Smile, You’re Online! My latest blog post highlights the latest proposals for “online safety” laws and breaks down why these proposals could lead to more surveillance and less privacy for everyone.
https://www.xnite.me/digital-culture/2026/03/13/smile-youre-online.html
As I've said before, it's hard not to read this mass surveillance/censorship bullshit as our deeply reactionary governments getting the faintest whiff that an unchecked internet severely interferes with their ability to propagandize and decided the internet had to die.
The UK and US in particular are absolutely speed-running this bullshit (with the EU, Australia, and South America not too far behind).
#Privacy #FreeSpeech #Censorship #DigitalRights #Internet #SocialMedia #AgeVerification #ClientSideScanning #UK #UnitedKingdom
RE: https://social.openrightsgroup.org/users/openrightsgroup/statuses/116205495518019401
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