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Labour Digital Rights Network

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Championing digital rights, privacy & liberty within the Labour movement. Resisting the authoritarian playbook to build a progressive digital future. 🌹👁️

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Labour Digital Rights Network
Labour Digital Rights Network@LabDRN·
🚨 Today the government is launching a massive consultation on online safety, and they want to fast-track new laws within months. A blanket ban on under-16s is on the table - but it is NOT a done deal. ⤵️ gov.uk/government/new…
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EFF
EFF@EFF·
Age verification puts all users at risk of data breaches, EFF’s Rin Alajaji told @business, and requiring ID for social media could chill speech, particularly from whistleblowers or activists who rely on anonymity. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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Charlie Davies
Charlie Davies@cgdav135·
Young people are more and more likely to get their news from social media platforms, where AI deepfakes are proliferating and becoming more sophisticated. Banning them until they are 16, while simultaneously granting them the vote, is a recipe for disaster. 👇
Labour Digital Rights Network@LabDRN

🚨 The ongoing conflict in the Middle East exposes a terrifying reality: our digital public square is being overrun with AI deepfakes designed to manipulate public opinion and poison democratic discourse. This is one of the many genuine online harms that blanket bans fail to address. Consider this: 16-year-olds will soon be granted the right to vote. If we ban them from social media until their 16th birthday, they will suddenly step into an algorithmic minefield of political deepfakes, disinformation and scams for the very first time, right when they are eligible to head to the ballot box. They will no doubt be totally overwhelmed, equipped with zero priority digital literacy or resilience. The fate of our democracy hangs in the balance. We cannot afford to leave the next generation of voters completely defenceless against generative AI tools that are growing more accessible and sophisticated by the day. It is time to force tech giants to stop their algorithms from supercharging knowingly false content for profit. But we must also empower young people with the digital skills required to navigate the internet with care and scepticism. Exclusion is not safety. Education is. Read the full @ForeignPolicy article below ⤵️ foreignpolicy.com/2026/03/17/dee…

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Labour Digital Rights Network@LabDRN·
🚨 The ongoing conflict in the Middle East exposes a terrifying reality: our digital public square is being overrun with AI deepfakes designed to manipulate public opinion and poison democratic discourse. This is one of the many genuine online harms that blanket bans fail to address. Consider this: 16-year-olds will soon be granted the right to vote. If we ban them from social media until their 16th birthday, they will suddenly step into an algorithmic minefield of political deepfakes, disinformation and scams for the very first time, right when they are eligible to head to the ballot box. They will no doubt be totally overwhelmed, equipped with zero priority digital literacy or resilience. The fate of our democracy hangs in the balance. We cannot afford to leave the next generation of voters completely defenceless against generative AI tools that are growing more accessible and sophisticated by the day. It is time to force tech giants to stop their algorithms from supercharging knowingly false content for profit. But we must also empower young people with the digital skills required to navigate the internet with care and scepticism. Exclusion is not safety. Education is. Read the full @ForeignPolicy article below ⤵️ foreignpolicy.com/2026/03/17/dee…
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Proton VPN
Proton VPN@ProtonVPN·
2025 was yet another difficult year for internet freedom. Governments shut down the internet to silence protests, manipulate elections, and control what their citizens could read and share. Here's what we witnessed, and how people fought back. 🧵 1/7
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Liberty
Liberty@libertyhq·
🚨Essex Police has halted its use of facial recognition tech after identifying potential “bias risks”. This should serve as a wake-up call for the Government and police. We need urgent safeguards in place to protect us from the dangers of this tech. theguardian.com/technology/202…
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Labour Digital Rights Network@LabDRN·
📵Phone theft is a serious crime, and the violation of having our intimate personal data snatched out of our hands on the street demands urgent action. But demanding tech giants install remote "kill switches" is a dangerously reckless solution. Giving unaccountable tech monopolies the power to shut down our devices on a whim sets a terrifying precedent. We do not have to look far to see how such architecture can be exploited: In Iran and Russia, digital blackouts and internet shutdowns are the primary tools used by authoritarian regimes to disrupt political mobilisation, project fear and silence dissent. We cannot combat street crime by building the infrastructure for absolute digital control or handing even more unchecked power over our lives to Big Tech.
BBC Politics@BBCPolitics

MP Dawn Butler says manufacturers can invoke a "kill switch" so stolen phones are worthless, asking Keir Starmer if he will implement legislation to drive out crime "There's more to do but we must work with the tech industry to do so," PM says #PMQs bbc.in/4sPZaqn

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Big Brother Watch
Big Brother Watch@BigBrotherWatch·
👎Australia's social media ban has failed 70% of children are still on social media sites and many others are being pushed into less regulated corners of the internet The UK must learn from Australia's failings and drop plans to enforce a social media ban for under-16s It will come at the cost to all of our rights, freedom and internet access.
Senator Sarah Henderson@SenSHenderson

One hundred days on, it’s clear Labor’s under-16s social media ban has not delivered as promised.  Families were assured this would be a practical and enforceable safeguard, yet what we’ve seen is confusion for parents, uncertainty for platforms and real questions about how this works in practice. The Coalition has consistently supported stronger protections for young Australians online. But good policy is not just about announcing a plan, it’s about making sure it can actually be delivered. The government must now be upfront about what’s working and what isn’t.  Parents deserve clarity and transparency, not confusion and obfuscation.  This includes coming clean on how many accounts have been shut down.  In January, the Prime Minister and Communications Minister announced that 4.7 million accounts were deactivated, removed, or restricted within days of the ban coming into force.  This claim, inconsistent with some publicly released data, is now under a cloud after the eSafety Commissioner confirmed an investigation was underway to verify the number of impacted accounts.  ➡️ afr.com/technology/fin…

