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<p>NEW: ORG investigation reveals Meta enables vulnerable people to be targeted with disinformation and fraudulent ads.</p><p>With ads offering fake identity documents still running on Facebook, Meta is profiting from the global migrant crisis.</p><p>Read more about our report on Meta&#x27;s surveillance capitalism advertising model ⬇️</p><p><a href="/tags/stopstalkerads/" rel="tag">#StopStalkerAds</a></p><p><a href="https://www.openrightsgroup.org/press-releases/new-report-how-meta-is-monetising-the-migrant-crisis/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.openrightsgroup.org/press-releases/new-report-how-meta-is-monetising-the-migrant-crisis/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.openrightsgroup.org/press-</span><span class="invisible">releases/new-report-how-meta-is-monetising-the-migrant-crisis/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/meta/" rel="tag">#meta</a> <a href="/tags/facebook/" rel="tag">#facebook</a> <a href="/tags/dataprotection/" rel="tag">#dataprotection</a> <a href="/tags/adtech/" rel="tag">#adtech</a> <a href="/tags/privacy/" rel="tag">#privacy</a> <a href="/tags/gdpr/" rel="tag">#gdpr</a> <a href="/tags/data/" rel="tag">#data</a> <a href="/tags/advertising/" rel="tag">#advertising</a> <a href="/tags/surveillancecapitalism/" rel="tag">#surveillancecapitalism</a> <a href="/tags/migrants/" rel="tag">#migrants</a> <a href="/tags/ukpolitics/" rel="tag">#ukpolitics</a> <a href="/tags/ukpol/" rel="tag">#ukpol</a></p>

<p>Outlook not so good 🎱</p><p>Police tech doesn’t predict crime. It predicts policing.</p><p>Based on biased data, it brings more of the same – racist policing and poverty punishment.</p><p>Read our latest blog on why crime &#x27;predicting&#x27; police tech must be BANNED ⬇️</p><p><a href="/tags/safetynotsurveillance/" rel="tag">#SafetyNotSurveillance</a></p><p><a href="https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/why-predictive-policing-must-be-banned/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/why-predictive-policing-must-be-banned/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/w</span><span class="invisible">hy-predictive-policing-must-be-banned/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/policing/" rel="tag">#policing</a> <a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#AI</a> <a href="/tags/precrime/" rel="tag">#precrime</a> <a href="/tags/justice/" rel="tag">#justice</a> <a href="/tags/criminal/" rel="tag">#criminal</a> <a href="/tags/police/" rel="tag">#police</a> <a href="/tags/ukpol/" rel="tag">#ukpol</a> <a href="/tags/ukpolitics/" rel="tag">#ukpolitics</a> <a href="/tags/surveillance/" rel="tag">#surveillance</a></p>

<p>💡 Encryption IS online safety 💡</p><p>Keeping data secure is key when hackers are skilled at unpicking accounts.</p><p>So why does the UK government want to make us unsafe by ordering a backdoor to Apple encrypted services?</p><p>✍️ Sign to save encryption this <a href="/tags/saferinternetday/" rel="tag">#SaferInternetDay</a>.</p><p><a href="/tags/encryption/" rel="tag">#encryption</a> <a href="/tags/privacy/" rel="tag">#privacy</a> <a href="/tags/apple/" rel="tag">#Apple</a> <a href="/tags/cybersecurity/" rel="tag">#cybersecurity</a> <a href="/tags/ukpolitics/" rel="tag">#ukpolitics</a> <a href="/tags/ukpol/" rel="tag">#ukpol</a> <a href="/tags/digitalrights/" rel="tag">#digitalrights</a> <a href="/tags/e2ee/" rel="tag">#e2ee</a> </p><p><a href="https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/keep-our-apple-data-encrypted" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/keep-our-apple-data-encrypted"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions</span><span class="invisible">/keep-our-apple-data-encrypted</span></a></p>

