Open Rights GroupMar 10

🚨 Wide ranging powers to restrict Internet access in the UK have been voted through 🚨

Ministers will be able to impose digital ID checks, curfews and VPN restrictions without Parliamentary scrutiny.

This can be used on websites, social media, apps and games with no need to show there's any harm to children.

Find out more ⬇️

https://www.openrightsgroup.org/press-releases/mps-give-ministers-powers-to-restrict-entire-internet/

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MPs give ministers powers to restrict entire Internet

MPs have rejected a Lords amendment to the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill that would allow a social media ban for under 16s.

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Show threadKerplunkMar 10

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Wide ranging powers to restrict Internet access in the UK have been voted through 🚨

Keir Stalin Starmer and Orwellian Surveillance Fetischist Shabhana Mahmood given even more power to damage citizens rights.

UK Labour is a desaster in action.

Show threadDJGummikuhMar 10
@Kerplunk @openrightsgroup how the flying fuck can labor be an even bigger Desaster to the uk than the tories??
Show threadJames T Monkey

@DJGummikuh @Kerplunk @openrightsgroup The Tories voted in favour of the Lords’ amendments, which is a blanket Australia-style ban for under-16s, including restrictions on VPNs. Labour’s objections were that a blanket ban would just send kids underground and block them from critical information that they have a right to access, but their solution is vaguely-worded ad-hoc powers.

I think that’s better on balance but hard to say, and still bad. Many Labour members abstained.

Mar 10 at 6:06pmIvory for iOS
Show threadLukefromDCMar 11

@teamonkey @DJGummikuh @Kerplunk @openrightsgroup Of course the kids will go to noncompliant underground sites, followed by the rest of the UK public.

As for VPNs, remember that VPN hosts not based in the UK plus Tor node operators can tell OFCOM et all to frack off.