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Richard Michael Blaber

@istar @ChrisMayLA6 Actually, no it wasn't. The #legislation aimed at #climate #protesters came later, under the #Tories. (I refer to, e.g., the Public Order Act, 2023: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_O; legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/.) The Terrorism Act, 2000, is being abused, not used, in its application to #PalestineAction - which cannot, in any meaningful sense of the word, be described as #terrorist. Clearly, the wording of the 2000 Act needs to be amended, so that it can't be abused.

en.wikipedia.orgPublic Order Act 2023 - Wikipedia
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KB

"Yet every criticism, every warning, every prediction about this law’s failures has come to pass within days of implementation. The only question now is how long it will take for the UK government to admit what everyone else already knows: the Online Safety Act is an unmitigated disaster that makes the internet less safe for everyone."

#OnlineSafetyAct#OSA#Privacy
KB

"Tech Secretary Peter Kyle deployed the classic authoritarian playbook: dismissing all criticism as support for child predators. This isn’t just intellectually dishonest—it’s a deliberate attempt to shut down legitimate policy debate by smearing critics as complicit in child abuse."

techdirt.com/2025/08/04/didnt-

Techdirt · Didn’t Take Long To Reveal The UK’s Online Safety Act Is Exactly The Privacy-Crushing Failure Everyone Warned AboutWell, well, well. The “age assurance” part of the UK’s Online Safety Act has finally gone into effect, with its age checking requirements kicking in a week and a half ago. And what do you kno…
#OnlineSafetyAct#OSA#Privacy
beSpacific

CBS News - "Layoffs across the US this year have climbed to their highest level since the #pandemic slammed the economy in 2020.. In the first half of 2025 companies announced 744,308 job CUTS nationwide, the highest tally since the first six months of 2020, when #employers cut nearly 1.6 million jobs in response to COVID-related disruptions" #economy #congress #legislation #unemployment #firings #layoffs #gop #republicans #maga #BigTech #politics #government #BLS #firings #tariffs

Nonilex

#Ukraine adopts new anti-#corruption #law

Ukraine’s parliament approved #legislation Thurs restoring the #independence of the country’s 2 main government anti-corruption bodies—a move demanded by Kyiv’s international partners as well as tens of thousands of Ukrainians who protested on the streets of the capital & other cities.

The legislation passed by a comfortable margin, with 331 deputies voting in favor; a majority of 226 was needed.

washingtonpost.com/world/2025/

The Washington Post · Ukraine adopts new anti-corruption law as protests force Zelensky to retreatBy David L. Stern
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