Namerucy Coggerome

[dominic dyer @domdyer70]

Well done Morrisey

Controversial musician and long-time animal activist Morrissey has teamed up with PETA to urge the Spanish prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, to ban bullfighting.

More below ⬇️

[YoshiGuy (Fan of Nintendo and Animation) @NasT990096]

Yeah, the battle's not over yet. We're definitely gonna win.

The merger will be forever blocked.

#BlockTheMerger

[Namerucy Coggerome @MasterofCorks]

@DanFiorella #CowboysInASongOrMovie
Sgt Butch Cassidy and his Lonely Sundance Kid Band
Cowboys vs Alien vs Predator

[Internet Freedom Foundation (IFF) @internetfreedom]

Statement : The blocking of BitChat's code on GitHub is unconstitutional and authoritarian.

New Delhi, 24 July 2026

The Internet Freedom Foundation (IFF) condemns the order issued by the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C), Ministry of Home Affairs, directing GitHub to remove the code repositories of BitChat.

The order, Notice No. 11072601011432, was issued at 11:16 pm on 23 July 2026 under Section 79(3)(b) of the Information Technology Act, 2000 read with Rule 3(1)(d) of the IT Rules, 2021. The order directs GitHub to disable access to three repositories, including the Android application and its release files, within three hours. It threatens the platform with loss of safe harbour and criminal prosecution. No copy was published by the Government of India. The public learnt of it from a post by @jack, whose team develops BitChat. Censorship in India now comes to light through disclosure by the censored.

Since 17 July 2026, the Ministry of Home Affairs has suspended mobile internet around Jantar Mantar as per public reports about five times, most recently within a 1.5 kilometre radius from 4 pm until midnight on 23 July. That radius takes in Janpath and parts of Connaught Place. Reports describe signal jammers at the protest site and people walking two kilometres before their phones work. Inside that zone a student separated from her group during a detention drive cannot send a message to say where she is. Thousands of students and young people have camped at Jantar Mantar since June, seeking accountability for examination irregularities. Permission for their march to Parliament was refused. Metro stations were shut and also internet connectivity has been blocked.

BitChat is an open source application built for exactly this situation. It passes messages from phone to phone over Bluetooth, without mobile networks or a central server. It is striking that the order does not identify a single unlawful message. It objects to what BitChat is. In its own words, the application is dangerous because it enables communication "even during network restrictions" and can "circumvent lawful restrictions" during "internet shutdowns". Hence, the government's objection is that citizens can speak to one another while it has switched the internet off.

The order is illegal on at least four grounds.

1. Section 79(3)(b) is not a blocking power. In Shreya Singhal v. Union of India (2015) 5 SCC 1, the Supreme Court read down the provision. Intermediaries may be required to act only on a court order, or a government notification confined to the grounds under Article 19(2) of the Constitution. Blocking is governed exclusively by Section 69A and the Blocking Rules, 2009, which require a hearing and reasons recorded in writing, subject to review. Directions issued under Section 79(3)(b), Rule 3(1)(d) and the Sahyog Portal evade these safeguards, and constitutional challenges to this parallel regime are pending before High Courts.

2. The reasons in the order are circular. The order asserts that the repositories contain "information which is prohibited under any law" without naming any such information, and rests on what the application is "capable of" enabling. Anticipated misuse of a communications tool is not a lawful basis to prohibit the tool. By this logic a telephone exchange could be sealed.

3. The order cites Section 43 of the IT Act, a civil compensation provision, alongside conspiracy and abetment offences under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, against a platform that hosts code.

4. A three hour deadline issued close to midnight forecloses legal assessment and recourse, and fails the proportionality standard in Anuradha Bhasin v. Union of India (2020) 3 SCC 637.

The order also fails on its own terms as deleting a repository does not delete the application from any phone that carries it, and the mesh keeps functioning without servers. What the takedown actually prevents is scrutiny of the underlying code.

IFF demands that the Government of India:

1. Withdraw Notice No. 11072601011432 dated 23 July 2026 issued to GitHub.
2. Publish every takedown direction issued under Section 79(3)(b), Rule 3(1)(d) and the Sahyog Portal, with the reasons recorded for each.
3. Restore full connectivity around Jantar Mantar, publish all suspension orders, and disclose the legal authority for the deployment of jammers.

We stand with the developers and the young protesters whose speech this order seeks to silence.

[DeepHumor @DeepHumor]

This guy tweets this same shit at every country who enacts ID verification laws.

This isn’t a “movement,” this is a mass surveillance cult

[Big Brother Watch @BigBrotherWatch]

🔔Live facial recognition alert🔔

Police are scanning the faces of the public in #Haringey today

This Orwellian tech turns us all into walking ID cards. Help us #StopFacialRecognition⤵️
https://t.co/9do8SIF81t

[DiscussingFilm @DiscussingFilm]

The Paramount and Warner Bros merger is officially on hold.

The merger will not move forward until June 1, 2027 OR until the courts provide a ruling on the lawsuits facing the merger.

