Mastodawn

Our statement on the UK government’s demand that all content on all devices sold or used in the country be scanned, on the presumption of nudity, using a dystopian combination of age verification and content scanning. This proposal will not safeguard children. It endangers us all.

https://signal.org/blog/pdfs/2026-06-08-uk-surveillance-is-not-safety.pdf

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⥫ Lee ⥭2d ago

@signalapp Propose a solution then. The current situation is untenable, and action is needed. Governments rely on experts to help shape policy. Given your expertise, pick up the phone and start advising.

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Lillian Violet

@leewalton How to prevent child abuse? The experts are pretty clear about that. Children's rights, increased child autonomy, giving children more places to be and people they can rely and be safe with that isn't direct family (where most abuse happens). All of these measures to create authoritarian control from distrust doesn't make anyone safer, it just creates more leeway for the powerful (police) to abuse their power against the people.