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Recent UK government policies, consultations, and controversies related to digital and tech.
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.
How to create a world as age appropriate as apple pie
A true story about what happens when "age appropriate" is allowed to become a subjective and politicised decision about how information is filtered to the young people who need it the most.
The Recovery Roadmap
I was honoured to be asked to write this report on the UK Tech Cluster Group’s Recovery Roadmap summit, ably supported by the UKTCG leadership team, showcasing their policy recommendations to support the tech sector’s role in the post-COVID recovery.
The three tests of internet regulation
I've been scratching away at a rough axiom which I call the three tests of internet regulation. It would apply to anyone involved in the shaping of legislation, either inside or outside of government, as well as the media.
Table layout: or, how not to shape internet regulation in 2020
It's 2020, and the future of the internet is being shaped by consultation responses sent in Microsoft Word table cells through one draft iteration resulting in a PDF.
The Startup Manifesto
I was delighted to contribute to The Entrepreneurs Network and Coadec’s joint 2019 General Election manifesto, where we set forth our policy ideas for the next government. My contributions, as always, were around internet regulation.