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jamesahammerton.bsky.social @jamesahammerton.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Help defend the open Internet action.openrightsgroup.org/build-our-gr...
action.openrightsgroup.org
Build our grassroots power to defend the open Internet
Fight back with grassroots power Open Rights Group was founded by members of the public who decided the UK needed an organisation that would fight for their digital rights. Ever since, this grassroots...
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Index on Censorship @indexoncensorship.org · 17/06/2026
The campaign comes alongside a petition to stop the UK's proposed ban on social media for under-16s. Sign here ⬇️ petition.parliament.uk/petitions/75...
petition.parliament.uk
Petition: Do not ban social media for under 16s
I think the government shouldn’t ban social media for under 16s. This is because for many young people social media is how they communicate with their friends. Some people view social media as a lifel...
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Index on Censorship @indexoncensorship.org · 17/06/2026
"An open internet is not a nice to have, it’s an essential part of democratic participation.” Learn more about Stop Killing the Internet, a new global campaign defending the open internet from surveillance and excessive control ⬇️ www.openrightsgroup.org/press-releas...
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Stop Killing the Internet: New global movement launches
Stop Killing Games has teamed up with global rights respecting organisations, including Open Rights Group, to form Stop Killing the Internet, a global movement defending the open Internet.
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jamesahammerton.bsky.social @jamesahammerton.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
We must not let a “social media ban” become Digital ID by the back door. Protect privacy. Protect the open internet. #DontIDTheInternet dontidtheinternet.com
Image displaying "Don't ID the Internet" slogan and asking to "Sign Your Support" at dontidtheinternet.com
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jamesahammerton.bsky.social @jamesahammerton.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Wes Streeting in one of his final acts as health secretary, published the NHS Modernisation Bill: medconfidential.org/2026/wes-str...
Image showing a quotation from Medconfidential's blog post, stating that paitent medical records will be controlled by a politician, accessible to and sold to whoever that politician deems fit.
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jamesahammerton.bsky.social @jamesahammerton.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Pledge against digital ID: togetherdeclaration.org/pledge/ As per the recent #Together rally: youtu.be/ROqprqSa17M?...
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The Pledge - refuse Digital ID
The #together and NO2ID Pledge to refuse Digital ID. Make a public declaration that you will refuse government control of your personal identity.
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jamesahammerton.bsky.social @jamesahammerton.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
On tomorrow's deployment of live facial recognition by the Met police: “People who might attend a lawful demonstration now know their faces will be captured and compared against police databases. Some will stay home. “ reclaimthenet.org/london-polic...
reclaimthenet.org
London Police Deploy Facial Recognition at Protest for First Time
Britain's civil liberties are eroding one deployment at a time.
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jamesahammerton.bsky.social @jamesahammerton.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
The EFF warns that Google's developer verification creates "a pathway to censorship." Developers in restrictive countries, anonymous open-source contributors, and privacy tool maintainers are among those most affected. @keepandroidopen.bsky.social keepandroidopen.org
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Keep Android Open
Your phone is about to stop being yours. In September 2026, Google will block every Android app whose developer hasn't registered with them.
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jamesahammerton.bsky.social @jamesahammerton.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
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British government proposes arbitrary powers to restrict access to internet services for children
Adults will have to verify their age to access any services targeted this way
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jamesahammerton.bsky.social @jamesahammerton.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
Tell your MP: No to ID checks for web access action.openrightsgroup.org/no-id-checks...
action.openrightsgroup.org
No ID Checks for Web Access
Take action! What’s the problem? The Government has proposed amendments to the Children Wellbeing and Schools Bill, which would give Ministers the power to restrict access to "internet services". This...
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jamesahammerton.bsky.social @jamesahammerton.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Protect VPN use in the UK action.openrightsgroup.org/tell-governm...
action.openrightsgroup.org
Tell the Government: Protect VPN use in the UK
Take action! Protect VPN use in the UK VPNs help people to stay private and safe online. Young people use them to avoid harassment, or protect location data. Companies use them to make sure remote log...
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Philip Murray @philipmurray.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
There's an interesting debate in this thread about the limitations on allowing third-party interventions in the UK Supreme Court, in relation to the FWS decision.
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Open Rights Group @openrightsgroup.org · 15/03/2025
‘Absurd’ When you have the press and civil society camped outside the courtroom, the secret might be out 🤷 Even so, we’re still denied the reasons why the government wants to take a battering ram to our security and privacy. It shows contempt for the public interest in the Apple encryption case.
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Orkney Library & Archive @orkneylibrary.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
If you've got a better photograph of a cat trying to fire a cannon at an unsuspecting dog then we'd like to see it. #Caturday #Archives #SaturdayMorning
A black and white archive photograph of a cat sitting on a cannon and arching his back. A dog is sitting right in front of the cannon.
