Open Rights Group protects the digital rights of people in the UK including privacy and free speech online. We are powered by more than 20,000 members and supporters like you.
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Stop state censorship of online speech
What’s legal to say should be legal to type – a government regulator shouldn’t control your speech, online or off – yet the new Online Safety Bill could lead to just that, or worse.
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01 Oct 2021 By Jim Killock
Lord Frost says: bypass Parliament to rewrite EU rules
Government is considering demanding powers to rewrite any and all ‘retained EU legislation’ while bypassing Parliament.
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29 Sep 2021 By Jim Killock and Mariano delli Santi
Weakening privacy will fuel online harms
Government is asking a big question: how do we regulate the tech industry?
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22 Sep 2021 By Mariano delli Santi
New UK data laws will harm mothers and children
In data: a new direction, the UK Government proposes to reform legitimate interest.
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17 Sep 2021 By Heather Burns
Papers please: nationality checks for the British internet?
Over the course of the debate on how to tackle online harms, we’ve drawn attention to the risks to digital and human rights which can arise when technical solutionism meets poorly drafted legislation.
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