toad.social

Alec MuffettThere are many reasons to criticise the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OnlineSafetyAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OnlineSafetyAct</a> but the bizarre <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ofcom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Ofcom</a> approach to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AgeVerification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AgeVerification</a> demanding vast proliferation of personal information rather than obligatory acceptance of a validated credential, defies belief and exceeds all other failures. <a href="https://mastodon.social/@alecmuffett/114987625354929569" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://mastodon.social/@alecmuffett/114987625354929569</a>

quangobaudGoogle fills my phone up with their irremovable UK government approved spycrap so that I can't put Proton VPN on it. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SpyCops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SpyCops</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SpyWankers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SpyWankers</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Ofcom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Ofcom</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OfcomComeFuckOff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OfcomComeFuckOff</a>

quangobaudThe now in-house government service for the "Right to Work" Verification Process. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/VerificationProcess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#VerificationProcess</a> aka <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BlackListing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BlackListing</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DepartmentOfWorkAndPensions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DepartmentOfWorkAndPensions</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UKHomeOffice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UKHomeOffice</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Ofcom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Ofcom</a>

James BakerThe Online Safety Act is just in phase 1. Ofcom currently have a 307 page consultation + 17 PDF annexes <a href="https://www.ofcom.org.uk/online-safety/illegal-and-harmful-content/online-safety-additional-safety-measures" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.ofcom.org.uk/online-safety/illegal-and-harmful-content/online-safety-additional-safety-measures</a> of extra proposals. These will expand the duties of anyone providing services and websites under the act . <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/onlinesafetyact" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#onlinesafetyact</a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/ofcom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ofcom</a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#privacy</a>

WenSomeone (who should know better) defends the Online Safety ActWhen it comes down to it his defence is - none of us (experts, civil rights groups, even Wikipedia and numerous small service providers) don’t understand it.<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/aug/01/everything-right-left-politics-getting-wrong-online-safety-act" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/aug/01/everything-right-left-politics-getting-wrong-online-safety-act</a>And then you read he is a former Ofcom policy manager, with politicians one of the culprits in the mess that successive maladministrations have landed us with. Avoid his consultancy business.<a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Ofcom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Ofcom</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/OSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OSA</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/MissingThePoint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MissingThePoint</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Incompetence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Incompetence</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Privacy</a>

quangobaudMy Android Phone switched-off Data by itself! <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SpyCops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SpyCops</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GamblingAddiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GamblingAddiction</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Ofcom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Ofcom</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OnlineSafetyAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OnlineSafetyAct</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Google</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Android" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Android</a>

quangobaudAnother day of living in Rishi Sunak's eternal-electronic-surveillance-police-state fantasy made real by the idiot Keir Starmer. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OfcomComeFuckOff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OfcomComeFuckOff</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Ofcom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Ofcom</a>

Alec MuffettOfcom *may* be starting to understand that platforms are free to label entire forums as 18+ but that this conflicts with the OSA leading to overblocking <a href="https://alecmuffett.com/article/114092" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://alecmuffett.com/article/114092</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OnlineSafety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OnlineSafety</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OnlineSafetyAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OnlineSafetyAct</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#censorship</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ofcom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ofcom</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/reddit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#reddit</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#surveillance</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vpn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#vpn</a>

quangobaudSo, it's these assholes who are running the IT side of the Ofcom and Home Office verification scam. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Ofcom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Ofcom</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DSIT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DSIT</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RishiSunak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RishiSunak</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UKPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UKPol</a>

quangobaudSlightly suspicious government approved "whitelist" of porn sites. 🧐 <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Ofcom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Ofcom</a>

Open Rights GroupPalestine Action ban + UK Online Safety Act = widespread censorship of content about Palestine 🚫Lawful posts could be swept up by overly broad definitions of terrorism and wrongly removed by platforms. It's a serious attack on freedom of expression and the right to protest in the UK.Read our open letter from human rights groups and experts ⬇️ <a href="https://www.openrightsgroup.org/press-releases/human-rights-defenders-raise-concerns-that-online-safety-act-will-lead-to-censorship-of-palestine-protest/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.openrightsgroup.org/press-releases/human-rights-defenders-raise-concerns-that-online-safety-act-will-lead-to-censorship-of-palestine-protest/</a><a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/onlinesafetyact" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#onlinesafetyact</a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/freeexpression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#freeexpression</a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/palestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#palestine</a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gaza</a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/freedomofexpression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#freedomofexpression</a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/ukpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ukpolitics</a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/ukpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ukpol</a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/ofcom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ofcom</a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/pastineaction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#pastineaction</a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/freespeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#freespeech</a>

Open Rights Group“The heavy-handed takedown of digital content, fuelled by overly-broad terrorism definitions, will inevitably suppress critical voices, journalism and social movements around the world.It is very likely that in trying to comply with these requirements, platforms would unjustly remove content from people in the EU and other regions."🗣️ <a href="https://eupolicy.social/@ella" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@ella</a> for <a href="https://eupolicy.social/@edri" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@edri</a>.<a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/onlinesafetyact" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#onlinesafetyact</a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/freeexpression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#freeexpression</a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/palestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#palestine</a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gaza</a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/freedomofexpression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#freedomofexpression</a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/ukpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ukpolitics</a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/ukpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ukpol</a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/ofcom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ofcom</a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/pastineaction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#pastineaction</a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/freespeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#freespeech</a>

