Clean Up The Internet's founder @stephenstroud.bsky.social shares thoughts on recent developments in the EU, including a fine for X over its deceptive monetised blue ticks, and potential measures to tackle fake accounts in the Democracy Shield initiative
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New polling commissioned by @cleanuptheinternet.org.uk from @opiniumresearch.bsky.social ahead of today's debate on the #onlinesafetyact:

✅ 70% are supportive of the OSA
✅ 49% think its implementation is too slow
✅Support consistent across political parties

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"If Ofcom doesn’t give platforms clear enough guidance, there’s every risk of UK users encountering social media verification systems which don’t accept common forms of ID (e.g the Britcard), or require them to hand over excessive data"

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"It’s not pragmatic to see something as “a price worth paying” unless you’re clear what the price is. And watering down the UK’s recently enacted online safety laws has the potential to be very expensive indeed."
@stephenstroud.bsky.social

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“Watering down online safety rules to get a trade deal with Trump would be a huge mistake. Rules to keep our children safe, and to protect our society from hate and extremism, simply shouldn’t be up for negotiation." - our founder, @stephenstroud.bsky.social

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LBC are having an online safety day.

This is something that has been part of my professional life to various extents for over 17 years.

They have touched on algorithms and showing in appropriate content to young people.

For the platforms, that content IS a choice.

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"Sorting out social media is one of the urgent challenges of our age, and plodding regulatory conservatism isn’t good enough."

Spot on from @chrisblackhurst.bsky.social in the @the-independent.com

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This is a great upsum of why civil society is so concerned about Ofcom’s flawed application of the #OnlineSafetyAct

Clean Up The Internet's founder, @stephenstroud.bsky.social , sets out why Ofcom's Illegal Content Codes are extremely disappointing - and why it makes no sense to delay user verification measures to tackle risks from fake and anonymous accounts

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Huge congratulations to Clean Up The Internet's founder, @stephenstroud.bsky.social, on being named one of the Big Issue's "Changemakers of 2025" - richly deserved, for his work on Clean Up The Internet as well as the amazingly impactful @lawforchange.uk project!

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When our MPs passed the Online Safety Act in late 2023, I don’t believe they expected @ofcom.bsky.social to pencil in 2027 for serious implementation.
We have still a chronic issue with our regulators “gold plating” rules that were meant to protect *us*, not the business models of the platforms.

Catching up on @thenewsagents.com today and lovely to hear our own @chionwurah.bsky.social talking about their new appointment to lead a probe into social media, misinformation and algorithms. About time this was tackled by Parliament and good luck with it!

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