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Open Rights Group @openrightsgroup.org · 15/03/2025
Saddling small sites with the same duties as huge platforms means many will shut down in a hammer blow to net plurality. We'll be left with the Sophie’s choice of monopoly services. URGENT: The government must change the Online Safety Act #SaveOurSites 🌐 action.openrightsgroup.org/save-our-sit...
action.openrightsgroup.org
Save our sites - Write to your MP
Small UK websites, user-to-user services and even computer games that are completely safe and well managed, are faced with difficult paperwork, risks assessments, registration and fines thanks to the ...
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
Russia has kidnapped tens of thousands of Ukrainian children. Putin was indicted for this crime. Yale has a unit searching for them. Musk eliminated the funding. inews.co.uk/news/world/m...
inews.co.uk
Musk cuts the team finding Ukrainian children stolen by Russia
Trump’s federal cost-cutting - led by Elon Musk's Doge – has now hit the unit helping rescue Ukrainian children taken by Russia
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Call me Ishmaboo @billjank.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
This seems troubling - All Alexa audio will be uploaded to Amazon starting 28 March. Probably time to ditch your spy pucks.
arstechnica.com
Everything you say to your Echo will be sent to Amazon starting on March 28
Amazon is killing a privacy feature to bolster Alexa+, the new subscription assistant.
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Open Rights Group @openrightsgroup.org · 21/02/2025
🚨 APPLE WITHDRAWS ENCRYPTION TECH FROM UK 🚨 The Home Office’s actions have deprived millions of Britons from accessing a security feature. UK citizens will be at higher risk of their personal data and family photos falling into the hands of criminals and predators ‼️ www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Apple pulls data protection tool after UK government security row
Customers' photos and documents stored online will no longer be protected by end to end encryption.
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jamesahammerton.bsky.social @jamesahammerton.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
hollymathnerd.substack.com/p/the-fraud-... It appears that Musk found some erroneous database data and rather than concluding the data needed to be cleaned before you can use it properly (as is often the case) he tweeted it as evidence of large scale fraud.
hollymathnerd.substack.com
The Fraud That Wasn't
the nexus of irresponsible tweeting, bad data, and wishful thinking
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jamesahammerton.bsky.social @jamesahammerton.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
Matthew Feeney on the dangers to privacy posed by government's Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill: www.academyofideas.uk/p/stop-the-b...
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jamesahammerton.bsky.social @jamesahammerton.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qtR...
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Your facial recognition questions answered
YouTube video by Big Brother Watch
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jamesahammerton.bsky.social @jamesahammerton.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
Happy 2025 everyone!
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Paul @fucktheracists.bsky.social · 25/12/2024
Merry Christmas to all .. be blessed xx
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Susie Dent @susiedentwords.bsky.social · 25/12/2024
A few potential words of the day: Joblijock: a disturber of domestic peace (small children, cantankerous uncles, etc). Yule-hole: the furthest notch in your belt that you need to resort to at Christmas. Confelicity: joy in other people’s happiness. Merry Christmas.
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Bianca Siercke @biancasiercke.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
Today, the UK government announced a proposal to change copyright law - for the benefit of AI companies - that would cause huge, irreversible harm to creators More info below, but most importantly here's what you can do (wherever you live): Credit: @ednewtonrex.bsky.social for all the resources!
UK proposes letting tech firms use copyrighted work to train AI

Cosultation suggests opt-out scheme for creatives who don't want thier work used by google, OpenAI and others
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ASH TRAY The First, Popetato of wulferhampton 📎🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 @ashashman1.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
Good morning wulferhampton have a magnificent Monday you manic monsters
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Privacy International @privacyinternational.org · 15/12/2024
⏰ UK MPs don't know where facial recognition is being used or how it is (or isn't) governed by law. But the government wants to spend £20 million on police facial recognition systems anyway: privacyinternational.org/news-analysis/5477/uk-government-announces-tender-live-facial-recognition-technology
privacyinternational.org
UK government announces tender for live facial recognition technology
The UK government has published a £20 million procurement for tech companies to provide live facial recognition technology (FRT) to police forces across the UK.
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Selzero @selzero.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
"You know, the very powerful and the very stupid have one thing in common. They don't alter their views to fit the facts. They alter the facts to fit their views, which can be uncomfortable if you happen to be one of the facts that needs altering." - Dr Who
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 13/12/2024
Have you received an email from an alleged hacker with an attached PDF that includes your name, a picture of your house, and a threat to leak embarrassing info or photos to your friends and family? Don’t panic. 🧵 (1/7)
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Benjamin Ryan @benryanwriter.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
It Is Wrong to Call For the Murder of Journalists I can't believe I have to say this, but no one has a leg to stand who has called for violence toward reporters, including Jesse Singal and me, who cover pediatric gender medicine with circumspection. benryan.substack.com/p/it-is-wron...
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It Is Wrong to Call For the Murder of Journalists
I can't believe I have to say this, but no one has a leg to stand who has called for violence toward reporters, including Jesse Singal and me, who cover pediatric gender medicine with circumspection.
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Gary Marcus @garymarcus.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
Defamation and confabulation remain major problems for LLMS, two years after I started harping on them.
