Technology Secretary Liz Kendall has today (29th September 2025) announced that the government will make cyberflashing a “priority offence” under Online Safety Act, in a welcome move to strengthen existing measures to protect women from online abuse. Cyberflashing – non-consensual sharing of nude genitals – was made an offence in January 2024. Today’s announcement will… The post Government strengthens tech regulation to tackle cyberflashing appeared first on End Violence Against W...| End Violence Against Women
EXCLUSIVE: James Baker said that, important as it was to protect young people from online harm, it was just as crucial to respect their freedom of expression rights.| Express.co.uk
Bearing in mind that I am a developer and NOT A LAWYER, it is my understanding that if: You host a discussion forum. and You, or any of your users, are based in the UK. Then the UK government consi…| Successful Software
Now that the Online Safety act has come into effect and the inevitable consequences are starting to play out, I decided to email my MP to try and find out what the Government intends to do to unpick the mess. Doing this felt particularly important in light of the divisive comments made by Peter Kyle MP (I feel extremely dirty agreeing with anything that Farage has said, but even a stopped clock is right twice a day). Although I didn't want my email to focus on Kyle, it is a topic which merits...| www.bentasker.co.uk
The government is launching a new police unit to monitor social media for early signs of protest activity and dissent.| The Free Speech Union
His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS) has published the second tranche of its report on| The Free Speech Union
Today, I did an assessment of my mastodon service for the online safety act. This blog post talks about the experience and my take-aways from the process.| www.bentasker.co.uk