<p>🚨 BREAKING 🚨</p><p>53 experts and civil society groups call on the UK government to scrap proposals that&#x27;ll remove the right not to be subject to decisions made by AI.</p><p>The Data Bill MUST keep the right to human review!</p><p>Read our open letter ⬇️</p><p><a href="/tags/duabill/" rel="tag">#DUABill</a> <a href="/tags/peoplenotmachines/" rel="tag">#PeopleNotMachines</a> <a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#AI</a> <a href="/tags/databill/" rel="tag">#DataBill</a> <a href="/tags/dataprotection/" rel="tag">#dataprotection</a> <a href="/tags/privacy/" rel="tag">#privacy</a> <a href="/tags/gdpr/" rel="tag">#GDPR</a> <a href="/tags/ukpolitics/" rel="tag">#ukpolitics</a> </p><p><a href="https://www.openrightsgroup.org/press-releases/letter-to-peter-kyle-keep-our-right-not-to-be-subjected-to-decisions-based-solely-on-ai/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.openrightsgroup.org/press-releases/letter-to-peter-kyle-keep-our-right-not-to-be-subjected-to-decisions-based-solely-on-ai/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.openrightsgroup.org/press-</span><span class="invisible">releases/letter-to-peter-kyle-keep-our-right-not-to-be-subjected-to-decisions-based-solely-on-ai/</span></a></p>

<p>We can’t explicitly petition for the Trump invitation for a Royal Visit to be cancelled, but we can give MPs an opportunity to bring this up in debate. Please sign and share this petition.<br>Edit: thanks to all those who have boosted this.<br><a href="/tags/ukpolitics/" rel="tag">#UKPolitics</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a><br><a href="https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/724217" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="petition.parliament.uk/petitions/724217"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">petition.parliament.uk/petitio</span><span class="invisible">ns/724217</span></a></p>

<p>So that was 2024 and this is ORG’s annual review ✨</p><p>It was a year when it became increasingly clear why we need digital rights and ORG was there to bang the drum.</p><p>From Data Bills to Prevent. From e-Visas to data profiling for ads and AI. From predictive policing to an election…</p><p>Here’s the round-up ⬇️</p><p><a href="/tags/digitalrightsarehumanrights/" rel="tag">#digitalrightsarehumanrights</a> <a href="/tags/digitalrights/" rel="tag">#digitalrights</a> <a href="/tags/dataprotection/" rel="tag">#dataprotection</a> <a href="/tags/privacy/" rel="tag">#privacy</a> <a href="/tags/freedomofexpression/" rel="tag">#freedomofexpression</a> <a href="/tags/ukpolitics/" rel="tag">#ukpolitics</a> <a href="/tags/humanrights/" rel="tag">#humanrights</a></p><p><a href="https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/org-review-2024/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/org-review-2024/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/o</span><span class="invisible">rg-review-2024/</span></a></p>

<p>Under the NI Protocol and under the Good Friday Agreement the ‘borders’ on the entire island of Ireland are at ports and airports. This should also apply to these new ETA. NI gets a lot of tourism revenue from coach and cruise liners who stop here for just a couple of days to visit key attractions. Then there are people who come to visit family and research their history and stay for varying lengths of time doing this. There are also international students attending University in Northern Ireland, and limiting them to the six counties of NI inhibits their education as well as their ability to attend events around the island. These ETA’s should only apply at the borders of the entire island. The economic damage implementation of these will do to the six counties is frightening to consider. Both the Irish and UK governments should press to change the planned implementation asap. <a href="/tags/think32/" rel="tag">#Think32</a> <a href="/tags/nipolitics/" rel="tag">#NIPolitics</a> <a href="/tags/ireland/" rel="tag">#Ireland</a> <a href="/tags/ukpolitics/" rel="tag">#UKPolitics</a> <a href="/tags/gfa/" rel="tag">#GFA</a> <br><a href="https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/business/northern-ireland/tourism-in-northern-ireland-risks-210m-loss-a-year-as-new-eta-comes-into-force/a720404297.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/business/northern-ireland/tourism-in-northern-ireland-risks-210m-loss-a-year-as-new-eta-comes-into-force/a720404297.html"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/bus</span><span class="invisible">iness/northern-ireland/tourism-in-northern-ireland-risks-210m-loss-a-year-as-new-eta-comes-into-force/a720404297.html</span></a></p>

