Robots spotted “intimate content” and banned Mary McIntyre from Twitter and robots handled the appeal processes upholding the ban. Now Mary has a choice – admit she broke the rules and shared “intimate content”, when she obviously has not, to get access to her account or, well there is no …
It looks like the Online Safety Bill is in chaos
I have my issues with the UK Online Safety bill, but overall I think it has some promise to protect the vulnerable – but this report in The Guardian is showing that the bill my be heading for chaos: UK government criticised for failing to protect children from online harm …
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Child protection
The government’s Online Safety Bill is an important piece of legislation. I have not changed my point of view on the removal of law abiding citizens privacy in the name of child protection – follow the link below to look at other stories I have written about that. I want …
That old chestnut again – yours and my privacy
Let me say this before I start, I support any action both legal and technical that will be effective in preventing the exploitation of the vulnerable. We support this government initiative (check the page footer): Let’s stop abuse together I like parts of the government’s forthcoming Online Safety Bill and …
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UKGDPR is a good thing… mostly
I have listened to many businesses complain about the UKGDPR legislation – particularly web designers and marketing companies – many citing that users do not like it (of course it has nothing to do with how they now have to look after personally identifiable information properly and justify their use …
