The UK needs to break the cycle of dependency on Big Tech ⛓️‍💥 Proprietary systems, secret code and punishing exit fees mean we're out of pocket and out of control. The legacy is one of failure over strategic investment. That's why we need Digital Sovereignty now. ORG's @jim.killock.org.uk explains.

Digital checkpoints will crop up all over the Internet after MPs backed new powers to expand age verification. The only way to block under-16s is to run checks on everybody. That's millions more people having to hand over personal data to unregulated providers just to access everyday services.

The over-moderation of content relating to Palestine is a result of the government banning Palestine Action and duties placed on platforms by the Online Safety Act. Our open letter calls on Ofcom to proactively defend the right to free expression. Hear more from ORG's @sarachitseko.bsky.social ⬇️

“Strong encryption strengthens the foundation of trust online and ensures that our digital spaces remain ones where individuals can live authentically and without fear.” Shae Gardner from @lgbttech.bsky.social explains why encryption is so important for the LGBTQ community 🏳️‍🌈 #PracticeSafeText 💬

LGBTQ people are core users of the Internet 🏳️‍🌈 🌐 80% participate in social networking, compared to 58% of the general public. Messaging apps that use end-to-end encryption help to keep LGBTQ people safe. Read more from @lgbttech.bsky.social ➡️ www.lgbttech.org/post/2019/11... #PracticeSafeText 💬

Digital ID checkpoints could erupt across the Internet 🆔 The government is seeking a power grab. And it's not just social media. Every adult will have to do ID checks to access whatever online services the government – any government – decides to restrict or curfew. ORG's James Baker explains ⬇️

Twitchers. TikTokkers. Youtubbers. Age verification could be about to hit livestreaming. All under-18s will have engagement and self-expression crushed by Ofcom's proposals. There must a risk-based approach, not a blanket ban. Reply to the consultation ➡️ action.openrightsgroup.org/online-safet...

UK digital infrastructure is on shaky ground. Our dependency on Big Tech must end. We're being ripped off and putting our systems at risk of foreign interference. ORG's @jim.killock.org.uk explains why we need Digital Sovereignty with open source tech. ➡️ www.openrightsgroup.org/publications...

Hey Meta, don't leave us on read 👻 Over 10k people have said no to Stalker Ads, so get them off our feed! This week ORG joined @goodlawproject.bsky.social outside Meta's offices in a joint action with @peoplevsbigtech.bsky.social and @eko.org to ask why they've done nothing 🤷‍♂️ #StopStalkerAds

ORG launched a tool so the public could object to Stalker Ads. With @GoodLawProject, we took the message to Meta’s offices and asked why they were ghosting us. They’ve since announced a flawed ‘pay or consent’ model – the fight isn’t over! Read more ➡️ www.openrightsgroup.org/press-releas...

Moscow fears it will become “subordinate” to China 😉

Energy crisis top of mind as voters in Wales cast their ballots Few Reform voters motivated by anti-net zero sentiment eciu.net/media/press...

Le climat pourrait faire DÉRAILLER l'Allemagne ! Jean-Marc Jancovici - Balade Mentale - 15/10/2025 #jancovici #écologie #climat #science

Is Your Pastor Preaching Or Prompting? #JamalBryantPodcast #Podcast #JamalBryant #JustinLester #TechPastor #Tech #AI #Pastor #Author #Educator #Strategist #Jesus #God #Faith #Technology #Teaching #Learning #Church #Robots #BlackChurch #Digital #California #FriendshipMissionary #Baptist

▶️ WATCH: "It was neither fair nor foul. It ended up pleasing no one." I appeared on GB News earlier to talk about the crisis Keir Starmer is facing in his leadership and I gave my take on his big 'reset' speech yesterday morning.

Fleur is starting to see the truth about her past though there are more revelations to come. And her writer reaches the magical 70,000 word marker! 🥳 #writinglife #indieauthor #celebration

How many failures/lessons have we gone through? Too many to count. Just remember, there are as many ways to farm and to garden as there are Growers. Find what works for you. Thank you for supporting small businesses; your choices matter. BTW, Epstein. #farmlife #familyfarm #garden

What Stephen Miller is describing is a world in which Iran is doing exactly what it should be doing. That's the only place this kind of barbarism can go.

