Claire Fox @Fox_Claire@respublicae.eu
Unofficial automated mirror. No copyright asserted. ∎ Claire Fox is director of @acadofideas, author of 'I find that Offensive!', former MEP; now Baroness Fox of Buckley (!!!)
https://academyofideas.org.uk/ #CP4G
Joined Apr 2022
Agreeing with those calling for more transparency in the online world. If Big Tech have a policy of de-boosting, removal etc, we want to know how and why it happens (ie - set it out clearly, with no gobbledegook). #OnlineSafetyBill
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...The Bill only sees the worst in - for example - AI / VR / metaverse, and can sound as though we should treat all online users as though they are dangerous deviants. So I argued for some balance and proportionality, please.
https://youtu.be/e7JKs4Q_l38 #OnlineSafetyBill
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One worry about the #OnlineSafetyBill, beyond free speech, is the danger it poses to innovation in technology...
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Yesterday, I was in the minority arguing against the use of international treaties to scupper domestic law-making, controlling borders etc. It didn't go down well...
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There are certain women who, without being involved in politics, changed everything for women. Tina Turner was one of those women. That soaring voice, oozing with talent, the raw energy, the absolute bloody nerve of strutting her stuff in defiance of convention. Life affirming.
RT @SkyNews: Tina Turner dies aged 83 https://news.sky.com/story/tina-turner-dies-aged-83-12888593
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...My counter response was to use an example of Stop Funding Hate, who arguably whipped up hate against gender-critical female athletes while organising a censorious press boycott.
https://youtu.be/VrjIyHGe6Gk #OnlineSafetyBill
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My defence of press freedom against a Lib Dem attempt at bringing in state licensing by the back door. But also, descriptions from Lords of comments sections in newspapers betrayed a contemptuous view of the public as mainly hate-fuelled bigots...
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...Maybe the minster should remember that a future Secretary of State may subscribe to the idea that parts of Conservative thought are harmful and hateful, and get a taste of the kind of online censorship they are currently doling out to public through this Bill.
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The Online Safety Bill gives the Secretary of State enormous powers to tell Ofcom - already an uber-regulator - what materials to ban, with no accountability...
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The 'not- diagnosed-in-time' cancer victims of Lockdown are not given enough publicity. Thanks, @CharlotteCGill, for highlighting this case. Help financially if you can or just RT to get word out.
RT @CharlotteCGill: Hey everyone,
Fundraising call out🙏
I met Jon & his wife Nikki through one of my closest friends Kathryn.
They are a wonderful couple. Jon has been dealt a terrible diagnosis. He is raising funds for treatment.
If anyone could help, thank you so …
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In defence of smoking outdoors. Some Lords managed to make amendments on cafe licences and rejuvenating local areas into sermons aimed at smokers. Grrr.
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As the Levelling Up Bill slowly trundles to a close, an interesting question: How to revive high streets? Certainly not by forced pedestrianisation, such as imposed #LTNs, causing real problems for local shops/cafes etc...
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Brilliant news. Inspired appointment @ecctis. Good luck @TomBewick and congrats. Excited to see what you do in your new role.
RT @TomBewick: I’m absolutely thrilled to be joining @ecctis from 1 October 2023.
A key objective will be to invest in initiatives that forge a stronger link between the benefits of skilled migration & improving domestic productivity & apprenticeships at home. https://www.fenews.co.uk/fe-voices/ecctis-appoints-professor-tom-bewick-as-new-ceo/
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Joyless, futile puritanism. Shame so many Irish politicians seem to think this is a recipe of being modern.
RT @DonnellyStephen: Ireland is to become the first country in the world to introduce comprehensive health warning labels on alcohol products. I’ve signed the regulations so that from May 2026 labels must contain details of calorie content, grams of alcohol and risks of liver disease and cancer. https://t.co/LHBBnaRkyZ
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Brilliant: @Hanifkureishi on horrors of sensitivity readers: "There is an element of the left which is bursting with aggressive self-righteousness... puritanical and self-defeating. The writers I prefer...are the wild ones, the demented ones, the rude ones who don’t give a damn."
RT @Hanifkureishi: RUDE
I had the good fortune earlier this week to be visited here in Rome by an ex-student who was brought up in Nigeria and has been working on a novel set there. I’ve…
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Yuk. No fan of @StopFundingHate's censorious anti press freedom boycotts at best of times. They demand corporate money bully media into compliance. Now they're inciting hate against sports women for merely defending themelves from male incursions. Maybe we should boycott them?
RT @StopFundingHate: If you're concerned about the Telegraph's toxic messaging about "the transgender crisis" there's something you can do.
1. Go to the page & take a screenshot showing t…
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This essay on conspiracy theories on left and right by @cjsnowdon in @Quillette is well worth reading. It goes far beyond simply using conspiracist as a throwaway insult. Great examples. And it helps explain why the reaction of Cadwalladr's supporters is so at odds with reality.
RT @cjsnowdon: “Cadwalladr had already made public apologies to Banks but neither this nor the fact that she had dropped the “truth defence” in court, nor even that she had to pay damages …
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Very good listen, espcially Ukraine section, but all of it. Great insights from @jacobreynolds @Tom_Slater_ and @FraserMyers (although possibly too much info on Harry as you conceded)
RT @spikedonline: 🎧 📺 THE SPIKED PODCAST 📺 🎧
“The new truckers’ revolt”
@Tom_Slater_, @FraserMyers and @jacobreynolds discuss the populist uprising against Net Zero, Ukraine’s fight for freedom, and Harry and Meghan’s ‘car chase’.
Watch it here 👇
https://www.spiked-online.com/podcast-episode/the-new-truckers-revolt/
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Shocking. Scary. Maybe a mistake but I warned re arbitrary power by banks in increasingly politicised/activist banking sector when discussed in Financial Services Bill, after dangerous precedent set by PayPal w @SpeechUnion & @UsforThemUK. Inevitably, Gov ignored my amendment.
RT @triggerpod: TRIGGERNOMETRY BANK ACCOUNT SHUT DOWN
Dear @OliverPrill, could you please explain why your bank, @TideBusiness, is shutting down our bank account with no explanation despit…
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During debates on #OnlineSafetyBill I've raised concerns about assuming that 'stakeholders' eg Children's Charities are unimpeachable experts ALWAYS 2B trusted to define what harms should be banned. But some are lobby gps, run by activists, so well illustrated by @JamesEsses here
RT @JamesEsses: 🧵THREAD: CHILDLINE POSE SAFEGUARDING RISK TO CHILDREN
I have become increasingly concerned by what Childline (as an arm of the @NSPCC) are exposing young, vulnerable and …
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Unofficial automated mirror. No copyright asserted. ∎ Claire Fox is director of @acadofideas, author of 'I find that Offensive!', former MEP; now Baroness Fox of Buckley (!!!)
https://academyofideas.org.uk/ #CP4G
Joined Apr 2022