<p>What’s Mandelson up to? Is this really Kier Starmer’s message to Europe, or is Mandelson an outlier with this? <br><a href="/tags/ukpolitics/" rel="tag">#UKPolitics</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a> <a href="/tags/ukraine/" rel="tag">#Ukraine</a> <a href="/tags/underhandbackstabbingsnake/" rel="tag">#UnderhandBackstabbingSnake</a> <a href="/tags/eu/" rel="tag">#EU</a> <a href="/tags/slavaukraini/" rel="tag">#SlavaUkraini</a> <br><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/mar/03/peter-mandelson-ukraine-comments-not-government-policy-minister" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/mar/03/peter-mandelson-ukraine-comments-not-government-policy-minister"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.theguardian.com/politics/2</span><span class="invisible">025/mar/03/peter-mandelson-ukraine-comments-not-government-policy-minister</span></a></p><p>EDIT &amp; UPDATE - I’ve added the article using copy and paste here, because they sometimes disappear or change - </p><p>Peter Walker Senior political correspondent<br>Mon 3 Mar 2025 10.38 GMT</p><p>Peter Mandelson has been rebuffed for saying Volodymyr Zelenskyy should be more supportive of US peace efforts and that Ukraine should unilaterally call a ceasefire, with a UK defence minister saying this was “not government policy”.</p><p>The overnight comments by Lord Mandelson, the UK ambassador to Washington, were also criticised by opposition parties, with the Liberal Democrats saying Mandelson should not be “telling President Zelenskyy what to do”.</p><p>In an interview with ABC News, Mandelson, who was Keir Starmer’s choice to try to maintain ties with the second Donald Trump administration, said there was a need for a “very radical reset” after Trump and his vice-president, JD Vance, berated Zelenskyy in the Oval Office on Friday.</p><p>“The reset has to consist of the United States and Ukraine getting back on the same page, President Zelenskyy giving his unequivocal backing to the initiative that President Trump is taking to end the war and to bring a just and lasting peace to Ukraine,” Mandelson said.</p><p>“And the Europeans too, they need to back the calls for a ceasefire, and – by the way – I think that Ukraine should be the first to commit to a ceasefire and defy the Russians to follow.”</p><p>Asked whether this was government policy, Luke Pollard, the armed forces minister, replied: “No.” He told Sky News: “It’s certainly right that Ukrainians want peace. I think of all the people on our continent that want peace, the Ukrainians want it the most.</p><p>“But we’re still in discussions, diplomatic engagement with our European, US and Ukrainian friends as to the shape of that deal. It’s certainly right that the war could stop tomorrow if President Putin stopped his illegal and unprovoked aggression. He could stop this war.”</p><p>Asked if Mandelson had been incorrect with his comments, Pollard said: “That’s not government policy.”</p><p>Earlier, senior figures in the Lib Dems and Conservatives criticised Mandelson’s intervention. Ed Davey, the Lib Dem leader, tweeted: “What is Mandelson up to? You cannot square what the prime minister said this morning with this. What is the government’s actual position? Our man in DC should be securing US protection for our brave Ukrainian allies, not telling President Zelenskyy what to do.”</p><p>James Cleverly, a former Conservative foreign secretary, said: “The UK ambassador to Washington isn’t meant to communicate his own opinion, he is meant to communicate the UK government opinion. Lammy and Starmer need to grip this.”</p><p>Live<br>Peter Mandelson criticised after saying Ukraine should give ‘unequivocal backing’ to Trump’s plan – UK politics live</p><p>Respect Trump’s mandate and handle disputes ‘directly and privately’, says Mandelson<br>11 Feb 2025</p><p>Peter Mandelson swears at reporter after question on Epstein relationship<br>6 Feb 2025</p><p>Appointment of Peter Mandelson as ambassador to US divides Labour MPs<br>20 Dec 2024</p><p>Ukraine war<br>Peter Mandelson’s Ukraine comments ‘not government policy’, minister says<br>30m ago</p><p>Peter Mandelson criticised after saying Ukraine should give ‘unequivocal backing’ to Trump’s plan – UK politics live</p>