" Other than successful targeting, we haven't seen anything...I think it's vitally important that Americans see what is going on—especially in those bases." Martha Raddatz says the Pentagon isn’t giving reporters access to US bases in the Persian Gulf that were attacked by Iran.

Rooted in tradition, lighting the way toward the future. Happy #Kwanzaa!

Four chapters. One message. One Christ. #FaithTok #ChristianLiving #GodGoesBeforeMe #LoveLikeJesus #TrustGod #PeaceInChrist #GraceOverJudgment #christiancontent #christantiktok #christanity #BibleReading #christianfyp #fyp

“He was standing right there the whole time. ”Bro said “Where’s Curt?” while Curt was literally breathing on his neck 💀 This is your daily reminder to check your surroundings before asking. #relatable #awkward #comedy #fail #confused

Wait... Did Republicans just stop the Dems from speaking because we stood up for your teachers and kids?!? Not really the best way to kick off #TeacherAppreciationWeek.

Thank you for all the smiles.

Where are the American wingers and dribbly boys?! 🤨 𝐔𝐒𝐌𝐍𝐓 𝐖𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐥𝐲 - watch/listen 👇 🍎: tinyurl.com/2s4667s8 ✳️: tinyurl.com/3rcvwuyt 📺: tinyurl.com/3f36rvhf

OH MY GOD 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 SHE DID IT #STARDOM 🤼

In the business world, professionals look out for new trends and best practices to stay competitive. Our voting systems' security should be no different. If you've read our 2025 Canadian Federal Election report, then you may already know that the US could borrow some notes from Canada:

After 1,494 days in captivity Ukrainian defender is finally back home. Tomorrow is his mother’s birthday.Ukrainians released are asking to share 1 message w/everyone still waiting for their loved ones."Don't worry. They are holding on. They are strong. They are not giving up.” #BeBraveLikeUkraine

“I have the right to speak out, to make a sign and peacefully join a protest without fear of punishment or retribution or worse.” – Actress Sally Field Our rights are enshrined in the Constitution. Period.

President Donald Trump has cast another mail-in ballot in Florida, even as he has publicly called the method "mail-in cheating." Democrat Emily Gregory won the state legislative district that includes Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort.

Stephen Colbert got his band to play licensed music during his final show so CBS would be sued for using the music illegally and would have to pay the fines #CBS

I think I’ve FINALLY managed to find a somewhat workable angle for my #Colorado #cloudscape #timelapsephotography off the new apartment’s porch! 🥳 (It’s really hard to get one without people’s apartments or beams of my porch in the way from here.) Watch yesterday afternoon’s #clouds with me? 😊🏔️🌥️✨

We got the team together for our annual away day 💜🧡 As we all work from home, we enjoy these opportunities to meet in person. We looked back on 2025 & forward to 2027 & beyond. Everything we discussed came to one thing: improving support for #UnpaidCarers in LMICs. A little glimpse of the day 👇🏽

Dos veces al año sucede un fenómeno solar tropical localizado exclusivamente en Hawái. Y pasa cuando el Sol alcanza su cenit al mediodía solar y los objetos verticales no proyectan sombra. Es el fenómeno conocido como "Lāhainā noon"

Inside Iran’s military doctrine, asymmetric warfare is not a tactic but a long term strategy. Footage from the 1990s show martyr Hossein Salami, the commander of the IRGC, explaining how to deal with superior power not through direct confrontation

LA Food Deals — May 23, 2026 🍟 McDonald's — Free medium fries w/ $2 min purchase (33% off) 🥤 Mountain Dew — Free 20 oz Baja Blast bottle (100% off) Promo codes & instructions at lahomewin.com

9 Polyhedral Resin Sets of Dice DnD Quintessence Ember #dice #ttrpg #dnd #diceset #dnddice

Valentines may be past and gone but your oral care should go on and on. Love your life, love your smile. Clean your teeth in the morning for your friends. Clean at night for your oral health, overall health and wellbeing. Tips and tools at growingsmiles.co.uk

This moment is bigger than party. It’s about whether we're working to improve people’s lives. Where things are working, let's continue them. But where they're not, let's be bold enough to redefine our politics and just solve problems.

