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Talk of sorting out toxic social media is hot air without action. Despite the likes of X, Meta and YouTube having business models that fuel harms, we have to be on them to hear from the UK government. Back our call for public sector use of decentralised, federated platforms. https://peertube.openrightsgroup.org/w/nu9rv6fAUTWQUoQRKc5V6Z Write your MP ➡️ https://action.openrightsgroup.org/tell-your-mp-government-must-move-away-toxic-social-media-platforms #mastodon #fediverse #bluesky #socialmedia #onlinesafety #ukpolitics #ukpol

Facial recognition in aisle 1, 2, 3... Having this tech in UK supermarkets threatens our "data, privacy, and human rights." It only lines the pockets of Big Tech and does "nothing to address the root causes of crimes of poverty such as theft — unmet social and economic need." 💬 ORG's @sarahlasoye@mastodon.social. https://www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-privacy-security/sainsburys-dangerous-facial-recognition-is-back-months-after-ejecting-an-innocent-shopper-and-theres-no-way-to-opt-out#facialrecognition #privacy #surveillance #ukpolitics #ukpol

Greens and Lib Dems in Parliament celebrate the good news from the United States, call out the Epstein Class, but what's Labour saying? #LibDems #Greens #Labour #UKPol #UKPolitics #MidTerms

How do we protect human rights? We must first talk about power. We live in a world where power is being concentrated in tech monopolies. Where calls for interventions often lead to a merger of corporate and State power. We must fight for systemic change to protect rights. Read our blog ⬇️ https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/why-we-need-to-talk-about-power/#power #digitalrights #bigtech #ukpolitics #ukpol

UK government met 137 businesses over AI datacentres – but no environmental groups https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/oct/27/uk-government-environmental-groups-ai-datacentres-expansion-plans-investigation #UnitedKingdom #UK #environment #datacenter #datacenters #UKpol

ORG's new report exposes the ‘near total secrecy’ of how AI being used across the UK immigration system. “We urgently need transparency, accountability and strict regulation to restrict how AI is used and to prevent its wider rollout”. 💬 @sarahalsherif@mas.to for ORG. Read about our findings ⤵️ https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/ai-use-home-office-asylum-border-uk-b3073323.html#ai #immigration #asylum #migrants #HostileEnvironment #AutomatedDiscrimination #ukpolitics #ukpol

ORG thanks Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP for supporting our new report into AI in UK immigration and border control. And for raising these issues in Parliament, which formed an important part of our investigation into AI in asylum decision-making. This is an opportunity “to break with the Home Office’s toxic record of failure”. Read more ➡️ https://www.openrightsgroup.org/press-releases/new-report-ai-being-embedded-across-immigration-system-in-near-total-secrecy/ #ai #immigration #asylum #HostileEnvironment #AutomatedDiscrimination #ukpolitics #ukpol

Next up will be a VPN ban. Many tech-y people will see that and think “lol yeah well that’s not going to stop *me* from using a VPN” A VPN ban isn’t really meant stop you from using one. It means when they catch you doing so, they’ll use the fact you’re using this harmless technology itself as a *pretense* to lock you up without needing to do any “hard work” (i.e. an investigator’s job) like actually confirming whether you committed a real crime. Don’t think you won’t be impacted just because you know how to outsmart an ISP filter! This is not a plan to protect children or stop you from consuming adult media. It is a ploy to eventually eliminate ALL freedom of expression and free access to information in the UK. And the same goes for Chat Control and encrypted messengers, btw #UKpol #VPNban #PornHub #ChatControl #Privacy #FreeSpeech #SocialMedia

The UK Home Office may face a probe by a government watchdog 🚨 This comes following the findings in ORG's six-month investigation into the use of AI in asylum decision-making. We found errors and inaccuracies in the ChatGPT tools being used to summarise interviews and policy documents. Read more ⤵️ https://www.wired.com/story/uk-home-office-may-face-investigation-over-use-of-openai-tools/#ai #asylum #immigration #AutomatedDiscrimination #HostileEnvironment #homeoffice #ukpolitics #ukpol

Long shadows As we are all beginning to see ( I say beginning just as the long term consequience become evident even to theri supporters) the deep and lasting damage this pair of politicians did to everyone. From society to the environment, they were poison. #Thatcher #Reagan #Cartoon #BenJennings #UKpol USPol

Left-wing parties have little to gain by abandoning trans people, but they do have a lot to lose if they do. A YouGov survey conducted earlier this year in the UK found that the Labour Party lost many of its voters because it was seen as anti-trans and too right-wing. #ukpol

