Paul Bernal
@paulbernal.bsky.social
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Professor of IT Law at UEA Law School. Geek. Privacy, Politics. Wolves. Irish and British.
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paulbernal.bsky.social
Rowland Manthorpe’s a good reporter.
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komadori.bsky.social
Thinking back to ministerial statements and parliamentary debates on the Bill, I don't recall hearing anyone say the purpose of the OSB was to criminalise lawful behaviour, and yet here we are. Scope creep of the most pernicious kind, penalising 16-18 year olds under pretext of protecting them. 3/3
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komadori.bsky.social
As you'll see from the @openrightsgroup.org analysis, Ofcom is considering banning anyone under 18 from streaming legal online content if they also get comments or payments for it. People old enough to be in paid employment would be breaking the law if they start a legal business online.
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komadori.bsky.social
People who said the Online Safety Bill was too big, or warned about the danger of scope creep, were too often dismissed as "not caring about child abuse", or "giving criminals a safe space online", or simply as paranoid or "privacy extremists". Well, I've got news for you.
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The Online Safety Act comes for livestreaming
Ofcom has launched a blandly titled consultation on “Additional Safety Measures” designed to implement the next round of duties within the Online Safety Act (OSA).
www.openrightsgroup.org
paulbernal.bsky.social
Wales are making England look rather good.
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paperghost.bsky.social
I will never buy a monkey jpeg, I won't use AI to make something, and I absolutely will not hand over my data to blorko so I can read a few DMs or look for game patch details on discord
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paperghost.bsky.social
not discord, not starmer, not any other service you use that gets popped. it'll be blorko, a few vague shrugs, and business as usual (the business is more data theft)
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paperghost.bsky.social
the big problem with the inevitable ID verification data thefts is that it won't be the actual main org getting their stuff swiped; it'll be endless third parties nobody has ever really heard of, and the accountability chain will never, ever reach back to ukgov. the buck will stop with blorko ltd
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paulbernal.bsky.social
They should be laughing at him
paulbernal.bsky.social
He’s a nut job.
acyn.bsky.social
RFK JR: There are many other confirmations -- there are two studies that show children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism. It’s highly likely because they are given Tylenol
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timothysnyder.bsky.social
Our authoritarianism is run on clichés borrowed from the Eastern Europe of twenty years ago. Paid protestors, disloyal cities, evil Soros, vast conspiracies — it was all tiresome then and there, and now it’s pathetic.
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Trump: "They're, like, insurrectionists, they're terrible people. But you really wonder why. Why are they doing it? What are they gaining? Other than they're obviously paid. They're paid a lot of money."
paulbernal.bsky.social
Seriously, the kids know and understand, much better than people like Nigel imagine. Better than the teachers, mostly, too.
paulbernal.bsky.social
I holidayed on Rousay every summer as a kid!
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orkneylibrary.bsky.social
This is #BookyMcBookface sailing back from Rousay this afternoon. 💨🌊 #Orkney
paulbernal.bsky.social
You can, of course, so long as you’re not assuming the collapse of Reform will help Labour.. 😀
paulbernal.bsky.social
That doesn’t help Labour one jot.