<p>NEW REPORT: UK Political Parties&#x27; canvassing apps threaten voter privacy with security vulnerabilities and commercially owned infrastructure.</p><p>Data is driving elections, deciding how to focus efforts and target messaging. We lose in a data arms race.</p><p>Read more ⬇️ </p><p><a href="/tags/dataprotection/" rel="tag">#dataprotection</a> <a href="/tags/gdpr/" rel="tag">#GDPR</a> <a href="/tags/data/" rel="tag">#data</a> <a href="/tags/democracy/" rel="tag">#democracy</a> <a href="/tags/ukpolitics/" rel="tag">#ukpolitics</a> <a href="/tags/politicalparties/" rel="tag">#politicalparties</a> <a href="/tags/labour/" rel="tag">#labour</a> <a href="/tags/conservatives/" rel="tag">#conservatives</a> <a href="/tags/libdems/" rel="tag">#libdems</a> <a href="/tags/privacy/" rel="tag">#privacy</a> </p><p><a href="https://www.openrightsgroup.org/press-releases/new-report-voter-data-privacy-concerns-over-apps-used-by-political-parties/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.openrightsgroup.org/press-releases/new-report-voter-data-privacy-concerns-over-apps-used-by-political-parties/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.openrightsgroup.org/press-</span><span class="invisible">releases/new-report-voter-data-privacy-concerns-over-apps-used-by-political-parties/</span></a></p>

<p>🚨 BREAKING 🚨</p><p>The UK is rogue in trying to order a backdoor to Apple encryption.</p><p>US lawmakers slam the UK&#x27;s secretive order, calling it what it is:</p><p>🔥 &#x27;Dangerous&#x27; for global cybersecurity<br>🔥 &#x27;Effectively a foreign cyberattack&#x27;</p><p>The Home Office must back off ✋</p><p><a href="/tags/encryption/" rel="tag">#encryption</a> <a href="/tags/surveillance/" rel="tag">#surveillance</a> <a href="/tags/e2ee/" rel="tag">#e2ee</a> <a href="/tags/cybersecurity/" rel="tag">#cybersecurity</a> <a href="/tags/ukpolitics/" rel="tag">#ukpolitics</a> <a href="/tags/ukpol/" rel="tag">#ukpol</a> <a href="/tags/apple/" rel="tag">#Apple</a> <a href="/tags/privacy/" rel="tag">#privacy</a> </p><p><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/02/13/apple-uk-security-back-door-adp/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/02/13/apple-uk-security-back-door-adp/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.washingtonpost.com/technol</span><span class="invisible">ogy/2025/02/13/apple-uk-security-back-door-adp/</span></a></p>

<p>🚨 Time is Running Out to Save Encryption 🔐</p><p>Ofcom is consulting on implementing message scanning powers in the UK Online Safety Act.</p><p>This would break end-to-end encryption on the messaging apps we all use!</p><p>⏰ CLOSES Monday 10 March, 5pm.</p><p>Use our tool to tell Ofcom <a href="/tags/practicesafetext/" rel="tag">#PracticeSafeText</a> 💬</p><p>ACT NOW ⬇️ </p><p><a href="https://action.openrightsgroup.org/48-hours-tell-ofcom-practice-safe-text" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="action.openrightsgroup.org/48-hours-tell-ofcom-practice-safe-text"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">action.openrightsgroup.org/48-</span><span class="invisible">hours-tell-ofcom-practice-safe-text</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/e2ee/" rel="tag">#e2ee</a> <a href="/tags/encryption/" rel="tag">#encryption</a> <a href="/tags/onlinesafetyact/" rel="tag">#OnlineSafetyAct</a> <a href="/tags/ukpolitics/" rel="tag">#ukpolitics</a> <a href="/tags/ukpol/" rel="tag">#ukpol</a> <a href="/tags/privacy/" rel="tag">#privacy</a> <a href="/tags/ofcom/" rel="tag">#ofcom</a> <a href="/tags/security/" rel="tag">#security</a> <a href="/tags/cybersecurity/" rel="tag">#cybersecurity</a> <a href="/tags/whatsapp/" rel="tag">#whatsapp</a> <a href="/tags/signal/" rel="tag">#signal</a></p>

