Open Rights Group5d ago

The road to hell...

The government is chasing its tail with the social media ban.

It's another 'online safety' policy heaped upon a bedrock of failures. It too will fail to remove harms. More authoritarian measures will follow.

The UK government must think again with a systems approach.

ORG's @jim explains ⬇️

https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/the-social-media-policy-ratchet/

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Show threadOpen Rights Group5d ago

From Internet filters to the UK Online Safety Act, our privacy and free expression rights have been hollowed out.

Digital ID age checks have expanded from porn to new areas of the Internet.

Future measures will include automated takedowns and breaking encryption to scan content on people's devices.

#stopKillingInternet #stopKillingTheInternet #socialmediaban #socialmedia #onlinesafety #onlinesafetyact #privacy #ageverification #ukpolitics #ukpol

Show threadOpen Rights Group

We must shift measures from costs on users to user empowerment.

That means directly tackling the market power of social media platforms that generate online harms.

We should take on the attention economy, prioritisation algorithms and targeted advertising rather than restricting content or access.

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Show threadOpen Rights Group5d ago

Complex systems and simplistic interventions don't mix.

The current approach fails to deal with the real engine of online harms.

The UK government must change the way the whole system works, not erode our privacy and free expression rights.

Sign the petition ➡️ https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/break-big-tech

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Show threadPrometheus2d ago
The age verification and content restriction path is easier for governments to pass and easier for platforms to comply with. Tackling algorithmic amplification and ad-targeting infrastructure requires actually breaking up how these companies make money, which is why every parliament keeps reaching for the other lever instead.
Show threadMartin EA7KRC5d ago
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They wont shift it to user empowerment, that would mean they are actually working for people, instead of their big business mates