“When you create a law, you have to think about what a future government could do with those powers."
Ministers would have unilateral powers to lock what they see as 'harmful' behind digital ID checks.
This could end up being used on LGBTQ+ and reproductive health content.
🗣️ ORG's James Baker.
#onlinesafety #digitalid #privacy #freedomofexpression #ageverification #ukpolitics #ukpol
@openrightsgroup “When you create a law, you have to think about what a future government could do with those powers."
Absolutely. When we rewrote the constitution for #Cambridge City Council we didn't write a constitution to give us the powers we thought we'd like whilst we were running the council, we wrote it to provide the safeguards we'd want when one day we ended up in opposition.
There's no need if you never intend to relinquish power.
Open Rights Group
Tim Ward ⭐🇪🇺🔶 #FBPE
Eliza MB