From dodgy age verification to censorship, the UK Online Safety Act has gone wrong.
That's why over 500k people have told the government to think again.
MPs will debate this petition on 15 December.
Tell your MP to turn up for our digital rights ⬇️
https://action.openrightsgroup.org/tell-your-mp-attend-debate-online-safety-act
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The UK Online Safety Act is already producing harmful unintended consequences.
ORG urges MPs to support a more balanced, evidence-based and rights-respecting approach that protects children without harming freedom of expression, privacy or the existence of small sites.
Read our briefing ⬇️
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I think your six recommendations are all great. In fact, I'd add one for data privacy and one to legally require transparency/user control over algorithms.
That said, I still think #OSA is a key first step in regulating techbros. So, let's not trash talk OSA - which only helps the techbros.
#ImproveOSADontEndIt
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