Open Rights Group2d ago

Social media bans don't work.

Yet it's happening globally as leaders try to grab headlines with creeping digital ID checks.

This doesn't take on how platforms are designed to capture users' attention with harmful content through data-driven algorithms so they can sell ads.

ORG's @JamesBaker explains ➡️ https://peertube.openrightsgroup.org/w/bBTjPwubE92HMVGtt9dN2Z

#stopKillingInternet #stopKillingTheInternet #socialmediaban #socialmedia #onlinesafety #onlinesafetyact #privacy #censorship #ukpolitics #ukpol #kierstarmer

Social media bans don't work #stopKillingInternet

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Show threadOpen Rights Group

A global movement to #stopKillingInternet is coming.

Bans will wall off the open Internet. Kids locked out and adults pushed through digital ID checks.

Connection and access to information is being swept away for a policy that leaves platforms free to continue promoting harmful content for profit.

Find out more ➡️ https://www.stopkillingtheinternet.com/

#socialmediaban #socialmedia #onlinesafety #onlinesafetyact #privacy #censorship #ukpolitics #ukpol #kierstarmer

Stop Killing the Internet

Governments are walling off the open internet. We are a global movement opposing restrictions — and building a better internet.

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Show threadOpen Rights Group2d ago

The problem of online harms lies with the underlying business models of social media platforms.

Bans based on making everyone do digital ID checks don't change that.

We must break the advertising-driven business model built on surveillance, profiling and maximising engagement.

Sign our petition ⬇️

https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/break-big-tech

#stopKillingInternet #socialmediaban #socialmedia #onlinesafety #onlinesafetyact #privacy #censorship #ukpolitics #ukpol #kierstarmer

Break Big Tech: Dismantle the root cause of online harms

Platforms like X, Facebook and Instagram harvest our personal data so that they can target us with ads. Their platforms are designed to keep us online, pushing out content that will keep us engaged. Their power to shape and control what we see online is not only harming children and adults but democracy itself.  But we often feel locked in, not wanting to leave the spaces where we still have friends, family and followers.   The Government says it’s holding Big Tech to account over online...

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Show threadEF2d ago
@openrightsgroup why not start a gov one instead? Over 100,000 signatures means it has to be debated in parliament. They'll do nothing different as they always do because bribery and corruption is more important than what is right or best for the people.
Show thread⊥ᵒᵚ Cᵸᵎᶺᵋᶫ∸ᵒᵘ ☑️2d ago

@EF @openrightsgroup https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/757233 already over 100k

And it's only "may be debated" per https://petition.parliament.uk/help

Petition: Do not ban social media for under 16s

I think the government shouldn’t ban social media for under 16s. This is because for many young people social media is how they communicate with their friends. Some people view social media as a lifeline. A community, a supportive network. This is why I think the government shouldn’t ban it.

Petitions - UK Parliament and UK Government
Show threadPrometheus1d ago
The ban vs. business-model framing is right, but petitioning 38 Degrees won't touch the business model. The advertising surveillance stack survives every age-verification scheme ever proposed because that was never the target.
Show threadCllr Gareth Kitchen2d ago

@openrightsgroup FWIW, I gave my kids access to our Proton Visionary account as soon as they hit secondary school. So they had quality VPNs, and I installed LineageOS on their phones. I also spent loads of time training them on surveillance capitalism, Big Tech data practices, and digital sovereignty.

Yes, most adults can’t do this alone, but schools can. We need to shift the focus from “blocking access” to teaching kids how to survive in the current digital ecosystem. I cannot be the exception here. It’s worked—they turned out fine!

Is this on parents, or should it be part of the curriculum? I think both, but with way, way more emphasis on schooling. 👇

#DigitalLiteracy #Privacy #Education #StopKillingInternet

Show threadbent lion2d ago
@eco-g @openrightsgroup Good on you! I think the adults need to be educated first though, which requires dismantling their learned helplessness.
Show threadMANCHUCK2d ago

@openrightsgroup The way some of these laws are written would require my local pizza place to have all the infrastructure needed to store my government ID in order to take pizza orders online.

Of course, that is what the lobbyists want. Instead of spending thousands on hardware and experts, just spend $9.99/month on an app that handles it all. And once they have all the pizza places onboarded, they jack the price up to $800 per month

Show threadGavin2d ago

@openrightsgroup I thought the bans affected social media platforms only? They are not the ‘open internet’, but gated communities.

Regular websites shouldn’t be affected? We need to teach kids to build websites like we did in the 90s.

Show threadInfernal_pizza2d ago

@openrightsgroup "It does not stop there. First, they ask for your ID. Then, they ask to monitor the device in your pocket and your private messages."

That shouldn't be in the future tense, they are already asking for this