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EFF and 18 organisations are warning UK policymakers that online safety cannot be solved by locking down the open web.
Age checks and access restrictions may sound protective, but they can quickly become identity checks for everyone. That means more surveillance, more data collection, more breach risk, and less anonymity.
The real problem is deeper: platform design built around addiction, data extraction, targeted advertising, and profit over people.
Protecting children matters. But we should not accept policies that make everyone less private, less free, and more dependent on platform gatekeepers.
How do we protect people without breaking the open web?
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/05/eff-and-18-organizations-urge-uk-policymakers-prioritize-addressing-roots-online?language=en#Privacy #FreeSpeech #OnlineSafety #DigitalRights #OpenWeb #UKPolitics
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2026-05-11 16:18:37 UTCEvent JSON
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