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Federated platforms show that another model is possible.
They're not perfect, but they reduce dependence on any single owner, platform, algorithm, or business model of driving hate for profit.
We can't have someone like Musk giving himself a megaphone and deciding what an entire network sees.
Image scanning for nudes 🤝 digital ID checks
This will affect everyone. All adults will have to hand over their ID to turn off the blocks on their phone.
But the scanning software will hang around. Something that could end up being used to censor much more.
We can't allow this trojan horse tech.
The government's aim to block nude images would take away control over our devices.
ORG's James Baker explains that this is about mandating for all of us as adults to go through ID checks simply to unlock the actual use of our phone.
Despite there existing ways for parents to protect kids already.
Time's up on Ripped Off Britain!
We've locked ourselves into contracts with companies like Palantir for too long. Getting fleeced and making ourselves vulnerable in times of global volatility.
Tell your MP to back an amendment to the Cybersecurity Bill calling for a Digital Sovereignty strategy ⬇️
Facial recognition surveillance is expanding rapidly across the UK 🚨
Police are rolling it out on our streets and making up the rules as they go.
With rights groups we've written to the Home Office demanding any future laws rein it in and protect privacy.
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The awful scenes in Belfast are a reminder that it matters how information spreads.
We need to build a healthier information environment where no single company, government or billionaire can pervert public debate.
That means tackling the concentrated power of X and Musk's propaganda algorithm.
UK politicians and the government should lead by example.
If they're serious about reducing the influence of harmful social platforms, they should engage with citizens in federated spaces, rather than Musk's rage-fuelled machine.
A healthier Internet is possible, if we only choose to build it.
NEXT WEEK ⏰️
Digital sovereignty is an urgent issue as historic alliances become unreliable.
Join ORG's Exec Director @jim.killock.org.uk and @jwyg.bsky.social to explore the UK's dependency on US Big Tech and what has to change.
🗓️ Tue 16 June
🕙️ 10am-4pm
📍 Sussex Humanities Lab
Register now ⬇️
Scanning tech would turn every phone into a surveillance device ⚠️
Ministers may claim this is to stop children sharing intimate images.
But it means forcing every adult through a digital ID checkpoint and scanning all private images by default.
Once the infrastructure exists, it will be expanded.
