🆔Social media ban = ID checkpoints online “Any ID information that is submitted also ends up being a honey pot for hackers and fraudsters” @mayathomas98 explains why forcing Britons to pass passport ID checks to use social media would be a privacy nightmare.

🪪You might soon need your PASSPORT to use social media We warned that a social media ban would mean digital ID by the backdoor - this policy confirms it. Children need real protections online, not a surveillance scheme | #No2DigitalID

Lisa Nandy announced on Wednesday that there will be primary legislation to force tech companies to install 'nudity detection software', which means every image on every mobile device will be scanned. This is also being used to age-gate all mobile devices, meaning adults will need to prove who they are before using a tablet or a phone. The OSA sits in a web of poorly drafted speech laws. Over the last 5 years, 62,199 people have been arrested for 'communications offences', with rates varying wildly between forces, and last year, the police interviewed a 14-year-old for watching a TikTok video. If neither police nor platforms can make sense of our laws, and implement them in ways that respect our rights, surely it is a sign they are not fit for purpose? ✍️ Maya Thomas Article | spectator.com/article/the-on…

'These laws are not well written, they're not clear. This creates really dangerous situations for everybody.' Maya Thomas from Big Brother Watch, discusses research which reavealed more than 62,000 people have been arrested over the last five years for 'communication offences'.

'Free speech is alive, but only technically.' Legal and Policy Officer for Big Brother Watch Maya Thomas warns that vague speech laws are creating a chilling effect across the UK, with over 62,000 people arrested for communications offences in the last five years.

🚨BREAKING🚨 We've just exposed Britain's Free Speech Problem 🔸Over 60,000 people have been arrested for communication offences over 5 years 🔸Failed laws mean some police forces make 14 times more arrests than others Our investigation covered on the front page of the Mail today. "There is mounting concern among the public that speech policing is out of control in Britain, and it's long overdue that the government takes action. @andyburnham must now launch a free speech reset and order an independent review of our laws and police training around speech, in order to fix this Orwellian mess. Thousands of people are being arrested for controversial speech, online jokes and non-violent protest. People have even been arrested for holding blank pieces of paper, and urged to take 'online thinking skills' courses by police. Enough is enough." - Silkie Carlo [@silkiecarlo] Read ⤵️ dailymail.com/news/article-1…