<p>Will the last small site turn off the lights?</p><p>The UK Online Safety Act imposes the same duties and penalties on blogs, forums and fedi instances as huge platforms.</p><p>Many small, safely moderated sites will shut down or block UK users.</p><p>Crushing competition is the last thing we need for a safer Internet!</p><p>Act now before 17 March ⬇️ </p><p><a href="/tags/saveoursites/" rel="tag">#SaveOurSites</a> 🌐</p><p><a href="https://action.openrightsgroup.org/save-our-sites-write-your-mp" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="action.openrightsgroup.org/save-our-sites-write-your-mp"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">action.openrightsgroup.org/sav</span><span class="invisible">e-our-sites-write-your-mp</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#fediverse</a> <a href="/tags/onlinesafety/" rel="tag">#onlinesafety</a> <a href="/tags/onlinesafetyact/" rel="tag">#onlinesafetyact</a> <a href="/tags/mastodon/" rel="tag">#mastodon</a> <a href="/tags/activitypub/" rel="tag">#activitypub</a> <a href="/tags/ukpolitics/" rel="tag">#ukpolitics</a> <a href="/tags/ukpol/" rel="tag">#ukpol</a> <a href="/tags/netplurality/" rel="tag">#netplurality</a></p>

<p>America sneezes. We catch a cold.</p><p>And the UK is overexposed.</p><p>As long as foreign tech runs our digital infrastructure, our systems can be used as leverage or disrupted on Trump&#x27;s say so.</p><p>Tell your MP to support the motion for <a href="/tags/digitalsovereignty/" rel="tag">#DigitalSovereignty</a> ⬇️</p><p><a href="https://action.openrightsgroup.org/tell-government-devise-uk-digital-sovereignty-strategy" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="action.openrightsgroup.org/tell-government-devise-uk-digital-sovereignty-strategy"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">action.openrightsgroup.org/tel</span><span class="invisible">l-government-devise-uk-digital-sovereignty-strategy</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#trump</a> <a href="/tags/sovereignty/" rel="tag">#sovereignty</a> <a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#tech</a> <a href="/tags/nationalsecurity/" rel="tag">#nationalsecurity</a> <a href="/tags/uk/" rel="tag">#uk</a> <a href="/tags/ukpolitics/" rel="tag">#ukpolitics</a> <a href="/tags/ukpol/" rel="tag">#ukpol</a></p>

<p>&quot;My numbers are tanking, my Party is in open rebellion, I really need a good policy that the public can get behind me on.....&quot;</p><p><a href="/tags/keirstarmer/" rel="tag">#KeirStarmer</a> <a href="/tags/starmer/" rel="tag">#Starmer</a> <a href="/tags/digitalid/" rel="tag">#DigitalID</a> <a href="/tags/ukpol/" rel="tag">#UKPOL</a> <a href="/tags/ukpolitics/" rel="tag">#UKPOLITICS</a> <a href="/tags/labour/" rel="tag">#Labour</a></p>

