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[UK] - Online Safety Bill Passed - Today The UK Parliament Undermined The Privacy, Security, And Freedom Of All Internet Users (www.eff.org)
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The U.K. Parliament has passed the Online Safety Bill (OSB), which says it will make the U.K. “the safest place” in the world to be online. In reality, the OSB will lead to a much more censored, locked-down internet for British users. The bill could empower the government to undermine not just the privacy and security of U.K. residents, but internet users worldwide.

It was clear that the parlament would pass this terrible bill. The only thing to do now, is to hope that the EU does not follow the UK, but I'm rather pessimistic.

Time to prepare fallback technologies in case the now used services are delcared unlawfull and get forbidden or are forces to put backdoors in place.

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[–] Fecundpossum 10 points 1 year ago

This affects the entire world, and I’m very curious to see how developers of apps and protocols are going to respond. I’m also curious just how much it will embolden the authoritarian shitheels in the the US and the rest of Europe.