The greatest lesson the Conservatives learned from tech
Here's why the UK's politicians are leaning in so heavily to blaming the internet for last week's murder of one of their own.
All posts filed under: UK policy
Recent UK government policies, consultations, and controversies related to digital and tech.
World-leading internet diplomacy, or perhaps not
The enemy of my enemy is neither my friend nor a regulatory role model.
Game over for digital rights?
I'm entering my second month of job hunting and being generally bored out of my skull. There's a great article in Politico this morning that explains why.
A natter on regulations, freedom of expression, and open source software
My friend Morten Rand-Hendriksen and I chatted about legislative threats to freedom of expression, and their potential impacts on open source software communities and projects.
Recent media quotes and talks
Links to media quotes, articles, and talks I've given in the past year, mostly in a professional capacity for my previous employer, on the Online Safety Bill as well as on various post-Brexit UK privacy issues.
On data rights, immigration, privilege, power, and the shit life throws at you
A personal memoir on what it feels like when your everyday life becomes a battleground over data rights, immigration, privilege, and power.
A thought experiment on subjectively harmful content moderation
Policymakers are laying the scaffolding for regulation which will censor your ability to say what's on your mind. What better way for them to show their commitment than volunteering to go first?
Your cut-and-keep guide to the “unregulated wild west internet”
The next time a policymaker tells you that the internet is an "unregulated wild west", point them here to take the shine off their sheriff star.
Techdirt Podcast: Intermediary liability law is not a social safety net
I went on the Techdirt podcast to discuss the recent push, by governments and media alike, to scapegoat intermediary liability law where social safety nets have failed.
Tech prediction for 2021: it’s getting a bit “Children of Men” around here
What's ahead for UK internet regulation in 2021? It ain't good.
Facebook Derangement Syndrome
A status update from the front lines of tech policy.
An imagined tech policy conversation in an English farmyard
A musing on the Piglet's Code and the Online Farms Framework.