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New report says UK was an 'active participant' in Israeli war crimes.
The Gaza Tribunal report concludes that Britain has:
"failed in its fundamental obligation to prevent genocide;
"been complicit in atrocity crimes;
" in some instances even been an active participant in these crimes".
"The Gaza Tribunal took evidence from eyewitnesses, UN rapporteurs, journalists, medics and academics."
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#UKPol #USPol #EUPol #GazaGenocide #palestine #GazaTribunal .
UK was an 'active participant' in Israeli war crimes, Corbyn tribunal finds
Britain was an active participant in some Israeli war crimes in Gaza, a tribunal chaired by Your Party leader Jeremy Corbyn and two international law specialists has found.Imran Mulla (Middle East Eye)
The failure to inform asylum applicants of the use of AI in decision-making is likely UNLAWFUL.
A new legal opinion for ORG finds that the use of AI tools by the UK Home Office doesn't meet legal obligations nor standards in the AI Playbook.
We need full transparency to ensure lawful and fair decisions.
Read more ⬇️
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#asylum #ai #legal #migrants #homeoffice #ukpolitics #ukpol
Home Office use of AI in asylum cases could be unlawful, legal experts warn
Exclusive: Caseworkers use AI to summarise asylum interviews and to search for information about country of originHolly Bancroft (The Independent)
"There is little evidence that young people are using VPNs to bypass digital ID checks imposed by the [UK] Online Safety Act."
Age gating them "will have little impact on children's online safety but will deter adults from using them or force people to hand over personal documents or biometric data."
🗣️ @JamesBaker for ORG.
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#vpn #privacy #cybersecurity #onlinesafety #ukpolitics #ukpol
Could VPNs be banned in the UK? We asked the experts
The government has launched a public consultation into whether VPNs should be age-restrictedAlex Lee (The Independent)
It's 2026. The UK removes the last hereditary seats from its parliament.
“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
🚨 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 ⬇️
openrightsgroup.org/press-rele…
#onlinesafety #digitalid #id #privacy #ageverification #freedomofexpression #ukpolitics #ukpol
MPs give ministers powers to restrict entire Internet
MPs have rejected a Lords amendment to the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill that would allow a social media ban for under 16s.Open Rights Group
Digital ID checks ransom our access to information.
We’re forced to splurge our sensitive data all over the place, eroding our freedoms and creating a privacy timebomb.
It’s lose lose.
UK MPs mustn't hand the government unbridled powers over all Internet services in today's vote.
Write to your MP ⬇️
action.openrightsgroup.org/no-…
#onlinesafety #digitalid #privacy #freedomofexpression #ageverification #ukpolitics #ukpol
No ID Checks for Web Access
Take action! What’s the problem? The Government has proposed amendments to the Children Wellbeing and Schools Bill, which would give Ministers the power to restrict access to "internet services".Open Rights Group
“When you create a law, you have to think about what a future government could do with those powers."
Ministers would have unilateral powers to lock what they see as 'harmful' behind digital ID checks.
This could end up being used on LGBTQ+ and reproductive health content.
🗣️ ORG's James Baker.
politico.eu/article/uk-eyes-sw…
#onlinesafety #digitalid #privacy #freedomofexpression #ageverification #ukpolitics #ukpol
UK eyes sweeping powers to regulate tech without parliamentary scrutiny
The U.K. government has laid two amendments that would let it sidestep parliamentary debate so it can update online safety laws.Mizy Clifton (POLITICO)
Zack Polanski letter to the Home Secretary, Shabana Mahmood……… Well worth the read.
New powers would let Ministers pick and choose what should be restricted, as well as impose curfews on access.
All without having to prove sites are harmful for children.
They don’t just cover social media, but all 'Internet services’ – blogs, websites, online games and more.
This is overreach.
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#privacy #freedomofexpression #ageverification #digitalID #onlinesafety #ukpolitics #ukpol
Lords-backed under-16 social media ban to be overturned as Labour prepares its own measures
A Lords-backed ban on children using social media could be overturned next week.Chay Quinn (LBC)
All adults would have to do a digital ID check to establish their age with third-parties so they can access any service.
If you don't, you could face blocks or time restricted curfews.
These powers could be used by any government in the UK to restrict access to almost any online service you could imagine.
#privacy #freedomofexpression #ageverification #digitalID #onlinesafety #ukpolitics #ukpol
This is no longer about banning under-16s from social media.
It’s about control over all information and forcing adults to go through digital ID checks to access the Internet.
Forcing us to submit our identity or biometric data to an array of different providers poses significant privacy risks.
#privacy #freedomofexpression #ageverification #digitalID #onlinesafety #ukpolitics #ukpol
BNP would offer non-white Britons £50,000 to leave UK, says Nick Griffin
Party leader says resettlement grants would be partially funded by scrapping 'ridiculous' climate change adaptation policiesHaroon Siddique (The Guardian)
🚨 ID checks to get online could become the new norm 🚨
A new amendment would give the UK government sweeping powers to block access to lawful information and communications.
That's unless we submit our identification to a bounty of providers.
Tell your MP to stop this broad and repressive law ⬇️
action.openrightsgroup.org/no-…
#privacy #freedomofexpression #ageverification #digitalID #onlinesafety #ukpolitics #ukpol
No ID Checks for Web Access
Take action! What’s the problem? The Government has proposed amendments to the Children Wellbeing and Schools Bill, which would give Ministers the power to restrict access to "internet services".Open Rights Group
UK slashes climate aid programmes for developing countries
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UK slashes climate aid programmes for developing countries
Exclusive: Schemes worth hundreds of millions of pounds to protect biodiversity and oceans likely to be substantially reducedFiona Harvey (The Guardian)
Nigel #Farage's advisor reacts to #ReformUK losing the #GortonAndDenton #byelection.
