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New plans to protect people from anonymous trolls online: new UK government proposals

(This started life as a Twitter thread but, since I delete my tweets automatically after a few days, here's a more permanent version of my thoughts.) Continuing its obsession with online anonymity, Read more
neilAuthor neil Posted on 25 February 2022 Category Legal Tags online safety bill anonymity content filtering blocking lawful but harmful

Fraudulent actions as personal data of the fraud victim: some ponderings

The excellent Rowenna Fielding posted an interesting question on Twitter: If person X pretends to be person Z to engage with a company (fraud, spite, stalking, etc), and this is later discovered, Read more
neilAuthor neil Posted on 2 February 2022 Category Legal Tags data protection fraud

The "Wild West Web" fallacy

I tweeted last week about the fallacy of the "Wild West Web" analogy, which is trotted out with depressing regularity. My tweets auto-delete, so this short blogpost reflects the key themes. It is not Read more
neilAuthor neil Posted on 31 January 2022 Category Legal Tags Internet regulation web wild west web America

"Public safety by design": the catchphrase for Internet policy debate in 2022?

I've heard the term "public safety by design" come up a few times recently, and I think we are going to hear it a lot more in 2022. "Public safety by design" For example, in Wired's "The Wired World Read more
neilAuthor neil Posted on 7 January 2022 Category Legal Tags Internet Internet governance Internet regulation online safety public safety national security

Sex/sex work and Internet and online platform regulation / governance and the law

Someone asked me today for recommendations of people to follow on Twitter if you're interested in sex/sex work and Internet and online platform regulation / governance and the law. Here's the list I Read more
neilAuthor neil Posted on 1 December 2021 Category Legal Tags sex sexwork Internet online platforms online safety bill Internet governance porn

Whose liability is it anyway?

A response to this thread on Twitter. Suppose someone posts a verbal/written/image message (through channels/publishers/navigators, detailed below) with content that is: a) lawful but awful b) Read more
neilAuthor neil Posted on 30 July 2021 Category Legal Tags legal stuff twitter

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