Hi Andy and all
Yes, I am drafting Wikimedia UK's response to the consultation, in
discussion with Jimmy Wales and the Wikimedia Foundation (although our
formal submissions will be separate). I'm also in touch with ORG about the
Bill, although not specifically about their petition. Jim Killock, CEO of
ORG, will be at a meeting I'm convening on Monday with several other
individuals and organisations where we will be discussing this, amongst
other things.
Andy, I haven't seen a message about this to WMUK but happy to follow up
off-list!
Best
Lucy
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From: Andy Mabbett <andy(a)pigsonthewing.org.uk>
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ORG UK are objecting to the UK government's proposed Online Safety
Bill; there's a petition [1] and they say:
"the appointment of a state speech regulator - appointed and directed
by government - will create a sprawling bureaucracy of speech police.
The Home Office and the DCMS will direct what speech must be removed,
filtered and monitored... the Bill’s provisions to block websites,
apps, or services which refuse to cooperate with the speech
regulator’s orders could put household names like Wikipedia, Reddit
and Tumblr in the crosshairs"
Does WMF have a position on this? Has there been any contact with ORG?
[I've put the same question to WMUK, separately]
[1]
https://action.openrightsgroup.org/stop-state-censorship-online-speech
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From: Owen Blacker <owen(a)openrightsgroup.org>
Subject: [Publicpolicy] Re: ORG UK campaign & petition mention
Wikipedia
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For what it's worth, this is the first I've heard of it, as both a member
of ORG's Advisory Council and a member of this email list 😕
Ar Iau, 2 Medi 2021 am 16:47 Andy Mabbett <andy(a)pigsonthewing.org.uk>
ysgrifennodd:
ORG UK are objecting to the UK government's
proposed Online Safety
Bill; there's a petition [1] and they say:
"the appointment of a state speech regulator - appointed and directed
by government - will create a sprawling bureaucracy of speech police.
The Home Office and the DCMS will direct what speech must be removed,
filtered and monitored... the Bill’s provisions to block websites,
apps, or services which refuse to cooperate with the speech
regulator’s orders could put household names like Wikipedia, Reddit
and Tumblr in the crosshairs"
Does WMF have a position on this? Has there been any contact with ORG?
[I've put the same question to WMUK, separately]
[1]
https://action.openrightsgroup.org/stop-state-censorship-online-speech
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Andy Mabbett
@pigsonthewing
http://pigsonthewing.org.uk
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