<p>&quot;臥底記者潛倫敦警署7個月 BBC揭厭女、種族歧視及濫暴文化 多人被停職︱Yahoo&quot;</p><p>&gt; 英國警員的歧視言論之所以後果嚴重，關鍵在於他們本身握有巨大的權力，能直接影響市民自由與安全。警員在拘留室或街頭的判斷，往往決定疑犯是否獲釋或受控告；若持有偏見，便可能導致種族群體或女性受不公平對待。前警隊高層費殊直言：「像這樣的人有權決定女性的安全，實在令人恐懼。」</p><p><a href="https://hk.news.yahoo.com/%E8%87%A5%E5%BA%95%E8%A8%98%E8%80%85%E6%BD%9B%E5%80%AB%E6%95%A6%E8%AD%A6%E7%BD%B27%E5%80%8B%E6%9C%88-bbc%E6%8F%AD%E5%8E%AD%E5%A5%B3%E3%80%81%E7%A8%AE%E6%97%8F%E6%AD%A7%E8%A6%96%E5%8F%8A%E6%BF%AB%E6%9A%B4%E6%96%87%E5%8C%96-%E5%A4%9A%E4%BA%BA%E8%A2%AB%E5%81%9C%E8%81%B7%EF%B8%B1yahoo-072438612.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="hk.news.yahoo.com/%E8%87%A5%E5%BA%95%E8%A8%98%E8%80%85%E6%BD%9B%E5%80%AB%E6%95%A6%E8%AD%A6%E7%BD%B27%E5%80%8B%E6%9C%88-bbc%E6%8F%AD%E5%8E%AD%E5%A5%B3%E3%80%81%E7%A8%AE%E6%97%8F%E6%AD%A7%E8%A6%96%E5%8F%8A%E6%BF%AB%E6%9A%B4%E6%96%87%E5%8C%96-%E5%A4%9A%E4%BA%BA%E8%A2%AB%E5%81%9C%E8%81%B7%EF%B8%B1yahoo-072438612.html"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hk.news.yahoo.com/%E8%87%A5%E5</span><span class="invisible">%BA%95%E8%A8%98%E8%80%85%E6%BD%9B%E5%80%AB%E6%95%A6%E8%AD%A6%E7%BD%B27%E5%80%8B%E6%9C%88-bbc%E6%8F%AD%E5%8E%AD%E5%A5%B3%E3%80%81%E7%A8%AE%E6%97%8F%E6%AD%A7%E8%A6%96%E5%8F%8A%E6%BF%AB%E6%9A%B4%E6%96%87%E5%8C%96-%E5%A4%9A%E4%BA%BA%E8%A2%AB%E5%81%9C%E8%81%B7%EF%B8%B1yahoo-072438612.html</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/police/" rel="tag">#police</a> <a href="/tags/ukpolitics/" rel="tag">#ukpolitics</a></p>

<p><a href="/tags/roadsafety/" rel="tag">#RoadSafety</a> in the <a href="/tags/uk/" rel="tag">#UK</a>: My wife keeps telling me that it could be improved if insurance was linked only to the car, not to specific drivers - because if you&#x27;re unwell, tired, drunk etc you could hand over your keys to somebody else who is fit to drive. Perfectly possible in Germany, but in the UK apparently the driver has to be named in the insurance document. Any clues why this isn&#x27;t considered? (we &#x27;ve never owned a car so have very little practical experience of the issue) <a href="/tags/ukpolitics/" rel="tag">#UKpolitics</a></p>

<p>The UK is awash with tradition. And one of the great traditions of <a href="/tags/ukpolitics/" rel="tag">#UKpolitics</a> <a href="/tags/ukpol/" rel="tag">#ukpol</a> is the <a href="/tags/mandelsonresignation/" rel="tag">#MandelsonResignation</a>. </p><p>But the fourth departure of <a href="/tags/mandelson/" rel="tag">#Mandelson</a> will probably be the last great one.</p><p>Which is YOUR favourite Peter Mandelson <a href="/tags/resignation/" rel="tag">#resignation</a>?</p><p>1998, as Secretary of State for Trade and Industry</p><p>2001, as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland</p><p>2025, as British Ambassador to the United States</p><p>2026, as a member of the UK&#x27;s so-called <a href="/tags/labourparty/" rel="tag">#LabourParty</a></p>

