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Collision Resistance ( CollisionResistance@lemm.ee )  to TechnologyEnglish · 3 years ago

UK's controversial online safety bill set to become law

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UK's controversial online safety bill set to become law

www.computerworld.com

Collision Resistance ( CollisionResistance@lemm.ee )  to TechnologyEnglish · 3 years ago
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The Online Safety bill, now passed by Parliament, has stirred criticism regarding provisions that will require tech companies to monitor encrypted messages.
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  • 👍Maximum Derek👍 ( Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de ) 
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    Can we defederate the UK from the internet?

    • Apollo2323 ( Apollo2323@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) 
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      I hope companies pull out of the UK so they can see the damage they have done.

      • Haui ( Haui@discuss.tchncs.de ) 
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        Uk is driving itself off a cliff for quite some time now. If it were a person I‘d institutionalize them to stop them from harming themselves.

      • Vilian ( Vilian@lemmy.ca ) 
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        britexit all over again lmao

        • Apollo2323 ( Apollo2323@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) 
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          I hope so.

        • Storksforlegs ( storksforlegs@beehaw.org ) 
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          deleted by creator

  • pc_admin ( pc_admin@aussie.zone ) 
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    Don’t even look at it, just keep coding comrades!

  • ono ( ono@lemmy.ca ) 
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    Electronic Frontier Foundation response:

    https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/09/today-uk-parliament-undermined-privacy-security-and-freedom-all-internet-users

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