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jamesahammerton.bsky.social @jamesahammerton.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
"The important thing is that paper makes it very clear that nobody should ever take LLMs at their word. They can easily tell you one thing and (especially if hooked up as agents) do another — possibly quite contrary to what they have alleged they are doing." - Gary Marcus, from the linked substack.
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jamesahammerton.bsky.social @jamesahammerton.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/stop-facia...
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STOP mass facial recognition surveillance
Join the fight to roll back live facial recognition cameras in the UK and give legal support to people falsely flagged as criminals
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jamesahammerton.bsky.social @jamesahammerton.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdbX...
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Is your supermarket spying on you? Silkie Carlo on the UK’s ‘dystopian’ surveillance system
YouTube video by The Spectator
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
"Kherson’s civilians have been, since midsummer, the target of an experiment without precedent in modern European warfare: a concerted Russian campaign to empty a city by stalking its residents with attack drones" www.ft.com/content/31b6...
ft.com
Russia uses civilians as ‘target practice’ for killer drones
Southern Ukrainian city of Kherson hit more than 9,500 times as Moscow attempts to drive out residents
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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿PJ🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @pj-65.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
🤣🤣🤣
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Open Rights Group @openrightsgroup.org · 02/12/2024
With just weeks until the flawed scheme comes into effect, thousands can't access their e-Visa. The Home Office has been warned repeatedly about the scheme’s problems. Despite this, people could be denied access to services or entry into the UK in the New Year. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Many unable to access eVisas to prove right to be in UK, Home Office admits
Campaigners say problems with digital transfer could affect hundreds of thousands of people on ‘10-year route’ visas
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Benjamin Ryan @benryanwriter.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
Pete Hegseth’s Secret History A whistle-blower report and other documents suggest that Trump’s nominee to run the Pentagon was forced out of previous leadership positions for financial mismanagement, sexist behavior, and being repeatedly intoxicated on the job. www.newyorker.com/news/news-de...
newyorker.com
Pete Hegseth’s Secret History
A whistle-blower report and other documents suggest that Trump’s nominee to run the Pentagon was forced out of previous leadership positions for financial mismanagement, sexist behavior, and being rep...
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Jason Corcoran @jasoncorcoran.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
The situation in #Tbilisi tonight is heating up! The protestors are shooting fireworks at security forces who are firing back with water cannons. #GeorgiaProtests
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 30/11/2024
"Mr. Kushner, 70, pleaded guilty in 2004 to 16 counts of tax evasion, a single count of retaliating against a federal witness and one of lying to the Federal Election Commission" and so now he will be US ambassador to France www.nytimes.com/2024/11/30/u...
nytimes.com
Trump Names Charles Kushner as Pick for Ambassador to France
The announcement elevated Mr. Kushner, the father of President Donald J. Trump’s son-in-law and the recipient of a presidential pardon at the end of Mr. Trump’s first term.
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/Never Again @montrose.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
www.theguardian.com/politics/202... Disturbing read
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Revealed: UK politics infiltrated by ‘dark money’ with 10% of donations from dubious sources
Cash from dictatorships and shell companies is entering the political system via legal loopholes
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Gary Marcus @garymarcus.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Microsoft says they aren’t training on your documents, but also “there is a clause in [their] Services Agreement that grants..company 'a worldwide and royalty-free intellectual property license to use Your Content..to improve Microsoft products and services” www.tomshardware.com/tech-industr...
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Microsoft says Word and Excel AI data scraping was not switched to enabled by default (Updated)
Microsoft has now refuted the claims.
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Benjamin Ryan @benryanwriter.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Things to be thankful for: The weekly Covid death rate in the US is less than half where it was at this point last year, one quarter what it was at this point in 2023, and one twentieth where it was at this point in 2022.
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Gary Marcus @garymarcus.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
GenAI is the perfect vector for repeating unsupporting garbage Via @neuroskeptic.bsky.social
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jamesahammerton.bsky.social @jamesahammerton.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
Big Brother Watch video on the use of facial recognition in UK shops: www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQ63...
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Facial recognition in your local shop
YouTube video by Big Brother Watch
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Privacy International @privacyinternational.org · 24/11/2024
Join our campaign and write to your MP to find out if facial recognition is being used in your local area
action.privacyinternational.org
The End of Privacy in Public
Join ‘The End of Privacy in Public’ campaign to demand that your MP finds out if dystopian facial recognition cameras are being deployed in your local area. As well as to ensure they elevate these…
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Akua Reindorf KC @akuareindorfkc.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
I would like to make it clear that I am not representing For Women Scotland in next week's Supreme Court hearing. I appear to be blocked by India on here @indiawilloughby.bsky.social and Twitter, otherwise I would have asked directly for this misinformation to be corrected.
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Carl Gardner @carlgardner.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
Utterly absurd, and wrong, that this post is marked by @bsky.app as "intolerance". In reality it consists of links to serious legal analysis, from someone whose opinion you might agree or disagree with.
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