The Timeless Fear of Corrupting the Youth | WSJ
Excellent piece:
The lesson from these examples isn’t that protecting children online is misguided or an unworthy goal. It is that the means proposed to achieve this end pose significant risks to human rights, and that the tools created for that purpose can easily become instruments of broader control over speech once governments acquire them.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/social-media-freedom-speech-meta-youtube-ruling-32aaee3b archived at: https://archive.ph/PMCjL
#censorship #feed #onlineSafety #onlineSafetyAct #socialMediaBan
…under the “design liability” theory, implementing encryption becomes evidence of negligence, because a small number of bad actors also use encrypted communications […] encryption itself harms no o…
…under the “design liability” theory, implementing encryption becomes evidence of negligence, because a small number of bad actors also use encrypted communications […] encryption itself harms no o…
‘The Encryption Problem: Where “Design Liability” Leads’ | … IF YOU ARE CHEERING META LOSING 2X RECENT LAWSUITS YOU ARE SUPPORTING THE END OF ONLINE PRIVACY
…under the “design liability” theory, implementing encryption becomes evidence of negligence, because a small number of bad actors also use encrypted communications […] encryption itself harms no one. Like infinite scroll and autoplay, it is inert without the choices of bad actors — choices made by people, not by the platform’s design.
“Everyone Cheering The Social Media Addiction Verdicts Against Meta Should Understand What They’re Actually Cheering For” | Techdirt
#censorship #endToEndEncryption #meta #onlineSafety #onlineSafetyAct #surveillance
First things first: Meta is a terrible company that has spent years making terrible decisions and being terrible at explaining the challenges of social media trust & safety, all while prioritiz…
Apple now requires UK iPhone users to verify age via ID or card at OS level, shifting checks from sites to the device under regulatory pressure. 🪪
OS-level identity signals can be shared across apps, tying access to identity and raising privacy, control, and openness concerns as bypass becomes harder 🔐
🔗 https://proton.me/blog/apple-uk-age-verification-iphone
#TechNews #Apple #iPhone #UK #OnlineSafetyAct #AgeVerification #Privacy #FOSS #Security #Surveillance #DataProtection #DigitalRights #OpenSource #Regulation #Encryption
This cybersecurity tweet from @SciTechgovuk / DSIT is getting *brigaded* by people pointing out how the UK Government is actively undermining cybersecurity
Examples; remember to check both quotes & replies:
https://twitter.com/SebJVidal/status/2036883790971166975?s=20
https://twitter.com/B_Disappointed/status/2036886030742093866
https://twitter.com/egosumdickie/status/2036920678486585503?s=20
https://twitter.com/EddyGraphic1/status/2036954742971084977?s=20
https://twitter.com/36F5VE/status/2036903727680921792?s=20
https://twitter.com/TheBlake83/status/2036914254712832017?s=20
https://twitter.com/jkelly206/status/2036916903772361016?s=20
#ageVerification #censorship #dsit #gchq #ncsc #onlineSafety #onlineSafetyAct #surveillance
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