The botched UK eVisa scheme needs to be investigated. The Home Office failed to assess the risks of a digital-only scheme. As a result, migrants have experienced widespread data errors, inaccessible design and technical failures. Read about our open letter to the ICO ⬇️
The Independent
Canadian citizen’s personal details shared with Russian woman in eVisa data breach
Migrant rights groups call on the data watchdog to investigate ‘unresolved’ problems with eVisa rollout
 #evisa #migrants #migrantrights #immigration #homeoffice #ico #ukpolitics #ukpol
The UK Online Safety Act is a mess. MPs are debating the petition for its repeal now. ORG calls for a rights-based approach: Limit its scope to minimise threats to freedom of expression/small sites, and regulate age verification providers to protect privacy. Read our briefing ⬇️
Open Rights Group
Briefing: Online Safety Act Parliamentary Petition Debate
It might seem strange to some MPs that anyone could be opposed to ‘Online Safety’.
 #onlinesafetyact #osa #onlinesafety #freedomofexpression #privacy #censorship #ageverification #ukpolitics #ukpol
The UK Online Safety Act ushered in an age verification market without regulating providers. Our open letter calls for this to be corrected ahead of tomorrow's debate. We're supported by the Age Verification Providers Association and 600+ members of the public. Read more ⬇️
Open Rights Group
Online Safety Act: Age assurance industry must be regulated
Open Rights Group has written to the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, Liz Kendall MP calling for regulation of age assura...
 #OnlineSafetyAct #onlinesafety #osa #ageverification #privacy #ukpolitics #ukpol
The UK Online Safety Act returns to Parliament. It's enabled iffy age-assurance providers, wrongly censored content and shuttered small sites while doing nothing to tackle the dominance of major platforms. Tell your MP to attend the debate on 15 December ⬇️
Open Rights Group
Unlike the fight for your digital rights, this action has now ended
 #onlinesafetyact #onlinesafety #osa #freedomofexpression #ageverification #ukpolitics #ukpol
The UK eVisa system is beset with problems. New research highlights the human cost of these hostile digital systems that are flawed by design. Root and branch reform is needed as the government intends to rollout digital ID to everyone in the UK. Read more ⬇️
ComputerWeekly.com
Error-prone eVisa system a precursor of digital ID | Computer Weekly
Research highlights how the Home Office’s electronic visa system has used migrants as a ‘testing ground’ for the government&rsquo...
 #evisa #migrantrights #migrants #immigration #digitalid #ukpolitics #ukpol
COMPETITION TIME ⏰ We're giving away a signed copy of Enshittification by Cory Doctorow @npub1hyku...3p33! Be in it with a chance to win it. Enter by 5 January ⬇️
Open Rights Group
Unlike the fight for your digital rights, this action has now ended
 #enshittification #corydoctorow #digitalrights #competition
The UK Online Safety Act affects freedom of expression. Its hefty requirements risk undermining the ability of small, non-profit and public-interest websites to operate. Read the joint briefing from ORG, Big Brother Watch, @npub1sqfn...5skr and Index on Censorship ⬇️
Open Rights Group
Joint Briefing: Petition Debate on Repealing the Online Safety Act
Prepared by UK civil society, digital rights, and open-knowledge organisations.
 #onlinesafetyact #onlinesafety #osa #freedomofexpression #ageverification #ukpolitics #ukpol
Facial recognition is biased. The police know it. The UK Home Office knows it. And they don't care. This dangerous, intrusive tech produces more false positives for women, young people and members of ethnic minority groups. We need Parliamentary scrutiny now!
the Guardian
UK police forces lobbied to use biased facial recognition technology
Exclusive: System more likely to suggest incorrect matches for images of women and Black people
 #facialrecognition #surveillance #policing #privacy #ukpolitics #ukpol #safetynotsurveillance
From dodgy age verification to censorship, the UK Online Safety Act has gone wrong. That's why over 500k people have told the government to think again. MPs will debate this petition on 15 December. Tell your MP to turn up for our digital rights ⬇️
Open Rights Group
Unlike the fight for your digital rights, this action has now ended
 #onlinesafetyact #onlinesafety #osa #censorship #freedomofexpression #ukpolitics #ukpol #ageverification
NEW REPORT: Digital immigration status is causing deep anxiety. Migrants are reliant on a faulty system to prove their right to live and work in the UK. A fear of making mistakes and dealing with errors costs them greatly in their daily lives. Read more ⬇️
Open Rights Group
Exclusion by Design: Digital Identification and the Hostile Environment for Migrants
The debate over digital ID systems has recently intensified in the UK, with Prime Minister Keir Starmer framing digital IDs as a mechanism to curb ...
 #migrants #migrantrights #immigration #ukpolitics #ukpol #eVisa