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Software companies must be held liable for British economic security, say MPs | The Record
Well this is misconceived and is going to end badly, if it goes anywhere at all. Perhaps the British people ought to be able to sue members of parliament for losses caused by legislation? https://therecord.media/software-companies-liable-britain-security
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“Key Management” is the cryptographic community’s version of “…it’s always DNS”
International Association for Cryptologic Research runs secure vote and then loses the keys so nobody knows what the result is. As one commenter put it: “So a single member can collude to reset the vote?”
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I know it’s hard for folk to detach themselves from emotion regarding child protection, hate speech or trolling, but it’s important to understand that Ofcom’s duty to deliver online safety is incipient censorship
Excellent post here from Preston Byrne, full text attached below for those without X accounts. This is not right-wing American bombast or imperialism, this is just them wanting to be left alone as anyone else would want: Folks in London might be wondering whether my instructions really are to destroy the Online Safety Act or
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In Case You Missed It This Week: Ofcom, pursuing its lawful duties, is about to drive the UK over a cliff and into online censorship; here’s how…
Here’s how Ofcom will bring about censorship in the UK; it will… 1/ declare itself (truthfully) to be acting on behalf of the UK sovereign government… Ofcom has claimed it has “sovereign immunity” as it seeks to fend off a US free speech lawsuit from the website 4chan … Lawyers for the regulator told a
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I asked ChatGPT to explain why Ofcom, acting as an agent of the sovereign UK Government, cannot enforce penalties or sanctions in the USA against 4chan &al
If Ofcom clarifies its role as an agency of a sovereign government, this is what happens next: Suffice it to say: when the equivalent US laws would be violations of the 1st amendment, there’s no hope for Ofcom here. To fulfil their duties Ofcom will need to demand that {DNS, IP, DPI} blocks are imposed
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“MPs and peers warned of China spy risk on LinkedIn” | Translation: “Horny / Lazy Spooks Targeted by Fake Hot Chinese Girls via LinkedIn, GCHQ Panic”
Hot Asian Women Seek Fun In Cheltenham: The MI5 alert identifies two LinkedIn profiles … used on behalf of … Chinese MSS … “actively reaching out to individuals in our community” … to “collect information and lay the groundwork for long-term relationships … The … “false personas” approach targets to “work as freelance consultants authoring
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“‘We’re Going to DESTROY the Online Safety Act’: Meet the Top Lawyer Waging War on Ofcom” | OrderOrder | …it’s an interesting thesis that…
…the credibility of the online safety act now hinges upon its (in)ability to make Britain the safest place to be online, by virtue of inability to effectively sanction the rest of the world. Instead it will become a British censorship charter, failing to stop Britons accessing content that would worry safety activists, academics, or the
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Interesting to compare and contrast EU attempts to force chat control, with failed Australian attempt at the same from 2024:
2024 Australia: In November, the eSafety commissioner announced draft standards that would require the operators of cloud and messaging services to detect and remove known child abuse and pro-terror material “where technically feasible”, as well as disrupt and deter new material of the same nature. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/article/2024/jun/21/australia-esafety-commissioner-child-abuse-detection-online-safety Key Concerns Raised by Experts: 1. Flawed ‘voluntary’ AI
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Australia: eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant called to testify before US Congress by Donald Trump ally over ‘threat’ to Americans’ free speech | Sky News
Chickens coming home to roost: Sky News has obtained a bombshell letter from a US House of Representatives committee chairman and ally of President Donald Trump accusing eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant of being a “zealot” and “direct threat” to the free speech of American citizens and requesting she testifies before Congress within two weeks.
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The difference between British regulation vs: American regulation: Rat Shit in Food vs: CSAM
US regulation is binary: FDA permits 9ppm of rat droppings in flour, realising it’s inevitable. You are within limits, yes or no? UK regulation is analogue: banning any & all poop in expectation that this will drive ever-cleaner processes of food handling, so any (rare) cases can be dealt with by individual investigation. Guess which…
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BREAKING: EU attempting last minute resurrection ChatControl client-side scanning & message surveillance under vague “mandate… all reasonable mitigation measures” figleaf; FightChatControl.EU to be reactivated…
Quote Patrick Breyer: A perfidious trick? The EU Council Presidency wants to introduce mandatory #ChatControl through the backdoor: An Art. 4 amendment would MANDATE “all reasonable mitigation measures,” including scanning, enforced with sanctions! https://cdn.netzpolitik.org/wp-upload/2025/11/2025-10-30_Council_Presidency_CSAR_Policy-debate_14032.pdf
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