scanning powers in the UK?
Stop the attack on end-to-end encryption!
ACT NOW before the consultation closes at 5pm ⬇️
https://action.openrightsgroup.org/48-hours-tell-ofcom-practice-safe-text
#e2ee #encryption #onlinesafety #onlinesafetyact #ukpolitics #ukpol
The vital cybersecurity tool of end-to-end encryption is under threat. Here's why: Ofcom are currently running a consultation on their framework for implementing the 'Spy Clause' section 121 of the Online Safety Act. This clause gives Ofcom the power to issue a technical notice to a provider, and require them to use a specific technology to scan everyone's messages for terrorist material or child sexual exploitation materials (CSEM). This consultation closes at 5pm on Monday 10th March. The problem is there is no safe scanning technology that exists.
Carpe DM 👁️🗨️?
End-to-end encryption = online safety. It keeps what we send on messaging apps secure from hackers and predators.
🚫 Tell Ofcom NOT to implement message scanning powers in their consultation.
⏰ You have until 5pm TODAY!
https://action.openrightsgroup.org/48-hours-tell-ofcom-practice-safe-text
#e2ee #encryption #onlinesafety #onlinesafetyact #ukpolitics #ukpol #privacy #security #cybersecurity #ofcom #whatsapp #signal
The vital cybersecurity tool of end-to-end encryption is under threat. Here's why: Ofcom are currently running a consultation on their framework for implementing the 'Spy Clause' section 121 of the Online Safety Act. This clause gives Ofcom the power to issue a technical notice to a provider, and require them to use a specific technology to scan everyone's messages for terrorist material or child sexual exploitation materials (CSEM). This consultation closes at 5pm on Monday 10th March. The problem is there is no safe scanning technology that exists.
Do you want hackers and predators to slide into your DMs?
That's what would happen if message scanning tech is forced onto messaging apps.
Ofcom's consultation on powers that'd break end-to-end encryption closes on Monday!
Use our tool to tell them #PracticeSafeText 💬
#e2ee #encryption #onlinesafety #onlinesafetyact #ukpolitics #ukpol #cybersecurity #security #privacy #ofcom #whatsapp #signal
https://action.openrightsgroup.org/48-hours-tell-ofcom-practice-safe-text
The vital cybersecurity tool of end-to-end encryption is under threat. Here's why: Ofcom are currently running a consultation on their framework for implementing the 'Spy Clause' section 121 of the Online Safety Act. This clause gives Ofcom the power to issue a technical notice to a provider, and require them to use a specific technology to scan everyone's messages for terrorist material or child sexual exploitation materials (CSEM). This consultation closes at 5pm on Monday 10th March. The problem is there is no safe scanning technology that exists.
Save Encryption. Save the World 🌐
Only by blocking message scanning technology on messaging apps can we ensure online safety!
End-to-end encryption prevents predators and hackers from weeding their way into our private lives.
We must #PracticeSafeText 💬
https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/the-case-for-encryption/
#e2ee #encryption #onlinesafety #onlinesafetyact #ukpolitics #ukpol #privacy #security #cybersecurity #ofcom #whatsapp #signal
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