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IT and internet lawyer. Sceptical tech enthusiast. Reposts and links are not endorsements. All views my own. No posts are legal advice. www.cyberleagle.com
@cyberleagle.bsky.social‘The government has said that it’s “demonstrably false” that the act compromises free speech because it “places clear and unequivocal duties on platforms to protect freedom of expression”’. >>> Saying it’s so doesn’t make it so. www.cyberleagle.com/2025/09/the-...
@cyberleagle.bsky.socialNew overview of the Online Safety Act from the House of Commons Library. commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-bri...
@theunpopulist.netReposted by @cyberleagle.bsky.socialLiberalism dismantled hereditary rule and ended slavery. Somewhere along the way it started sounding like a boring debating club. It needs a boldness that matches its own history.
@futurefreespeech.orgReposted by @cyberleagle.bsky.social🔎 Our new report maps how these rules apply to chatbots and what they mean for free expression: tinyurl.com/5bbbm5d9
@cyberleagle.bsky.socialThey say that their proposal doesn't touch the ECommerce Directive hosting shield. This is going to require a wet towel...
@cyberleagle.bsky.socialFor anyone interested in platform liability and the eCommerce Directive hosting shields, paras 2.86 to 2.124 and 3.79 to 3.81 are a must-read. lawcom.gov.uk/publication/...
@cyberleagle.bsky.socialThanks, but not really. I’m specifically interested in examples of criminal cases where the presumption of reliability was actually applied.
@cyberleagle.bsky.socialCan you point me to any concrete examples of its actual deployment (outside of breathalysers, speed guns etc) where accuracy of the data was contested? I would love to know of some, but I haven’t come across any in the reported caselaw. See my blogpost.
@cyberleagle.bsky.socialBy way of background. www.cyberleagle.com/2025/04/the-...
@cyberleagle.bsky.socialI do hope this project will properly kick the tyres and validate (or not) the underlying assumption that the formal evidential presumption has automatically been applied to general computer evidence in criminal cases, and not just take that as read. www.computerweekly.com/news/3666513...
@cyberleagle.bsky.socialReposted by @cyberleagle.bsky.socialI had one of those - when I wasn’t being creative with the chemistry set.
@cyberleagle.bsky.socialI had one of those - when I wasn’t being creative with the chemistry set.
@cyberleagle.bsky.socialReposted by @cyberleagle.bsky.socialNext Lords Communications and Digital Committee evidence session. #OnlineSafetyAct
@cyberleagle.bsky.socialNext Lords Communications and Digital Committee evidence session. #OnlineSafetyAct
@davidsonofaaron.bsky.socialReposted by @cyberleagle.bsky.socialA free 2000 word post on the sad irrelevant history of the 'Zionism is racism' debate davidaaronovitch.substack.com/p/the-anti-z...
@cyberleagle.bsky.socialAVPA over on LinkedIn have a DCMS response: www.linkedin.com/posts/age-ve...
@cyberleagle.bsky.socialAccording to AVPA over on LinkedIn, DCMS have responded to them: www.linkedin.com/posts/age-ve...
@techmeme.comReposted by @cyberleagle.bsky.socialThe UK's Ofcom opens an OSA probe into Meta over Instagram Instants, launched in May; Meta says it "briefed Ofcom about this feature on a number of occasions" (Reuters)
@cyberleagle.bsky.socialReposted by @cyberleagle.bsky.socialMeta, TikTok, X challenge UK watchdog over online safety data demands www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...
@cyberleagle.bsky.socialMeta, TikTok, X challenge UK watchdog over online safety data demands www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...