@cyberleagle.bsky.social That is something at least. I do still worry Ofcom are being pressured not to accept age signals from the likes of Apple’s age range API as being ‘highly effective’. More choice and options for users is I think better than fewer.

Reports in UK Times ( https://www.thetimes.com/article/9a7f374f-95bd-4bcf-9c03-d91d2c58ac5b ) that government will go for ‘tough’ form of age verification. I read that as successful AVPA lobbying for verification rather age signals from things like Apple age range API range allowed. Secondly […]

Do check out this video from Ross about how the EU Kids Act will impact gaming. #SKGaming #Stopkillinginternet https://youtu.be/mQRcK9nYg9g?is=PhJbPLfpwqt0-GPy

Perfectly normal behaviour from a peer that has now started working for Palantir https://www.thenerve.news/p/clive-lewis-tom-watson-palentir-letter-labour-conference-citizens-event #clivelewismp #palantir

RE: https://social.openrightsgroup.org/@openrightsgroup/117321390985757804

Here is another story here about the Discord ban Filipinos are now facing https://technology.inquirer.net/149413/oped-the-discord-ban-affects-freelancers-students-remote-workers totally blocking an entire platform is not […]

RE: https://social.openrightsgroup.org/@openrightsgroup/117313755598057576

If you are around Manchester then why not come along to this event, and you can say hi to me at the same time!

Among the doom and gloom this is something to be cheery about. A great article on why England’s schools are doing so well at the moment. #education https://samf.substack.com/p/why-englands-schools-are-doing-so

@simonzerafa Yes I have to use a VPN to access it from the U.K. so thet have something up with it. Could be their cloudflare settings. Seems increasingly common for some government sites to block like that. My own local council blocks all non-UK IPs for example

@simonzerafa urgh, there is a Reddit thread about it https://www.reddit.com/r/Philippines/s/2MWvSR1C8h

BBC removing sketches from That Mitchel and Webb look raises the issue of preservation in the digital age. At least physical media can’t be censored for not fitting in with a broadcasters modern day political sensibilities. #BBC https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/bbc-removes-mitchell-webb-show-37683351

@Edent It’s great on a windy day but there is still a storage and base load problem for the days it isn’t windy. Where either gas or nuclear has a role.

I’ve just seen a leaked draft of the EU Kids act. It’s really bad and will be a disaster for the fediverse and any small community web project. #EU #onlinesafety more details to follow.

I was up late last night adding various threats to the open internet onto the #StopKillingTheInternet map https://www.stopkillingtheinternet.com/map. There is a lot to go to get a complete picture but should be a useful resource for campaigns, information and actions around the world […]

I’ve reached out to Baroness Benjamin to explain how her Bill that would require anyone running a social media platforms obtains a license from Ofcom, would impact someone running aMastodon instances in the UK https://bills.parliament.uk/publications/67647/documents/8738 . Will keep you posted […]

My son was telling me how his school have tightened up their web filters in response to worries about online harms. Apparently you can’t now look U.K. the assassination of JFK because it contain references to guns or Charlie Kirk’s page as it contains references to abortion. #censorship #moralpanic

Computer Weekly habe a good write up on the U.K. plans to place constant nudity surveillance on your own phone and device unless you submit to a Digtial ID check point https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366649187/Government-to-force-tech-companies-to-verify-age-of-users-to-protect-children #UK […]