The British Parliament passed the Online Safety Bill on September 19, 2023. A bit over a month later, on October 26, 2023, the bill received Royal Assent, formally establishing it as the first Online Safety Act (OSA) in the UK. Getting there was no easy feat. Since digital minister Jere...
While the basic structure of the Online Safety Bill is unlikely to change as it passes through the final stages of the UK parliamentary process, there will be amendments and clarifications to ensure its effectiveness. Definitions of “primary priority content that is harmful to children”, “priori...
privacy concerns. I don't think this is the first time we are witnessing Government(s) demand a "backdoor" undermining encrypted messaging protocols. The latest salvo where Meta-owned WhatsAppopposesthe proposed UK’sOnline Safety Bill(OSB) has once again fueled the decades...
According to Reuters, the Online Safety Act, which was passed in October but is not set to be enforced until early next year, currently allows the government to impose fines of up to 10% of global turnover on social media...
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The Online Safety Bill aims to regulate internet content, and includes proposals that would give media regulator Ofcom the power to demand platforms identify and remove child abuse content.
The UK's calamitous decision to leave the European Union has left it with a raft of systemic problems that now include its school buildingsbeing unsafe, but its politicians have attempted to divert attention by talking up an absurd Online Safety Bill. If it had passed in its orig...
In an open letter, seven secure messaging apps—including Signal and WhatsApp—point out that the UK’s Online Safety Bill could destroy end-to-end encryption: As currently drafted, the Bill could break end-to-end encryption,opening the door to routine, general and indiscriminate surveillance of...
UK’s Online Safety Bill requires messaging companies to remove end-to-end encryption to scan messages for child sex abuse material. The head of WhatsApp has said he would rather the messaging app was blocked in the UK than weaken the privacy of its encrypted messages, if re...