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James Bradley

@jamesjbradley.uk
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🔸Lib Dem Councillor for Olton Ward, Solihull MBC. Views and thoughts my own. Published & promoted by J. Bradley by himself & Solihull Liberal Democrats at 47 Winthorpe Drive, B91 3UW

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James Bradley @jamesjbradley.uk · 09/09/2025
This law needs to be repealed. It fundamentally does not work and makes things worse. This is dumb and dangerous legislation passed and implemented by people who are either ignorant or malicious.
techdirt.com
UK Age Verification Data Confirms What Critics Always Predicted: Mass Migration To Sketchier Sites
New data from the UK’s age verification rollout provides hard evidence of what internet governance experts have been warning about for years: these laws don’t protect children—they syst…
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James Bradley @jamesjbradley.uk · 26/08/2025
Local government funding is in crisis and that includes my own authority, Solihull Council. This path is not sustainable. We need to know how the Conservatives plan to turn this ship around.
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Liberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 22/08/2025
It’s Always Sunny in Surrey ☀️
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 12/08/2025
“This is probably the worst thing in my view that has ever happened to our rights online,” EFF’s @thejasonkelley.com tells David Ruiz on @Malwarebytes.com’s Lock and Code podcast, discussing the security and privacy risks of online age verification. www.malwarebytes.com/blog/podcas...
malwarebytes.com
“The worst thing” for online rights: An age-restricted grey web (Lock and Code S06E16)
This week on the Lock and Code podcast, we speak with EFF Activism Director Jason Kelley about online age verification and the "grey web."
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Ed Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk · 08/08/2025
Netanyahu’s plan to occupy Gaza is abhorrent and it's increasingly clear that his goal is ethnic cleansing. The UK can't just sit on its hands. The Prime Minister must stop all arms exports to Israel and sanction Netanyahu and his cabinet.
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James Bradley @jamesjbradley.uk · 06/08/2025
Excellent write up as always from @mmasnick.bsky.social It’s rather sad and disappointing to see the UK go down this path and for the political response from all the established parties to be so poor (with only Reform actually speaking out on some of the real fundamental issues at play)
techdirt.com
Didn’t Take Long To Reveal The UK’s Online Safety Act Is Exactly The Privacy-Crushing Failure Everyone Warned About
Well, well, well. The “age assurance” part of the UK’s Online Safety Act has finally gone into effect, with its age checking requirements kicking in a week and a half ago. And what do you kno…
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James Bradley @jamesjbradley.uk · 30/07/2025
In a world built around digital connectivity, digital freedom of speech is essential. The OSA is not fit for purpose. Regardless of the good intentions, this effects of this law are draconian. Regulate the entire internet like Facebook? Then Facebook is all you get.
petition.parliament.uk
Petition: Repeal the Online Safety Act
We want the Government to repeal the Online Safety act.
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Mark Pack @markpackuk.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
A letter to The Guardian.
Your front page graphic on the local election results (1 May, print edition) omits the party that finished second but includes those that finished third and fourth. 

You wouldn't publish a Premier League table and omit Arsenal, so why leave out the Liberal Democrats?

Yours sincerely,

Mark Pack
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James Bradley @jamesjbradley.uk · 24/04/2025
25th July is going to be fascinating because this entire act is unworkable and will just fundamentally break the internet in the UK. A lot of people are going to start using VPNs and a lot of people are going to be unable to access the internet as they except. If this even happens…?
theguardian.com
Ofcom announces new rules for tech firms to keep children safe online
Companies will be legally required to block children’s access to harmful content under UK’s Online Safety Act or face large fines
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James Bradley @jamesjbradley.uk · 19/04/2025
International shipping is truly fascinating. I have a parcel due from the USA, shipping to myself in the UK I would have assumed the most efficient route and maybe this is that, but seems a little wild. East Coast USA > West Coast > Shanghai(!!) > Canada > New York SC > NY is out I guess?
A world map, centred on the North Pacific. Shows a parcel route from the USA to China back to the USA
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James Bradley @jamesjbradley.uk · 09/04/2025
Will be very interesting to see the outcome of this investigation and what is required of the platform. The internet is such a huge part of modern life that how we regulate speech will affect massive amounts of stuff. And regulating harmful speech has the side effect of regulating all speech
theguardian.com
Online suicide forum investigated under new UK digital safety laws
Ofcom’s first investigation to look into whether site took adequate measures to shield users from illegal content
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James Bradley @jamesjbradley.uk · 04/04/2025
bylinetimes.com/2024/11/11/t... Excellent article from @hardeepmatharu.bsky.social and @bylinetimes.bsky.social. Captures and speaks to the importance of an emotional connection with voters and making sure you connect to the issues on the same level they experience them
bylinetimes.com
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James Bradley @jamesjbradley.uk · 05/03/2025
1/ Yesterday, the Boundary Commission published their final report for Solihull MBC. Confirmed in this is that the Scott Road, Richmond Road area north of the Grand Union Canal will be remaining as part of Olton, something that I feel was the only correct decision that could have been made.
Map showing the new ward boundaries for Olton Ward, as published by the Boundary ComissionScreenshot of the Boundary Comission report (specifically of page 13 and the top of page 14) discussing the Olton ward boundaries.
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James Bradley @jamesjbradley.uk · 22/02/2025
1/ Yesterday’s news about Apple withdrawing Advanced Data Protection (ADP) in the UK doesn’t come as a surprise, but it is disappointing. It’s a feature I don’t use (convenience vs security) but absolutely should exist. Other people will have that balance differently to myself.
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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James Bradley @jamesjbradley.uk · 13/02/2025
This is a great proposal from @mp4stratford.bsky.social One person one vote, but money totally unbalances the levels of influence We’ve seen the distortions in the US political system since Citizens United Here in the UK we have a chance the level the playing field for all instead
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James Bradley @jamesjbradley.uk · 11/02/2025
Successive British governments have been incredibly authoritarian on sweeping tech legislation. Privacy is a fundamental right, there cannot be backdoors only for the ‘good guys’. A digital backdoor can and will be found and exploited. There is no digital security in a world without encryption.
techdirt.com
UK Orders Apple To Break Encryption Worldwide While World Is Distracted
In a stunning escalation that confirms our worst fears, the UK government has finally shown its true hand on encryption — and it’s even worse than we predicted. According to a bombshell repor…
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John Rentoul @rentouljohn.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Readout from political cabinet session via Politico www.politico.eu/newsletter/l...
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James Bradley @jamesjbradley.uk · 07/02/2025
It’s a small step but an important one to signal that we should stand stand by or accept hateful content or those who were rather align themselves with Nazi gestures
bbc.co.uk
Solihull Council stops using X after 'hateful content' concerns
A councillor says the site has seen a change to
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