#ukpol #satire by the wonderful #CodyDahler
"Police arrested a man for a burglary in a city he had never visited after face scanning software deployed across the UK confused him with another person of south Asian heritage. Thames Valley police had used automated #FacialRecognition software which matched him with footage of a suspect of a £3,000 burglary 100 miles away in Milton Keynes."
theguardian.com/technology/202…
Facial recognition error prompts police to arrest Asian man for burglary 100 miles away
Exclusive: Alvi Choudhury claiming damages against Thames Valley police after biased technology confused him with man looking ‘10 years younger’Robert Booth (The Guardian)
There are a lot of threads about this depressing article:
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It supports the idea of a social media ban for under-16s.
I also don't want to see children exposed to offensive, dehumanizing "content", but I am wondering why a ban is the cure. The examples the writer cites are all examples of simply unacceptable speech. If the social media platforms had effective moderation, this would not be a problem. If every instance of misogyny and other hate speech was taken down, and abusers got reliably suspended and banned, the experience of girls and minorities on these platforms would be infinitely better. The people doing the hate might be pushed to reconsider their behavior.
Instead we will take away internet freedom from young people and force identity verification on everyone, undermine VPNs and so on. Why? Because that will be easier and cheaper for the tech giants.
Don't ban girls from social media. Ban the abusers.
I am a 15-year-old girl. Let me show you the vile misogyny that confronts me on social media every day
Objectification, hate, rape threats: the politicians debating online abuse mean well, but to truly understand, they need to see what I seeGuardian staff reporter (The Guardian)
The idea that anyone who is considering voting Green could also contemplate voting for Reform is so fucking daft that I can only assume that a small proportion of the electorate suffer from chronic fucking daftness. #UKpol
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How Strong Is Support For The Greens?
Zack Polanski's leadership of the Greens has generated significant interest in the party. Nearly half of people are considering supporting them at ...Politics Home
"What is happening in Minneapolis is a trial balloon. It’s where Trump is testing the limits of his power"...
...to suppress dissent, create fear & intimidation, & break people’s will.
Surveillance is central to this, & Thiel's Palantir is central to Trump's ICE operation. And now the UK.
In the UK, Palantir has access "to our most sensitive personal data.... the entire nation’s medical records."
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#USPol #EUPol #Palantir #Surveillance #Thiel #Autocracy #NHS #UKPol .
What’s happening in America is technofascism. It could happen here
Peter Thiel's data surveillance company Palantir is powering Trump's ICE operation in the US. Carole Cadwalladr argues that the UK will be nextCarole Cadwalladr (The Nerve)
Report: UK MP, Rupert Lowe, has launched a new hard-right party called "Restore Britain".
Lowe calls the party's immigration policy "deportation poetry" & has vowed, "Millions must go", "We will discriminate", & "No more asylum seekers."
Elon Musk is backing the new party.
Between Dec 2024 & Mar 2025, Lowe received £20,000 from X's creator-revenue program.
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#RupertLowe #RestoreBritain #USPol #UKPol #EUPol #Musk #Autocracy #news #racism .
'We will discriminate': Elon Musk-backed Restore Britain party launches with hard-right vision
A new party has entered Britain's political scene to the right of Nigel Farage's Reform UK, declaring that "millions must go" and pledging a ban on halal and kosher slaughter.Imran Mulla (Middle East Eye)
Msm under-reports Epstein's strong ties to Israel, &, instead, says "look over there" at Russia.
A study of outlets that underplayed, ignored, or diverted attention from Epstein's links to Israel incl CNN, Fox, New York Post, BBC & Guardian. The Guardian, eg, published 27 articles without mentioning Israel once.
Other outlets “pushed a narrative suggesting Epstein was connected to Russia”.
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#Epstein #USPol #UKPol #EUPol #CdnPoli #msm #Israel #Palestine .
Epstein Files: Analysts question muted 'mainstream media' response to Israel ties
Among the latest revelations from the release of the Epstein files is a new tranche of evidence linking the influential sex offender to Israel.Fleur Hargreaves (Middle East Eye)
Report: Musk is funding a new hard-right party in UK: Restore Britain
Rupert Lowe MP vowed that "Millions must go" & "We will discriminate".
Lowe released an "immigration policy", which he called "deportation poetry" & said the party would "abolish the entire asylum systems. No more asylum seekers."
"Cousin marriages will be outlawed, so don’t even try and bring your wifecousin in from Pakistan. Not happening."
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#Musk #USPol #UKPol #EUPol #Autocracy #news #racism .
'We will discriminate': Elon Musk-backed Restore Britain party launches with hard-right vision
A new party has entered Britain's political scene to the right of Nigel Farage's Reform UK, declaring that "millions must go" and pledging a ban on halal and kosher slaughter.Imran Mulla (Middle East Eye)
The UK government is playing whack-a-mole with online safety.
Plans to further age-gate the Internet dodges the real issue – the power of Big Tech.
Failing to regulate AI and the age verification industry puts the rights of users in peril.
Read our response ⬇️
openrightsgroup.org/press-rele…
#ageverification #privacy #dataprotection #bigtech #onlinesafetyact #ukpolitics #ukpol #socialmedia
Online harms: Millions could be forced to use unregulated age verification
Open Rights Group has responded to the government’s latest announcements on online safety, including proposals to: Big Tech Programme Manager James Baker said: “The Government is playing whack-a-mole with online safety, focusing on individual harms …Open Rights Group