[Preston Byrne @prestonjbyrne]

"Online safety" vendors are pumping out scare marketing on LinkedIn in advance of UK Ofcom compliance deadlines.

The Online Safety thing is a racket for British companies selling compliance-as-a-service. Doesn't make anyone safer, it just pushes people onto VPNs.

[Together @Togetherdec]

Scrapping the official Digital ID scheme is only the first step

We must also stop other government systems gradually evolving into a de facto Digital ID through expansion, function creep or the loss of offline alternatives

Powerful speech by @paulfrewDUP at our #ScrapDigitalID Belfast rally

[Together @Togetherdec]

A “social media ban for children” will ultimately mean ID checks for all of us before we can speak online.

Parents already have tools to protect their children. Children do not buy smartphones for themselves. Adults choose to provide devices and decide how they are used.

If a parent wants parental controls, they can enable them today.

Children need guidance, care, and sensible boundaries – not an internet redesigned around the assumption that every user must be a potential threat.

There is nothing safe about a society where ordinary people must be identified, monitored, and recorded simply to participate.

Support the call: https://t.co/dMUDPn1Bpa

#dontidtheinternet

[Pirat_Nation 🔴 @Pirat_Nation]

Microsoft has confirmed that Windows includes a Global Device ID (GDID), a permanent identifier automatically assigned to a PC during installation.

According to Microsoft, the GDID is used for security purposes,The company says it is not used for advertising or tracking users across apps and websites.

Unlike advertising IDs, the GDID cannot be disabled or reset by users, as it is designed to remain tied to the device for its lifetime.
Microsoft publicly acknowledged the identifier only after it appeared in court documents related to an FBI investigation.

[Together @Togetherdec]

NET ZERO: UK tumble dryer 'ban' coming soon

Net Zero is making us colder, poorer and our lives worse

Whether it's Miliband in the hot seat or someone else, Net Zero needs to go

[Namerucy Coggerome @MasterofCorks]

https://t.co/aSGAIGLckj

[Big Brother Watch @BigBrotherWatch]

👁️Facial recognition is spiralling out of control in the UK and there are no clear laws in place to protect our privacy

Here are 5 reasons why YOU should sign our petition to #StopFacialRecognition

Join the fight back ⤵️
https://t.co/9do8SIF81t

[Namerucy Coggerome @MasterofCorks]

@LunaxSamForever From Luna to you. 💜🩵💜🩵

[Interesting AF @interesting_aIl]

The EU rules VPNs are “lawful technical tools, as well as ruling VPN providers are not liable for how people use VPNs

[Big Brother Watch @BigBrotherWatch]

🔴Digital ID scheme - Out
🟢Digital ID checks for social media - Still in

@andyburnham's decision to scrap Starmer's hugely unpopular digital ID scheme is welcome but we can't stand back now.

Burnham is pushing for Orwellian social media restrictions - this would introduce digital ID by the backdoor.

Tell @andyburnham to reject ID checks for the internet⤵️
https://t.co/7VhwVfBuqp

[Cybernews @Cybernews]

It's a major win for online privacy. What do you think about this decision? Read more ⤵️
https://t.co/tX1VZEyruB

[Jarl Finland @jalle51]

Det börjar svida i skinnet nu. Förstörelsen av två av Wildberries gigantiska lager nära Moskva är inte bara ”1,2 miljarder dollar i förlorat lager”. Det är en ekonomisk nervträff som får Kreml att stå och flämta som om någon dragit ur sladden till hela detaljhandeln.

Wildberries är inte ”ryska Amazon”. Det är Amazon, Walmart, Wish, Alibaba och hela ryska landsbygden i ett och samma monster. Sedan 2004 har företaget blivit en av de mest strukturellt viktiga delarna av den ryska ekonomin — och nu står två av dess största logistiknav i ruiner.
Wildberries och Ozon väntas kontrollera 77 % av hela e‑handeln i Ryssland vid slutet av 2026. Wildberries ensamt: 45 %. Det är alltså inte ”ett företag”. Det är rysk vardag.

4,5 miljoner dagliga beställningar. 48 miljoner månatliga shoppare. 95 % leveranser inom 24 timmar. Tusentals utlämningsställen. En miljon aktiva säljare.
Det här är inte bara logistik. Det är ett helt ekosystem av småföretagare, leverantörer, chaufförer, lagerarbetare och utlämningsställen som nu står och undrar varför himlen plötsligt exploderade.

Wildberries har dessutom trängt undan traditionella butiker i åratal. För många ryssar är deras lilla utlämningspunkt lika central som kiosken brukade vara. Och nu är två av de största lagren borta — poff — som om någon tryckt på ”factory reset” för rysk e‑handel.
Det här kommer göra ont. Inte bara i Moskva. Utan i hela den ryska ekonomins nervsystem.

[Gino @ginovece74]

@pritipatel Hmmm maybe there's worse things, like protecting a suspected paedophile sex offender ⬇️