Social media platforms dominate the online “attention market,” where user engagement and personal data are monetised through targeted advertising. This model, built on surveillance and algorithmic ...

Open Rights Group has warned that the UK risks creating a pre-crime state by introducing mandatory ID cards for everyone who works in the UK. The Online Safety Act Policy Hub is a place to find out ...

Jim Killock, Executive Director of Open Rights Group said: “A costly and and divisive digital ID card scheme was not on Labour’s manifesto, and it’s the last thing this government should be embarking ...

Tell the Department of Science, Innovation and Technology that Age Assurance done under the Online Safety Act must be safe, private and trusted. Open Rights Group has warned of serious privacy and ...

When the UK last proposed age verification for adult content online, we analysed the deficiencies with the proposed code of practice for AV, which, as with the current Ofcom codes, left providers to ...

The proscription of Palestine Action will come into effect on Saturday unless the High Court issues a temporary block on the order today. On Wednesday, MPs voted for the direct action group to be ...

Open Rights Group believes that Ofcom should root its regulation, and the UK Parliament should base its law, in human rights law, taking advantage of prior work on content moderation such as: the 2013 ...

A new report by digital campaigners, the Open Rights Group, outlines how the Online Safety Act favours big tech, and harms small websites and the general public. How to fix the Online Safety Act: A ...

The Online Safety Act 2023 is a complex piece of legislation that places extensive duties on Internet service providers regarding content moderation, transparency reporting, and age verification. It ...

Open Rights Group has responded to the government’s white paper Restoring Control over the Immigration System. The white paper calls the shambolic and flawed eVisa scheme a ‘success’ and says that it ...

Meta’s social media platforms, Facebook and Instagram, sit at the intersection of the attention economy and surveillance capitalism. Meta’s business model is built on maximising user attention while ...

As organisations committed to defending privacy and freedom of expression rights, we are writing in response to reports that the Investigatory Powers Tribunal (‘IPT’) will be hearing Apple’s appeal ...