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Alec Muffett
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“Trump [poised to] to deport boss of Starmer-linked charity” | Imran Ahmed of CCDH, being booted from USA?
https://alecmuffett.com/article/119772
#AgeVerification #OnlineSafety #OnlineSafetyAct #ccdh #censorship #surveillance #vpn
“Trump [poised to] to deport boss of Starmer-linked charity” | Imran Ahmed of CCDH, being booted from USA?
A quick run through the archives reminds us that Mr Ahmed’s CCDH recently called for Ofcom to be able to appeal for powers of direct censorship in times of crisis, whilst elsewhere downplayin…
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November 10, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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BREAKING: EU attempting last minute resurrection ChatControl client-side scanning & message surveillance under vague “mandate… all reasonable mitigation measures” figleaf; FightChatControl.EU to be rea[…]
https://alecmuffett.com/article/119783
BREAKING: EU attempting last minute resurrection ChatControl client-side scanning & message surveillance under vague “mandate… all reasonable mitigation measures” figleaf; FightChatControl.EU to be reactivated…
Quote Patrick Breyer: A perfidious trick? The EU Council Presidency wants to introduce mandatory #ChatControl through the backdoor: An Art. 4 amendment would MANDATE “all reasonable mitigatio…
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November 10, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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“New Danish proposal for Chat Control: three fat problems remain”
https://alecmuffett.com/article/119764
#AgeVerification #ChatControl #OnlineSafety #OnlineSafetyAct #censorship #denmark #surveillance #vpns
“New Danish proposal for Chat Control: three fat problems remain”
If kids can’t use WhatsApp, will parents have to use SMS? Will the EU not ban SMS? Denmark’s update to the EU “chat control” plan shifts to “voluntary” scanning, but ex-MEP Patrick Breyer war…
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November 10, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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IP blocking the UK is not enough to comply with the Online Safety Act | Hacker News
https://alecmuffett.com/article/119703
#AgeVerification #OnlineSafety #OnlineSafetyAct #PrestonByrne #censorship #ofcom #surveillance #vpns
IP blocking the UK is not enough to comply with the Online Safety Act | Hacker News
Hackernews comment amongst themselves regarding Ofcom’s chasing foreign websites rather than pursuing domestic censorship:
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November 10, 2025 at 8:05 AM
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Commission agrees to advance child safety online with Australia’s eSafety Commissioner and the UK’s Ofcom | Shaping Europe’s digital future
https://alecmuffett.com/article/119578
Commission agrees to advance child safety online with Australia’s eSafety Commissioner and the UK’s Ofcom | Shaping Europe’s digital future
Surveilling. Not empowering, surveilling: Empowering young people to use the Internet safely and protecting them from potential harm is not just a priority for the European Commission, but for many…
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November 7, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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Online Safety “Duty of Care” is failing to launch in the USA? Good.
https://alecmuffett.com/article/119339
#DutyOfCare #OnlineSafety #OnlineSafetyAct #kosa
Online Safety “Duty of Care” is failing to launch in the USA? Good.
Key to the Online Safety Act was a novel idea from UK academics Lorna Woods & William Perrin that Online Harm is like Physical Harm, so platforms and venues both should have “duties of ca…
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November 4, 2025 at 8:05 AM
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Cuomo Makes 11th-Hour Pass At Female New Yorkers
Cuomo Makes 11th-Hour Pass At Female New Yorkers
November 3, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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The Anxious Boomers
mmasnick.bsky.social Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social · 7d
There are a large number of Democratic politicians who insist that Jonathan Haidt is a reliable narrator and one who they should take their legislative cues from. They should be asked why they're supporting someone the Heritage Foundation is cheering on in their efforts to censor the internet.
Tweet from Heritage Foundation's boss Kevin Roberts: Thank you, Jonathan Haidt, for reminding everyone Heritage yesterday that tech tycoons like Leonid Radvinsky and Solomon Friedman are profiting to the tune of millions by preying on America's young men and women. We are proud to be in this fight with you. It is time to arrest, prosecute, and convict the sick perverts behind OnlyFans and PornHub.
November 3, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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There are a large number of Democratic politicians who insist that Jonathan Haidt is a reliable narrator and one who they should take their legislative cues from. They should be asked why they're supporting someone the Heritage Foundation is cheering on in their efforts to censor the internet.
Tweet from Heritage Foundation's boss Kevin Roberts: Thank you, Jonathan Haidt, for reminding everyone Heritage yesterday that tech tycoons like Leonid Radvinsky and Solomon Friedman are profiting to the tune of millions by preying on America's young men and women. We are proud to be in this fight with you. It is time to arrest, prosecute, and convict the sick perverts behind OnlyFans and PornHub.
November 2, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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No, I didn't giggle. honest.
Ofcom currently has 69 investigations into websites that have not met the rules, but this is a fraction of the tens of thousands of adult sites.
November 3, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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“[Ofcom] threatens tech giants with algorithm audits to protect children” | …this is genuinely hilarious
https://alecmuffett.com/article/119282
#OnlineSafety #OnlineSafetyAct #algorithms #ofcom
“[Ofcom] threatens tech giants with algorithm audits to protect children” | …this is genuinely hilarious
I was a Facebook engineer, I had my own instance — gigabytes of PHP & other goo — and when I was there (10+ years ago) the feed code was hacked-on by herds of maths PhDs & considered black …
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November 3, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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Analysis: The Online Safety Act is still on a faltering upswing, it will take 5…10 years to mitigate (and 10…30 to undo) the damage being caused
https://alecmuffett.com/article/119268
#OnlineSafety #OnlineSafetyAct #censorship #surveillance #vpns
Analysis: The Online Safety Act is still on a faltering upswing, it will take 5…10 years to mitigate (and 10…30 to undo) the damage being caused
A small clique of UK peers, activists, academics & journalists, see “The Internet” as a monster from which they must protect “The People”. Frustrated by disobedience & general lack of progr…
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November 3, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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Heading to MozFest 2025 in Barcelona? See “Encryption and Feminism: Reimagining Child Safety Without Surveillance”
https://alecmuffett.com/article/119258
#EndToEndEncryption #encryption #feminism #mozfest
Heading to MozFest 2025 in Barcelona? See “Encryption and Feminism: Reimagining Child Safety Without Surveillance”
Too often, the public debate around encryption and child safety is framed as a zero-sum game. Privacy or protection, never both. This framing misunderstands the technology and also reinforces outda…
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November 3, 2025 at 10:07 AM
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There is One Fediverse. There are a Million Pickleball Courts | jaz-michael king
https://alecmuffett.com/article/119163
#SocialNetworking #decentralization #fediverse #mastodon
There is One Fediverse. There are a Million Pickleball Courts | jaz-michael king
Nice essay on what the fediverse *should* be doing: [It] doesn’t need to resurface the tired, worn-down tennis courts of the old internet. It needs to create something new. [It] offers an entirely …
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November 3, 2025 at 8:05 AM
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Pen testers ruin everything
atproto.com AT Protocol Developers @atproto.com · 11d
for folks working with the PLC identity system:

we are planning to remove a set of non-compliant operations from the directory, which should make it easier to implement replicas and audits. these are predominantly test operations created by security researchers.
November 1, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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F. Scott Fitzgerald: In my book I invented Gatsby lifestyle as a cautionary tale

The president: At long last, we have created the Gatsby lifestyle from the classic novel The Great Gatsby
November 1, 2025 at 4:48 AM
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Pretty sure I have the scariest engineering costume of the day.
October 31, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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NOW DO IT IN SQL
November 1, 2025 at 5:11 AM
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Back in the 1980s the UK tabloid media referred to #PrinceAndrew as "Randy Andy" from which I infer that they knew what was going on.

Perhaps someone should run a sentiment analysis over tabloid media archives to find similar suspects?

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Palace Sources Are Blaming Queen Elizabeth for Prince Andrew Scandal
Palace sources are blaming the late Queen Elizabeth II for Prince Andrew scandal—here's what they're saying.
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November 1, 2025 at 4:38 AM
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If you see this, quote with a robot that isn't from "Star Wars", "Star Trek", "Doctor Who", or "Transformers".
November 1, 2025 at 3:21 AM
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David Davis nails the issue regarding Digital ID & state power
https://alecmuffett.com/article/119123
#DigitalId #IdCards
David Davis nails the issue regarding Digital ID & state power
It might not be the current Government’s plan to use digital ID for this sort of tracking, but once created, you can’t constrain future governments from using it in that way. That&#8217…
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October 31, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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Stuff that you don’t see on Reddit in the UK because you aren’t age verified, Part 3
https://alecmuffett.com/article/119105
#AgeVerification #OnlineSafety #OnlineSafetyAct #censorship #reddit #surveillance #vpns
Stuff that you don’t see on Reddit in the UK because you aren’t age verified, Part 3
Discussion of age verification:
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October 31, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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Possible lunar meteor impact reported?
https://alecmuffett.com/article/119102
#astronomy #space
Possible lunar meteor impact reported?
Translation: “Last night, a lunar impact flash appeared on the night side of the first quarter moon! It was a flash at 20:33:13.4 on October 30, 2025 (270fps, 0.03x speed playback). Since the…
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October 31, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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“Age-Restricted Internet is Hurting Trans Kids” | …interesting to see constructive criticism of Esther Ghey’s campaigning coming direct from the trans community
https://alecmuffett.com/article/119088
“Age-Restricted Internet is Hurting Trans Kids” | …interesting to see constructive criticism of Esther Ghey’s campaigning coming direct from the trans community
Video embed below.
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October 31, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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Denmark surprisingly abandons plans for chat control | heise online
https://alecmuffett.com/article/119070
#ChatControl #EndToEndEncryption #censorship #surveillance
Denmark surprisingly abandons plans for chat control | heise online
As someone on Reddit put it: I’ve seen this movie. They put the plan in [a] drawer to avoid getting a “No” in a voting. Now, the next presidency will put some makeup on Chat Contr…
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October 31, 2025 at 10:05 AM