Claire Fox @Fox_Claire@respublicae.eu

https://nitter.cz/search?q=%23OnLineSafetyBill
makes Ofcom one of most powerful regulators in UK/Europe, deciding what's seen, read. censored online. Who is newly in charge? A "Black Feminist, a student of decolonization"; anti-Israel too. Impartial? What about SAFETY of FREE SPEECH?
https://order-order.com/2023/10/16/ofcom-online-safety-director-is-vociferously-anti-israel/

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[2023-10-16 12:06 UTC]

Well said
https://nitter.cz/GoodwinMJ
, esp ploughing on to make key points that too many shirk away from. Loss of moral compass re
https://nitter.cz/search?q=%23Antisemitism
in plain sight & ambivalence re denouncing ISIS-style barbarism / ideology, is chilling. Such anti-Jewish cowardice helps NO-ONE in Gaza
https://nitter.cz/search?q=%23PoliticsLive
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[2023-10-16 13:42 UTC]

"‘If you’re a dinosaur or a dickhead who can’t be bothered reading, vote No’, said TV personality Ray Martin at a Yes rally attended by the prime minister...10 days before the referendum". Really is Australia's Brexit moment. Well explained
https://nitter.cz/FraserMyers
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https://www.spiked-online.com/2023/10/14/aussie-deplorables-have-struck-a-blow-against-identity-politics/

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[2023-10-15 13:38 UTC]

"Ulez expansion is ‘already wiping out businesses’ as tradespeople are spending at least £24,000 on compliant vans with just a £9,500 bursary...25% of construction workers say they have lost work from increasing their prices due to rising transport costs": https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/owner-of-building-firm-spanning-generations-fears-ulez-costs-are-wiping-businesses-out/ar-AA1faLYY?ocid=entnewsntp&amp;cvid=cce72b62caa644f8bd64bfac900734b3&amp;ei=20

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I agree with @MrPaulStott on this. @kenanmalik is thoughtful and thought-provoking on all these issues. Mis-placed target
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Dr Paul Stott: The views of @kenanmalik on race, immigration and 'Islamophobia' are more rounded, and interesting, than the @Telegraph suggest. He's not Priyamvada Gopal in trousers. @SuellaBraverman's department could do worse than debate with him for an hour.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2023/08/09/kenan-malik-civil-servants-suella-braverman-whitehall/
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Well I am outraged, without playing gotcha. Debanking ANYONE in this way is wrong, and should cause concern across the political divide.
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Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP: Where’s the outrage over this from the right-wing tabloids who spent the last few weeks screaming about the treatment of Farage?
One rule for millionaires, another rule for Windrush migrants. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/aug/06/92-year-old-debanked-natwest-jamaica
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A nihilistic sense of powerlessness when tools of technocrats are used to declare ad nauseum "you can't do that", is democracy's greatest enemy. Rather than allow the alienation of millions, with no hope of change, we need to approach political change as OUR collective project
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Dan Salt: There is a real sense of hopelessness and pessimism that's taking hold - that change isn't possible - that the political class aren't just not up to it but are actually against the majority - that the system has failed - it's very toxic for society and democracy
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Look forward to being a guest speaker at this event/show, next Sunday evening in Edinburgh. Come along if you are free https://northwestend.com/the-ayes-have-it-the-ayes-have-it-at-spiegeltent-palais-du-variete/

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Impressive, important offer by @elonmusk - Cancel Culture is a real phenomenon. Too often 'evidence' used by employers to discipline staff is little more than liking a wrong-think tweet (or @X posting to be up-to-date). Big news if Social Media champion, not suppress, Free Speech
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Elon Musk: If you were unfairly treated by your employer due to posting or liking something on this platform, we will fund your legal bill.
No limit.
Please let us know.
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Cried when I read this. Hate that destructive phrase "teachable moment" used against Richard Bilkszto. Ironically, tragic fate of this educator should be a "teachable moment" for those of us anti-racists who understand callous way that EDI industry carelessly destroys reputations
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Don't Divide Us: Desperately sad and a stark illustration of the demhunanising logic at the heart of today's EDI practices. Condolences to Richard Bilkszto's family. https://www.thefp.com/p/a-racist-smear-a-tarnished-career-suicide?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email @ScotUnionEd, @EquianoProject , @terrafirmateach
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Useful thread on 'that' Stonewall interview:
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James Esses: 🧵Thread - Iain Anderson’s Car Crash Interview:
In a rare interview, the Chair of Stonewall spoke with Beth Rigby from Sky News. Anderson squirmed, dodged, stumbled and mumbled through the entire thing.
Here are the most telling parts of the interview:
(1/9) https://t.co/aDmzJ2gnny
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Few of us warned re below at yesterday's final debate on #OnlineSafetyBill. Also WhatsApp &amp; Signal etc saying they'll pull out of UK if encryption threatened. Gov minister shrugged, gaslighting opponents who raise privacy fears by standing on moral high ground of child protection
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Sam Bowman 🇺🇦: "Apple says it will remove services such as FaceTime and iMessage from the UK rather than weaken security if new proposals are made law and acted upon." https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-66256081
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Re See speech on encryption / privacy here https://n.respublicae.eu/Fox_Claire/status/1681952207015387137?t=yHXKP1YiuJ1j7wYW_rL5_g&amp;s=19
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Claire Fox: Later, I attempted to defend encryption and our privacy. #OnlineSafetyBill gives Ofcom powers to demand *all* our private messages are scanned, in the name of child protection.
https://youtu.be/AbJqea9DoGM
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Opposing political debanking hardly radical. FFS, Starmer is so spineless : "Sir Keir Starmer...refused to come out in support of Mr Farage. A spokesman for the Labour leader said the situation was “contested” and that it was not appropriate to comment". https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2023/07/19/dame-alison-rose-nigel-farage-coutts-banks-scandal/

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Another day of #OnlineSafetyBill discussion yesterday in the Lords.
I began by stating the need for ongoing scrutiny of Ofcom's role as the most powerful regulator in Europe - to ensure a) no unintended consequences &amp; b) to monitor its no doubt devastating impact on free speech. https://t.co/xLg2Kwn7qJ

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Re Later, I attempted to defend encryption and our privacy. #OnlineSafetyBill gives Ofcom powers to demand *all* our private messages are scanned, in the name of child protection.
https://youtu.be/AbJqea9DoGM

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Re I then asked a quick follow-up question to see if the government dare defy all scientific evidence that shows how the demand for scanning won't break encryption? https://t.co/Xow67zqmn6

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Re And finished by expressing my wariness of Labour's proposal for an Advocacy Body for Children in the #OnlineSafetyBill...
https://youtu.be/M1r9AW7kcM0

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Re Won't this just be another quango, with adults gaining power by claiming to speak on behalf of the young? And how does it avoid, like so many so-called children's-rights organisations (perhaps NSPCC, definitely Mermaids) being captured in the gender ideology row.

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It's taken the bank closure of a high-profile figure to expose banks' corporate bullying using EDI to impose narrow values on customers - or else. But words from the minister today were not enough. Why was the government so slow to act when issues were raised months ago? https://t.co/ElVXD5xR35

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