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: https://www.openrightsgroup.org/publications/policy-briefing-online-safety-bill-house-of-lords-committee-stage/
#OnlineSafetyBill #DontScanMe #StopTheSpyClause #e2ee #ukpolitics
⚠️ 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
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/05/21/britain-is-writing-the-playbook-for-dictators/
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: https://action.openrightsgroup.org/dont-scan-me
#DontScanMe #StopTheSpyClause #OnlineSafetyBill #ukpolitics #privacy
In week since I’ve posted
re. Spy Clause #tech op-ed (7/7)
I’ve seen common sense gathering pace
@LibDemVoice = best bottom half of internet
Basic liberties for British citizens, Lords: #StopTheSpyClause
Check back 16th May
This month you received “Your Parliamentary Briefing: standing up to the Iranian regime” in your inbox. After a British-Iranian woman at Conference Q&As was left “looking for inspiration” as to what she could do “from here in Britain” to fight totalitarianism, Lib Dem MPs have “called on the UK government to take a stronger stance...
my initial Q accurate: Proton ARE also likely banned in the UK too by Clause 110.
Parliament should clearly #StopTheSpyClause and refocus on regulating public data first
re. Spy Clause #tech op-ed (5/7)
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
The Iran framing is a reminder to get our own House somewhat in order before we play Team Britain: World Deputy Police
re. Spy Clause #tech op-ed (3/7)
💬 holla @LibertyIslam Chair for carefully concluding we should #StopTheSpyClause
This month you received “Your Parliamentary Briefing: standing up to the Iranian regime” in your inbox. After a British-Iranian woman at Conference Q&As was left “looking for inspiration” as to what she could do “from here in Britain” to fight totalitarianism, Lib Dem MPs have “called on the UK government to take a stronger stance...
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
"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: https://action.openrightsgroup.org/dont-scan-me
#DontScanMe #OnlineSafetyBill #StopTheSpyClause #e2ee #ukpolitics
🚨 WE NEED YOUR HELP!
Over 320 people have joined our campaign to #StopTheSpyClause in the Online Safety Bill (UK).
Will you join the movement to protect your privacy? #DontScanMe
Open Rights Group
Laurence Warner
