Children deserve to be safe online.

But the sort of mandatory device-scanning software to block nudes, like SafeToNet, that Jess Philips MP (UK) raises in her resignation letter would undermine privacy and security for everyone.

ORG supports measures that empower users and improve safety without mass surveillance.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/12/darren-jones-keir-starmer-future-labour-leader

#jessphilips #surveillance #privacy #onlinesafety #ukpolitics #ukpol

Close Starmer ally declines to say if he will lead Labour into next election

Chief secretary, Darren Jones, says PM is ‘listening to colleagues’ but will make own decisions on way forward

The Guardian

Dangerous times in UK after real 2024 summer rioting caused by a social media fake story after the Southport tradgedies.

Now one of the main social media arsonists from last summer is coming back for another go.

BBC News - Starmer attacks those 'spreading lies' on grooming gangs
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c75wp53vk1lo

#elonmusk #yaxleylennon #starmer
#jessphilips #Southport

PM attacks those 'spreading lies' on grooming gangs as he hits back at Musk

The prime minister says those who spread misinformation about child sexual exploitation are "not interested in victims".

The #BelfastTelegraph reports:

"Jess Phillips, the minister for safeguarding and #violence against #women and #girls spoke out in the wake of a spat between UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and the platform’s boss, Elon Musk."
".... she scaled back her use of the social media platform #X, claiming it had become “a bit despotic” and was “a place of misery now”. 👇
https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/uk/social-media-site-x-is-only-a-place-of-misery-government-minister-says/a945339865.html

Great decision, #JessPhilips! 👏
You are a role model for politicians and educational institutions.

#Unis4Mastodon 🐘 👩‍🎓 #Xodus #eXit
Sign the petition 👉 https://openpetition.de/Unis4Mastodon

Social media site X is ‘only a place of misery’, Government minister says

A UK government minister told how she scaled back her use of the social media platform X, claiming it had become “a bit despotic” and was “a place of misery now”.

BelfastTelegraph.co.uk
Are you a #labour MP with less moral conviction than #jessphilips ? Then a bright future awaits you in the Starmer party. Maybe you can even join influential group "Human rights lawyers for genocide"