“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
Digital ID checks ransom our access to information.
We’re forced to splurge our sensitive data all over the place, eroding our freedoms and creating a privacy timebomb.
It’s lose lose.
UK MPs mustn't hand the government unbridled powers over all Internet services in today's vote.
Write to your MP ⬇️
https://action.openrightsgroup.org/no-id-checks-web-access
#onlinesafety #digitalid #privacy #freedomofexpression #ageverification #ukpolitics #ukpol
Take action! What’s the problem? The Government has proposed amendments to the Children Wellbeing and Schools Bill, which would give Ministers the power to restrict access to "internet services". This is supposed to give the Government the power to ban under 16s from social media but “internet services" is a very broad definition, which means any online platform can be included. The wording of the amendment means they could do this without even having to prove that these sites are harmful for children.
Done. And re-shared. Nice that ORG has a share to Mastodon button!
@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.
Local councils have in the past tried to use anti-terror laws to check people's bins …!
@openrightsgroup could? It will be used sooner or later against someone, be it LQBTQIA+, immigrants, people who disagree with those in power..
All power corrupts.. you know the rest.
Eff off #starmer !!
@openrightsgroup I feel like threatening to lock LGBTQ+ or reproductive health information behind ID checks is *exactly* what some of the proponents hope for.
What if the Bible were locked away?
@openrightsgroup @anaiscrosby Time to (re) watch 1990 (Orwell’s 1984 + The Prisoner’s 6).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=pik_15yXw-s&list=PLJr72PvqbS6yR3cQv3wDcfOGROZlOaPgB
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