UK's Online Safety Act: Surveillance and ID Checks Disguised as Child Protection
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Audrey Hingle
Summary
The article criticizes the UK's Online Safety Act, arguing that despite being promoted as a world-leading child-protection law, it has actually normalized surveillance and identity checks. Tech policy writer Heather Burns warns that this model is spreading to North America, where politicians see it as a tool for censorship and control rather than genuine child protection. The piece examines the law's implications for internet governance, privacy, and free expression.
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bskyUK's Online Safety Act: Surveillance and ID Checks Disguised as Child Protectioninternet.exchangepoint.techKey quotes
· 3 pulledBilled as a 'world-leading' child-protection law, the UK's Online Safety Act has instead normalized surveillance and ID checks.
Tech policy wonk Heather Burns writes that the model is spreading across the Atlantic, where politicians see a ready-made tool for censorship and control.
The UK's Online Safety Act was sold as a 'world-leading'
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