Dropsafe

by Alec Muffett

Tag: censorship

Businesses may be caught by government proposals to restrict VPN use | Computer Weekly

2026/02/19
OFCOM update: so apparently the embargoed press-release email was circulated to one (more?) of their general discussion maillists, which I feel symbolic of their approach towards security

2026/02/18
HEADSUP: Ofcom *tonight* to announce demand for apps, websites to deploy “hash matching” (i.e. client-side scanning, fuzzy matching) of uploaded images “to protect children”

2026/02/18
Thought for the day: if there is a UK under-16 social media ban, the party which most appeals to 16-year-olds “out of the starting gate” will win the next election

2026/02/16
Ofcom: “if you don’t respect our groundless extraterritorial authority then we will multiply the unenforceable fines that we shall demand you pay”

2026/02/13
Ofcom: “pay up, lest we provisionally decide again!”

2026/02/11
MoJ orders deletion of UK’s largest court reporting archive

2026/02/09
‘I’ve lost my friends’: advocacy groups warn Australia’s social media ban risks isolating kids with disabilities | Social media ban | The Guardian

2026/02/07
European Commission mandates Facebook (etc) must not take down right-wing hate content for 24h if posted on self-declared “editorially independent” websites

2026/02/06
State Department confirms: federal censorship shield law incoming | Preston Byrne

2026/01/28
Will Congress shield the US from foreign attacks on the First Amendment? | Spectator | Ofcom & British civil society does not understand the 1st amendment

2026/01/28
“Much of what people want to solve with the [online safety act] is actually [better] solved with a search warrant and an arrest” | Preston Byrne

2026/01/26