Open Rights Group“Crucial public debate about Gaza is being threatened by vague, overly broad laws that could lead to content about Palestine being removed or hidden online. How these laws are applied should concern everyone regardless of their political views.”Ofcom must uphold free expression, so people can engage online without fear of being micharacterised as terrorists.🗣️ Sara Chitseko for ORG.<a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/onlinesafetyact" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#onlinesafetyact</a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/freeexpression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#freeexpression</a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/palestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#palestine</a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gaza</a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/freedomofexpression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#freedomofexpression</a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/ukpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ukpolitics</a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/ukpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ukpol</a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/ofcom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ofcom</a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/freespeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#freespeech</a>

Open Rights GroupPlatforms have a duty to mitigate the risk of 'illegal' content under the UK Online Safety Act.Faced with unclear definitions, they'll over-moderate content about protest and Palestine solidarity.Ofcom even advises them they can bypass duties by censoring more than is required!<a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/onlinesafetyact" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#onlinesafetyact</a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/freeexpression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#freeexpression</a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/palestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#palestine</a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gaza</a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/freedomofexpression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#freedomofexpression</a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/ukpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ukpolitics</a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/ukpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ukpol</a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/ofcom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ofcom</a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/pastineaction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#pastineaction</a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/freespeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#freespeech</a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/OSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OSA</a>

Open Rights GroupWhat's 'illegal' is open to interpretation.UK terror laws criminalise people for taking part in a proscribed group AND for expressing 'support' which is 'reckless' in getting others to support it.This risks encouraging automated moderation that disproportionately affects political speech, particularly from marginalised communities, including Palestinian voices.<a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/onlinesafetyact" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#onlinesafetyact</a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/freeexpression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#freeexpression</a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/palestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#palestine</a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gaza</a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/freedomofexpression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#freedomofexpression</a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/ukpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ukpolitics</a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/ukpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ukpol</a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/ofcom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ofcom</a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/pastineaction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#pastineaction</a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/freespeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#freespeech</a>

Alec Muffett“Everything the right – and the left – are getting wrong about the Online Safety Act” | George Billinge | The Guardian | …let’s ignore the article and just look at George’s LinkedIn profile <a href="https://alecmuffett.com/article/114051" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://alecmuffett.com/article/114051</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AgeVerification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AgeVerification</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CircularReasoning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CircularReasoning</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ConflictOfInterest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ConflictOfInterest</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OnlineSafety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OnlineSafety</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OnlineSafetyAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OnlineSafetyAct</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#censorship</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ofcom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ofcom</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#surveillance</a>

quangobaudClubCrossDressing statement on the UK Online Safety Act <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OnlineSafetyAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OnlineSafetyAct</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Ofcom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Ofcom</a> <a href="https://www.clubcrossdressing.com/legal/online-safety-bill" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.clubcrossdressing.com/legal/online-safety-bill</a>

Open Rights Group🚨 BREAKING 🚨We warn that the Palestine Action ban coupled with UK Online Safety Act is ‘a threat to public debate’.The OSA forces “terrorist” content to be removed, meaning PA and Palestinian content could easily be swept up and deleted, warn <a href="https://mastodon.social/@eff" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@eff</a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/@edri" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@edri</a> and many others.Read about our open letter ⬇️<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/02/palestine-action-ban-coupled-with-online-safety-act-are-threat-to-public-debate" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/02/palestine-action-ban-coupled-with-online-safety-act-are-threat-to-public-debate</a><a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/onlinesafetyact" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#onlinesafetyact</a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/osa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#osa</a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/palestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#palestine</a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gaza</a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/onlinesafety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#onlinesafety</a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/freeexpression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#freeexpression</a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#censorship</a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/freedomofexpression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#freedomofexpression</a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/freespeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#freespeech</a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/ofcom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ofcom</a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/ukpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ukpolitics</a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/ukpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ukpol</a>

James BakerSomeone said Ofcom haven’t really done anything with the Online Safety Act. That’s a bit unfair as they have produced around 1700 pages of guidance. It’s really a bureaucratic magnum opus of the modern age. The UKs gift to the world, something for historians to puzzle over. It’s subtly subversive - an anarchist Trojan - anyone who reads it loses hope in Governmentality. <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/onlinesafety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#onlinesafety</a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/Ofcom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Ofcom</a>

quangobaudWelly, welly, well, well, well ... Collaborationist wankers meet with Keir Starmer to discuss making regime approved content. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/KeirStarmer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#KeirStarmer</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UKPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UKPol</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OnlineSafetyAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OnlineSafetyAct</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Ofcom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Ofcom</a>

Recent searches

Search options

Administered by:

Server stats:

#ofcom