Standing up for trans people isn’t just the right thing to do, it’s smart politics @mattsheffield@mastodon.social on why Democrats don't need to run away as Republicans double down on transphobia, and why left parties endanger themselves by giving in to the radical right https://www.patreon.com/discoverflux/posts/standing-up-for-173809046 #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #uspol #ukpol #transrights

NEW REPORT ⚡ AI has been embedded across the immigration system and at UK borders in near total secrecy. We expose how AI is shaped by and reinforces the hostile environment behind a smokescreen of 'national security'. We urgently need transparency, accountability and strict regulation. Read now ⤵️ https://www.openrightsgroup.org/press-releases/new-report-ai-being-embedded-across-immigration-system-in-near-total-secrecy/ #AutomatedDiscrimination #HostileEnvironment #ai #immigration #asylum #migrants #humanrights #ukpolitics #ukpol

Over 20k Sign Petition Demanding Inquiry Into UK Role in Gaza Genocide | Novara Media (2026-10-27) https://novaramedia.com/2026/10/27/over-20k-sign-petition-demanding-inquiry-into-uk-role-in-gaza-genocide/ ——— Link to the petition ⬇️ https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/783252#main-content >> Jeremy Corbyn has backed fresh calls for an independent inquiry into the UK’s role in Israel’s atrocities in #Gaza. >> The former Labour leader is supporting a parliamentary petition calling for a probe into “any British involvement in Israeli operations” in the enclave, “including the sale, supply or use of weapons, surveillance aircraft and Royal Air Force bases.” >> The petition, launched last week by trade unionist and Your Party organiser Jennifer Forbes, has amassed over 20,000 signatures… #UKPol #ComplicityInGenocide #JeremyCorbyn #JenniferForbes #palestine@palestine@lemmy.ml @palestine@fedibird.com

NEW 📰 ORG's report reveals the sweeping use of AI across immigration and UK borders. Driving it is the idea that migration can be 'solved' by technology. But the biases and discrimination of anti-immigration policies are born again in code. This is the automated hostile environment. Read more ⤵️ https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/oct/27/digital-hostile-environment-ai-secretly-embedded-home-office-report #ai #report #immigration #asylum #HomeOffice #AutomatedDiscrimination #HostileEnvironment #ukpolitics #ukpol

Our report shows how AI has become stitched into the UK Home Office. From detecting potential sham marriages and age estimation of asylum seekers to searching phones and producing summaries for asylum decisions. Plus border surveillance with live facial recognition, AI-powered drones and satellites. #ai #report #immigration #asylum #HomeOffice #AutomatedDiscrimination #HostileEnvironment #ukpolitics #ukpol

Far-right politicians like Nigel Farage lie about their extreme views constantly. Trump and Farage also are fast-talking flim-flam salesmen so they encourage some casual supporters to believe that they won't actually implement extreme views. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/16/us/politics/trump-latino-voters-deportation.html #uspol #ukpol

We do not live in a fucking democracy: https://www.leicester.news/bbc-edits-out-pride-pins-on-university-challenge-in-orwellian-move/ Do feel free to complain to the BBC about this: https://www.bbc.co.uk/contact/complaints And maybe mention how many times Reform and far right folks are featured in their shit but apparently being Queer on the BBC isn't allowed... #UKPol #LGBTQ #Activism

Report: Palantir Targets UK MPs With ‘Intimidating’ Letters "British MPs who criticised Palantir in parliament received 'intimidating' letters from the US spytech firm". Eg, Palantir warned Clive Lewis that it "was surveilling his activities relating to Palantir last month", a letter that Lewis described as “very Big Brother” & an “implicit threat”.  https://novaramedia.com/2026/10/22/palantir-targets-mps-with-intimidating-letters/ #UKPol #EUPol #USPol #Palantir #PalantirIntimidation #news #democracy .

UK To Push The "Antisemitism" Psyop Even Harder In Schools (Caitlin’s Newsletter, 2026-10-22) https://substack.com/@caitlinjohnstone/p-221579719 ——— >> The UK’s Department for Education has released a 107-page review which asserts that much more needs to be done to protect Jewish students in England from discrimination... >> The review, led by Sir David Bell, … mentions the word “Israel” or “Israeli” 60 times and the word “#Palestine” or “Palestinian” 35 times. >> So, as always, it is clear that this isn’t actually about protecting a religious minority from persecution. >> … 27 recommendations for dealing with “antisemitism” in English schools, which the government has reportedly accepted ... The first recommendation is adopting the hotly disputed International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (#IHRA) working definition of antisemitism which lists common criticisms of the state of Israel as hateful toward Jews… #UKPol #FakeAntisemitism #CaitlinJohnstone@palestine@lemmy.ml @palestine@fedibird.com