Claire Fox @Fox_Claire@respublicae.eu

Re Then, there were plaudits for the government asking Ofcom to produce guidance for protections for women and girls in the #OnlineSafetyBill. There is a problem with conflating words and actions. HOWEVER, the elephant in the room...
https://youtu.be/CGIdg1WQveM

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Re ... so much online verbal abuse is aimed at gender critical women (like @RosieDuffield1 and @joannaccherry), for daring to assert we know what a woman is. If Ofcom is to consult, they should be sure they include organisations who understand this - eg Sex Matters and LGBAlliance.

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Re A quick follow up question to the minister, as I was irritated he misrepresented my point, batting away my point about abuse aimed at woman for daring to state they know what a woman is. #OnlineSafetyBill
https://youtu.be/7D0lD1C9i3w

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Re I then moved on to a defence of press freedom. #OnlineSafetyBill exempts Recognised News Publishers from regulation. Good. But bound to be disputes about who will pass the test as recognised. And will public really be prevented from clipping from news?
https://youtu.be/l1lv4RSzUpE

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Grrrr... https://n.respublicae.eu/LesbianLabour/status/1679037594619858944
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LesbianLabour: We should have been meeting Annelise Dodds this afternoon in a Teams session but we heard this morning the meeting had been cancelled because of her travel and campaign commitments.
We are mega disappointed not to have had the chance to discuss the issues that concern Lesbians; https://t.co/sz1Ca2XGpz
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As always @rakibehsan makes us think differently about race question. And film of his Bookshop Barnie interview with @Future_Cities well worth watching https://clairefox.substack.com/p/how-the-left-gets-it-wrong-about

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My free expression amendments to the #OnlineSafetyBill from yesterday. Obviously, the only Lords who the government seem to listen to are those pushing for more safety measures at the expense of freedom of expression. So...
https://youtu.be/CGIdg1WQveM

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Re ...The Conservative front bench has made 100s of concessions to that side. A few of us battle on raising free speech concerns within the #OnlineSafetyBill. The government at least needs to squirm for bringing in such a censorious law.

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Re Later on, I summed up, stressing that free speech is not about being able to say anything, anwhere. Instead, people can police their own speech - but the #OnlineSafetyBill won't allow it...
https://youtu.be/R11vPZnVTP4

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Re ...My concern is state-enabled censorship. And when someone loses their job for their views (eg @MForstater) it is UK law to which we should turn, not Silicon Valley terms of service. Who decides what views are banned online via the #OnlineSafetyBill, anyway?...

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Re ...Balancing speech and law is always fraught. But with a police woman declaring misgendering is illegal (it isn't, by the way), or the state forcing algorithms and Big-Tech employees to remove illegal speech, trusting the #OnlineSafetyBill to police our interactions is dangerous

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And it was much appreciated @tinastowell https://n.respublicae.eu/tinastowell/status/1678516462305116160
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Tina Stowell: Was pleased to support @danielmgmoylan &amp; @Fox_Claire in their efforts to reinforce importance of freedom of expression in Online Safety Bill. Disappointed that Govt unwilling to move on any of their amendments. We musn’t lose sight of risks to freedom of expression from the Bill. https://t.co/j3GpT15NmP
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Government seems oblivious. Risk UK losing Wikipedia, WhatsApp &amp; any other innovative tech start-ups. #OnlineSafetyBill = censorious regulation on steroids. Despite headlines on protecting children, most of it will weaken adults' free speech/privacy rights https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/wikipedia-could-shut-down-in-uk-after-online-safety-law-passes-government-told/ar-AA1dwmU0?ocid=entnewsntp&amp;cvid=cce8e9b5e92a4ab4a73f0e0be1560d7c&amp;ei=29

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Dale Vince's sense of entitlement, hogging panel-time on #bbcqt, may explain attention-seeking tactics of #JustStopOil. Clueless re cost of #NetZero for millions forced to pick up tab for lack of investment in reliable/cheap energy sources or why anti-public protests infuriating

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Yesterday I made a brief speech in support of amendment obliging the government to be open &amp; honest about numbers when it comes to illegal migration/refugees - in preference to moralistically gaslighting the public by stating there's 'nothing to see here'
https://youtu.be/9phLVmiDkYQ

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A thread on some #OnlineSafetyBill speeches from today.
First up - there are constant attempts at using the OSB to make criminal communication law even more censorious, conflating speech and violence. Prosecute people for online pile ons? Yuk.
https://youtu.be/EVa0_juwxuE

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Re Next, I tried to argue for exemptions for community-based organisation from the #OnlineSafetyBill. I am scrapping around to oppose the censorious regulatory juggernaut of the OSB, which are likely to destroy platforms like Wikipedia etc.
https://youtu.be/LiN8asQ0hCc

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Re The government has typically expanded lists of online harms to protect children from (NB, these are under 18s). Will the #OnlineSafetyBill create echo chambers for the young?...

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Re ...Shockingly is seems to endorse affirming gender reassignment as a concept even for young people, protecting it from abuse. But who decides what is abusive?
https://youtu.be/C4EWnUsu4rU

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Re Finally, user empowerment tools in the #OnlineSafetyBill are in danger of empowering Big Tech filterers (not users) bringing in legal-but-harmful bans by the back door. And BTW - demand to verify users breaks anonymity of platforms from Reddit to Mumsnet.
https://youtu.be/QuXn0N-SBdU

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