Online Safety Bill: US and UK campaigners warn of dangers of age verification New briefing by Open Rights Group and EFF highlights the dangers posed by age verification proposals in the Online Safety ...

Tell the Department of Science, Innovation and Technology that Age Assurance done under the Online Safety Act must be safe, private and trusted. Open Rights Group has warned of serious privacy and ...

James Baker, Platform Power Programme Manager said: “Protecting children online is vital but we need to ensure that both children’s and adult’s privacy and security are not undermined in the process. ...

The Rt Hon Nadine Dorries MP, Secretary of State, Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, 10 June 2022 Dear Secretary of State, During the last Queen’s Speech, the Government announced the ...

A guide for ORG supporters and activists who want to take action to protect their digital rights from the Online Safety Bill Campaign Pack on the Online Safety Bill for ORG campaignersAuthor – James ...

Human rights organisations, academics and experts have written to Ofcom and the tech companies, Meta, Alphabet, X and ByteDance, asking for clarification over how they will protect the right to ...

Online Safety made dangerous From the government press release, and without seeing the text of the Bill, there are already things we can say about the Online Safety Bill. It is a festival of inane, ...

LABOUR’S AI AND TECH STRATEGY Ultimately, if the Labour Government wants to promote long-term, inclusive growth, and deliver the change they promised to the public, they will need to hit the reset ...

CIVIL SOCIETY COMMITTEE STAGE BRIEFING ON THE ONLINE SAFETY BILL FOR HOUSE OF LORDS: ILLEGAL CONTENT SAFETY DUTIES AND PRIOR RESTRAINT – Supported by Wikimedia UK, Index on Censorship, and Open Rights ...

ORG has responded to Home Secretary Suella Braverman’s letter to Chief Constables in England and Wales on the police response to the harassment of Jewish people in the UK following the Hamas attack on ...

As Online Safety Act age verification or assurance duties kick in, on 25 July 2025, we recap what the act failed to do: regulate and protect privacy of children and adults engaging with these tools.

Open Rights Group has responded to last night’s debate on the Online Safety Bill in the House of Lords. Dr Monica Horten, policy manager for freedom of expression at Open Rights Group, said: “It is ...