2026-02-25
Reddit issued with £14.47m fine for children's privacy failures https://ico.org.uk/... press release from ICO (UK regulator) + coverage https://www.bbc.com/... Reddit reportedly plans to appeal the ICO action #ageverification #dataprotection #censorship #openweb #techpolicy [image]
BBC
The UK ICO fines Reddit £14.47M for unlawfully using children's personal information; Reddit began verifying user ages in July 2025 to comply with the UK OSA
2026-02-24
Reddit issued with £14.47m fine for children's privacy failures https://ico.org.uk/... press release from ICO (UK regulator) + coverage https://www.bbc.com/... Reddit reportedly plans to appeal the ICO action #ageverification #dataprotection #censorship #openweb #techpolicy [image]
BBC
The UK ICO fines Reddit £14.47M for unlawfully using children's personal information; Reddit began verifying user ages in July 2025 to comply with the UK OSA
Reddit has been fined £14.47m by the UK's data watchdog for unlawfully using children's personal information.
2025-07-11
ID/age verification for UK users coming to Bluesky imminently bsky.social/about/blog/0... Yes, Bluesky are only complying with the law. But nobody is forcing them to iterate the UK Government's narrative. — #OnlineSafetyAct #onlineharms #openweb #censorship [image]
The Verge
Bluesky rolls out age verification in the UK to comply with the Online Safety Act; users under 18 or opting out of age verification will have limited accounts
The Online Safety Act has unleashed an unregulated market in age verification. — That we have to do these intrusive checks with countless providers for different platforms is dan...
2025-05-20
Legal Aid Agency data breach https://www.gov.uk/... Private data including criminal records stolen in Legal Aid hack https://www.bbc.com/... Lots of high profile #databreaches in the UK news recently but this one looks particularly horrendous. #cybersecurity #dataprotection [image]
Bloomberg
The UK says hackers breached its Legal Aid Agency to steal a “significant amount of personal data” from people who received legal aid across England and Wales
www.gov.uk/government/n... Mastodon: Kevin Beaumont / @GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social : The Legal Aid breach is, I'm told, a ransomware/extortion group (not mentioned in the notice)...
2025-05-19
Legal Aid Agency data breach https://www.gov.uk/... Private data including criminal records stolen in Legal Aid hack https://www.bbc.com/... Lots of high profile #databreaches in the UK news recently but this one looks particularly horrendous. #cybersecurity #dataprotection [image]
Bloomberg
The UK says hackers breached its Legal Aid Agency to steal a “significant amount of personal data” from people who received legal aid across England and Wales
Hackers have stolen a “significant amount of personal data” from people who received legal aid across England and Wales, the UK's Ministry of Justice said.