@thefrankaccount.bsky.social @traceytaylor.bsky.social @bakerhrolyn.bsky.social @tennysonsarah.bsky.social @capreece.bsky.social @vrthompson-1.bsky.social #TheSussexes are 100% out; NOT 1/2 in AND They're NOT taxpayer funded; unlike the #LeftBehind sponges who vacation more than they work🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾💀💀💀⚰⚰⚰

Bluesky timeline when there’s no footy on! #LFC #YNWA

I had to be up abysmally early to talk on the radio but despite being quite groggy, I think I did ok. A little more on misinfo arsonists and Crank Voltron.

Inca sits on anyone with a fluffy tail for warmth and comfort. Our snowdrops are getting a battering from dogs at play which doesn’t help displays for this weekend’s garden tours.

So at the same time as Fox News promotes the propaganda, they are also just spilling all the secrets.

The Senate Majority votes today on several bills that will strengthen our democracy and make voting easier in New York. I’m proud to have my bill included, giving election commissioners the option to establish short-term polling sites to ensure voting is safer, more efficient, and more accessible.

Making good trouble at the anti ICE protest in Austin. #notonemore

I needed these books for context (your honour) #WW2 #Italy 🇮🇹

Motorized aim assist system uses a moving mousepad for laser-accurate headshots — a cannibalized GRBL drawing system and computer vision software deliver perfect shots - www.tomshardware.com/maker-stem/m... #tech #technews #videogames

Destiny “Ky’She” Lunan is NC State’s Architect of Tempo 🏀 From Arizona Gatorade POY to ACC freshman disrupter, Ky’She’s defense, pace, and IQ are already changing the Wolfpack. Full breakdown on Cess Talks Sports: youtu.be/cBjLg3CciP8 #KySheLunan #NCState #NCAAW #WomensBasketball #CessTalksSports

At An Uncertain Hour is an epic fantasy that's both sweeping and intimate — a tale of love, war, adventure & betrayal. Follow the Traveller's spellbinding 3,000-year journey in paperback & all digital formats. #fantasy #epicfantasynovels #fantasyadventure #novel nykiblatchley.com/at-an-uncert...

I’ve added goblins to my dark fantasy game, Crimson Rest. They’re the second enemy I’ve introduced so far, and I plan to add many more. What do you think? #indiedev #gamedev #godot #darkfantasy #psx #nostalgic

Tyler Adams on balancing a looming World Cup and finishing the Premier League season. #USMNT APPLE: tinyurl.com/bdd7584d SPOTIFY: tinyurl.com/45pdmhnw YOUTUBE: youtu.be/Wvgiiz40QRY

Did you know this wild fact about the human body? 🦴🩸✨ Beth shares gems that'll make you love massage therapy even more. #FridayFunFacts #FunFacts #DidYouKnow #trivia

My GOP colleagues are petrified about November because Trump has taken away every possible argument that GOP reps could make to their constituents. And the worst part is, he doesn't even seem to care. Democrats will win back Congress, and I’ll lead the effort to hold this fascist accountable.

Paul Heyman's ass just got speared through a barricade by Bron Breakker. Excellent. #WWERaw #WWE

Looks like BB got a Fig surprise! 😹 #cats #catsofbluesky #thedessertcrew #twitch #twitchclips #youtube #tuxedocats #tortiecats #video

Their racist, poorly informed and perceived superiority combined with their mythical delusions has them confused !!!

Queer Horror: A Film Guide creator/ co-editor Sean Abley in convo w/Brian Kirst abt THE MAD DOCTOR QHAFG-The Podcast is a weekly 30-min deep dive into a film found in Queer Horror: A Film Guide Eps avail on all platforms

YouTuber refused to give up his $2,000 section for Lil Baby and his friends,“I’m not moving.”