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Independent Reviewer of Terrorism and State Threat Legislation @terrorwatchdog.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Today’s speech Manchester Uni. Why online disinformation is the wrong diagnosis, and why emotional manipulation is the better way of approaching the online domain and its many threats to national security: terrorismlegislationreviewer.independent.gov.uk/wp-content/u...

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Independent Reviewer of Terrorism and State Threat Legislation @terrorwatchdog.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Commercial self-interest and free speech norms. Does anyone want to disagree with or comment on this passage for my final draft terrorism report (footnotes omitted and apologies for small text)?

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Independent Reviewer of Terrorism and State Threat Legislation @terrorwatchdog.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

Also linking my State Threat report published yesterday in case of interest - it is quite technical but I hope measures and inquisitive about how law does and might work: assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/69411a...

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Independent Reviewer of Terrorism and State Threat Legislation @terrorwatchdog.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

What does the UK Online Safety Act actually do? I've tried to summarise in a neutral one-pager for interested members of the public (OFCOM's website is very complex). That's the goal. Suggestions for improvements (to the one-pager, not the Act!) gratefully received.

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Independent Reviewer of Terrorism and State Threat Legislation @terrorwatchdog.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

Independent review on Separation Centres after HMP Frankland attack. Views welcome on attached issues paper

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Independent Reviewer of Terrorism and State Threat Legislation @terrorwatchdog.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

President Zelenskyy’s comments that President Trump is living in a disinformation space created by Russia exposes a key national security fault line between US and Europe if you believe online content is not just fluff…/1

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Independent Reviewer of Terrorism and State Threat Legislation @terrorwatchdog.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Grateful for suggestions for recent UK edge-cases, not categorised as terrorism but intuitively on the cusp. Although relevant to the definitional question ("What is terrorism"), these are of course real cases resulting in death or serious injury, so a solemn task. As starter…/1

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Independent Reviewer of Terrorism and State Threat Legislation @terrorwatchdog.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

My op-ed in Weekend FT on definition of terrorism and practical solutions after Southport

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Independent Reviewer of Terrorism and State Threat Legislation @terrorwatchdog.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

J Rowe QC's independent reviews of terrorism legislation for 1997 and 1998 are now on my website under this link: terrorismlegislationreviewer.independent.gov.uk/category/rep...

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Independent Reviewer of Terrorism and State Threat Legislation @terrorwatchdog.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

Meta: fact-checking (being removed) versus content moderation (here to stay) means *what* for terror and state threats?…/1

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Independent Reviewer of Terrorism and State Threat Legislation @terrorwatchdog.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

Basis for my comments in today’s Times on feasibility of return from Syria camps is in my 2023 paper Risk and Response here: terrorismlegislationreviewer.independent.gov.uk/wp-content/u...

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Independent Reviewer of Terrorism and State Threat Legislation @terrorwatchdog.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

By his statements on grooming gangs/ Tommy Robinson, is Elon Musk involved in the crime of foreign interference under the National Security Act 2023?…/1

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Independent Reviewer of Terrorism and State Threat Legislation @terrorwatchdog.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

Look out for March 2025. Supremely interesting and important date when UK law (Online Safety Act, incorporating many elements of terrorism legislation) comes into contact with tech reality…/1

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Independent Reviewer of Terrorism and State Threat Legislation @terrorwatchdog.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

Since Reuters (Nic Newman, 17.6.24) reports that X (and I assume BlueSky) has good reach for journalists but not general public, and as an experiment, am now posting short reels on Instagram (terrorwatchdog) - just done short one on radicalisation (Magdeburg/New Orleans) /ends.

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