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

[openrightsgroup@social.openrightsgroup.org]

🚨 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/

#onlinesafety #digitalid #id #privacy #ageverification #freedomofexpression #ukpolitics #ukpol

[openrightsgroup@social.openrightsgroup.org]

“This broad amendment takes power away from [UK] parliament and Ofcom and hands it to ministers. The consequence of this would be every adult having to provide their personal data, or use their body and biometric features as a key to unlock the Internet."

It doesn't address the structural causes of online harms and can be used to restrict content ideologically.

🗣️ @JamesBaker

#onlinesafety #digitalid #privacy #ageverification #freedomofexpression #ukpolitics #ukpol

[kerplunk@mastodon.scot]

@openrightsgroup

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.

[shadowdancer@mstdn.social]

@openrightsgroup
So let me get this straight: UK govt will from now on be able to restrict internet access at will with no legislative oversight?

IIRC they enacted a law quite similar in Russia a while back.

[djgummikuh@mastodon.social]

@Kerplunk @openrightsgroup how the flying fuck can labor be an even bigger Desaster to the uk than the tories??