Georgie

Don’t paint me black, I used to be golden. AVFC💜💙 RIP JJ. now a “journalist” (not rly)

[Gresley🦈🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @GresleyGoober]

The “protecting children” mask slipped off and now we’re faced with a surveillance state. Fuck the country.

[Patrick Christys @PatrickChristys]

This is clearly wide open to abuse by the Labour government.

[Shoshana Weissmann, Sloth Committee Chair 🦥 @senatorshoshana]

Oh okay and from now on everyone will use super secure software that has no cybersecurity flaws and everything will be roses!!

[Silkie Carlo @silkiecarlo]

... We would be very concerned about the creation of a fast lane for censorship that can be activated at times that are politically convenient for the government.

It's right that illegal content is taken offline but that responsibility has to be paired with strong protections /1

[♡BEA♡ @beatami_]

ok if im honest the uk's race to total internet censorship is terrifying but the result is not that the government and corporations gets my data: i will simply cease to use any service that complies with it. i am not uploading id to the internet to use it. its not happening.

[ashley, arlecchino’s wife @Vampire_EGirl]

FUCK NO. I am NOT giving away my ID/Face just to continue using the internet.

I’ll go completely offline if I have to.

[Berrrnado @bernard_parah]

The UK is insane.

[Ben Graham @BenGrahamUK]

Well done to Signal for speaking up.

It's obvious that this isn't really about keeping children safe, it's about giving the state greater surveillance powers over ordinary citizens.

The same politicians claiming the moral high ground on child protection are the ones who voted against a national rape gang inquiry.

Forgive me if I don't take their lectures on safeguarding seriously.

[f4mi ‼️ @f4micom]

this is literally how north korean phones are said to work according to defectors lol what the fuck

[Jimmy Wales @jimmy_wales]

I support human rights - therefore I support Signal in this. This government has gone completely off the rails on these issues.

[Shoshana Weissmann, Sloth Committee Chair 🦥 @senatorshoshana]

Thank you Signal for standing up here!

[Keith @gnukeith]

Is he genuinely stupid or what’s up with this guy?

[Mullvad.net @mullvadnet]

This is what the UK spyware proposal means.

There must be government spyware on every mobile device. It shall watch everything that happens, including always watching the screen, looking for things the government disapproves of.

When anything is flagged by the software as something the government doesn't like, the software must block it from being sent or displayed (in realtime).

The user of the device must not be able to shut this watching and blocking off. The only way to shut it off would be to ask the government or its proxies to do so for you, at their discretion.

Therefore the whole device must be locked down. Administrator rights and the decision of what software or operating system to run or not to run must be taken from the owner/user and handed to the government and its proxies.

Apple and Google are themselves working hard to lock down the devices they are involved in to shut out competition and establish a duopoly.

The UK government says it is "working closely" with Apple and Google and currently they synchronise and coordinate their communication on this subject.

The UK government is now proposing to mandate what would otherwise be illegal anti-competitive practices.

@GrapheneOS on the Apple and Google duopoly:
https://t.co/rbRmcUDTRu

Statement from @signalapp
https://t.co/vJILcSrs4s

@ReclaimTheNetHQ on the state spyware:
https://t.co/3FCi06bP77

The government announcement:
https://t.co/ynYjR3DIRo

[Signal @signalapp]

Our statement on the UK government’s demand that all content on all devices sold or used in the country be scanned, on the presumption of nudity, using a dystopian combination of age verification and content scanning. This proposal will not safeguard children. It endangers us all.

https://t.co/VdWe9uhi8p

[Bernie @Artemisfornow]

🚨WARNING the bit Starmer isnt telling you is... this sort of device technology is called Client-Side Scanning.

It is already built into the Ofcom regulated Online Safety Act through “accredited technology” notices. The EU has been pushing similar rules through its Child Sexual Abuse Regulation, known as “Chat Control”.

It basically means phone companies and platforms can be pushed to scan messages, images and content BEFORE you send them, then either allowing them to be sent or blocking/reporting them.

Once the precedent is set, "to protect children", it can easily be widened to block whatever government decides is “harmful”.

And that's how you go from child safety to state approved speech.

TA DAAAA 🚨

[MintSauceSarnie 🥪 @MintSauceSarnie]

These 'device level controls' require the AI scanning of every image sent for explicit material. Dystopian levels of control.

Once in place, it will creep into memes and any other images for 'harmful content'. Harmful defined by government.

Do not trust these control freaks.

[mert @mert]

"Add spyware that allows us to view everything UK citizens do or we will force you"

- actual pieces of garbage

encrypt everything

[King Gizzard Otaku @Jack_Luminous]

"All adults will be able to switch off the protections if they are over 18." And how will this be verified? Is this just a way to sneak in mandatory device level age verification?

[Georgie @summxns]

The Conservatives will never see power again unless they abandon this rampant authoritarianism that will actively erode privacy rights.

[Kemi Badenoch @KemiBadenoch]

I’m sick and tired of Keir Starmer’s gimmicks and half measures.

The Government should bring in a ban on social media for under-16s. Only the Conservatives have a plan to help parents protect their children.