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POLITICOEurope
POLITICOEurope@POLITICOEurope·
The U.K.'s media regulator Ofcom has fined 4chan £450,000 for failing to comply with age check requirements. politico.eu/article/uk-onl…
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Labour Digital Rights Network@LabDRN·
Prohibition doesn't work.
Senator Sarah Henderson@SenSHenderson

One hundred days on, it’s clear Labor’s under-16s social media ban has not delivered as promised.  Families were assured this would be a practical and enforceable safeguard, yet what we’ve seen is confusion for parents, uncertainty for platforms and real questions about how this works in practice. The Coalition has consistently supported stronger protections for young Australians online. But good policy is not just about announcing a plan, it’s about making sure it can actually be delivered. The government must now be upfront about what’s working and what isn’t.  Parents deserve clarity and transparency, not confusion and obfuscation.  This includes coming clean on how many accounts have been shut down.  In January, the Prime Minister and Communications Minister announced that 4.7 million accounts were deactivated, removed, or restricted within days of the ban coming into force.  This claim, inconsistent with some publicly released data, is now under a cloud after the eSafety Commissioner confirmed an investigation was underway to verify the number of impacted accounts.  ➡️ afr.com/technology/fin…

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Labour Digital Rights Network
Labour Digital Rights Network@LabDRN·
🚨 Instagram is killing end-to-end encryption for private DMs. Meta blames "low uptake", but the reality is clear: they want to scan your private messages to train AI and sell targeted ads, all while bowing to authoritarian pressure in the name of "safety". We reject the dangerous assumption that safety requires sacrificing our privacy. Encryption is a vital shield that protects us all, not a loophole to be policed. Read the full @guardian article below. ⤵️ theguardian.com/technology/202…
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Labour Digital Rights Network@LabDRN·
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Labour Digital Rights Network@LabDRN

Jonathan Hall KC has argued that social media platforms are too massive to effectively moderate, backing a total ban to protect kids from extremist content. But this problem does not just magically vanish on your 16th birthday. The true threat is the very design of social media itself. These platforms are powered by addictive algorithms built to harvest attention, sucking vulnerable people of all ages into radicalising rabbit holes. Evicting teenagers from the internet is a lazy fix that lets Big Tech entirely off the hook. It ignores the root cause of online harms: a predatory business model that prioritises engagement and outrage over safety.

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Labour Digital Rights Network@LabDRN·
Jonathan Hall KC has argued that social media platforms are too massive to effectively moderate, backing a total ban to protect kids from extremist content. But this problem does not just magically vanish on your 16th birthday. The true threat is the very design of social media itself. These platforms are powered by addictive algorithms built to harvest attention, sucking vulnerable people of all ages into radicalising rabbit holes. Evicting teenagers from the internet is a lazy fix that lets Big Tech entirely off the hook. It ignores the root cause of online harms: a predatory business model that prioritises engagement and outrage over safety.
LBC@LBC

Terror watchdog warns under-16s should be banned from social media amid 'brain rot' warning lbc.co.uk/article/terror…

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Dan Neidle
Dan Neidle@DanNeidle·
Companies House has put out a statement confirming that, for five months, every company in the UK was vulnerable to the simple exploit we identified on Friday. It enabled anyone in the world to view and change their company details.
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Charlie Davies
Charlie Davies@cgdav135·
Westminster is gripped by a "safetyism" consensus that says the only way to regulate technology is through blanket bans, routine digital surveillance, and broken encryption. We are building a movement to challenge that narrative amongst Labour MPs. Follow if interested.👇
Labour Digital Rights Network@LabDRN

The digital rights debate is the defining issue of our generation. To any Labour MPs attempting to navigate this complex world: our door is open. Give us a follow, join the conversation, and let’s shape a progressive digital future together.

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Labour Digital Rights Network@LabDRN·
The digital rights debate is the defining issue of our generation. To any Labour MPs attempting to navigate this complex world: our door is open. Give us a follow, join the conversation, and let’s shape a progressive digital future together.
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Ed Hodgson@edhodgsoned

94% of Britain's MPs are on Twitter - I've made a website so you can explore who they follow. 🔍Search for any username and see which MPs follow them. 🏅There's also a leaderboard so you can see who has the ear of Westminster Link here: site.mpfollowers.workers.dev

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Labour Digital Rights Network@LabDRN·
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Labour Digital Rights Network@LabDRN

🕵️‍♂️ Whistleblowers have confirmed what we warned about: Big Tech deliberately sacrificed user safety to win an "algorithm arms race" and boost their stock prices. These predatory algorithms are engineered to harvest our attention for profit, pushing outrage and toxic content to keep us scrolling. This broken business model harms everyone, not just children. A blanket ban on under-16s completely ignores this root cause. Evicting teenagers from the internet just gives unaccountable billionaires a free pass to keep their data-harvesting machines running unchecked for the rest of society.

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Labour Digital Rights Network@LabDRN·
🕵️‍♂️ Whistleblowers have confirmed what we warned about: Big Tech deliberately sacrificed user safety to win an "algorithm arms race" and boost their stock prices. These predatory algorithms are engineered to harvest our attention for profit, pushing outrage and toxic content to keep us scrolling. This broken business model harms everyone, not just children. A blanket ban on under-16s completely ignores this root cause. Evicting teenagers from the internet just gives unaccountable billionaires a free pass to keep their data-harvesting machines running unchecked for the rest of society.
BBC News (UK)@BBCNews

TikTok and Meta risked safety to win algorithm arms race, whistleblowers say bbc.in/4cUD2GR

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