<p>Putting VPNs behind an age wall threatens our privacy.</p><p>They keep young people safe from harassment. Business networks secure. Journalists, campaigners and whistleblowers shielded from harm.</p><p>Privacy is online safety ✊️</p><p>Sign the petition to protect VPN use in the UK ⬇️</p><p><a href="https://action.openrightsgroup.org/tell-government-protect-vpn-use-uk" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="action.openrightsgroup.org/tell-government-protect-vpn-use-uk"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">action.openrightsgroup.org/tel</span><span class="invisible">l-government-protect-vpn-use-uk</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/vpn/" rel="tag">#vpn</a> <a href="/tags/privacy/" rel="tag">#privacy</a> <a href="/tags/cybersecurity/" rel="tag">#cybersecurity</a> <a href="/tags/ageverification/" rel="tag">#ageverification</a> <a href="/tags/ukpolitics/" rel="tag">#ukpolitics</a> <a href="/tags/ukpol/" rel="tag">#ukpol</a></p>

<p>UK : Green Party win Gorton and Denton by-election!</p><p>Results: Votes / % / (% change) <br>🟢 Green 14,980 40.7% (+27.5)<br>🔵 Reform 10,578 28.7% (+14.7) <br>🔴 Labour 9,364 25.4% (-25.3) <br>🟦 Conservative 706 1.9% (-6.0)<br>🟠 Lib Dem 653 1.8% (-2.1) </p><p><a href="/tags/uk/" rel="tag">#UK</a> <a href="/tags/ukpolitics/" rel="tag">#UKpolitics</a> <a href="/tags/ukpol/" rel="tag">#UKpol</a> <a href="/tags/gortonanddenton/" rel="tag">#GortonAndDenton</a></p>

<p>🚨 ID checks to get online could become the new norm 🚨</p><p>A new amendment would give the UK government sweeping powers to block access to lawful information and communications.</p><p>That&#x27;s unless we submit our identification to a bounty of providers.</p><p>Tell your MP to stop this broad and repressive law ⬇️</p><p><a href="https://action.openrightsgroup.org/no-id-checks-web-access" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="action.openrightsgroup.org/no-id-checks-web-access"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">action.openrightsgroup.org/no-</span><span class="invisible">id-checks-web-access</span></a> </p><p><a href="/tags/privacy/" rel="tag">#privacy</a> <a href="/tags/freedomofexpression/" rel="tag">#freedomofexpression</a> <a href="/tags/ageverification/" rel="tag">#ageverification</a> <a href="/tags/digitalid/" rel="tag">#digitalID</a> <a href="/tags/onlinesafety/" rel="tag">#onlinesafety</a> <a href="/tags/ukpolitics/" rel="tag">#ukpolitics</a> <a href="/tags/ukpol/" rel="tag">#ukpol</a></p>

<p>Trump threatens allies with retribution for not bending the knee.</p><p>UK digital infrastructure can be used as leverage or disrupted on his say so.</p><p>We need interoperable open-source systems, so we&#x27;re not locked in to services owned and controlled by foreign tech firms.</p><p>Sign the petition for <a href="/tags/digitalsovereignty/" rel="tag">#DigitalSovereignty</a> ⬇️</p><p><a href="https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/stop-trump-s-kill-switch-secure-our-digital-sovereignty" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/stop-trump-s-kill-switch-secure-our-digital-sovereignty"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions</span><span class="invisible">/stop-trump-s-kill-switch-secure-our-digital-sovereignty</span></a> </p><p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/nato/" rel="tag">#nato</a> <a href="/tags/starmer/" rel="tag">#starmer</a> <a href="/tags/ukpolitics/" rel="tag">#ukpolitics</a> <a href="/tags/ukpol/" rel="tag">#ukpol</a> <a href="/tags/petition/" rel="tag">#petition</a> <a href="/tags/opensource/" rel="tag">#opensource</a></p>