🚨 BREAKING 🚨

ORG has carried out a 6-month investigation into AI use in the UK asylum system.

We've found high error rates and claimants unaware that AI is being used.

This could have catastrophic consequences for people whose future is in the hands of Home Office decision-making.

Read about our findings ⬇️

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/ai-asylum-claims-backlog-home-office-artificial-intelligence-b3055219.html

#asylum #immigration #ai #homeoffice #ukpolitics #ukpol

The UK social media ban is coming.

That means every adult having to show their ID to get online.

Age verification puts privacy at risk. Curbs freedom of expression. And simply doesn't work to keep kids safe online.

The government needs to change course. But the clock is ticking.

Sign the petition ⬇️

https://action.openrightsgroup.org/say-no-id-online-access

#ageverification #privacy #freedomofexpression #onlinesafety #socialmediaban #ukpolitics #ukpol #digitalrights

Body-worn cams change people's "ability to feel at ease in public life".

ORG's @nprofile1q... told the BBC that there are "lots of different parts of our private life that now are subject to intrusion."

We can't drift into a situation of roaming mass surveillance from high street to car park.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj3v4qevk47yo

#surveillance #privacy #ukpolitics #ukpol

Live facial recognition. A waste of time. Waste of money. And, crucially, lays waste to our rights.

For the supposed golden goose of UK digital policing to spit out one (false positive) match is an indictment of this invasive tech.

Tech and surveillance aren't the solution to complex social problems.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/sep/29/trial-live-facial-recognition-cameras-london-stations-false-positive

#SafetyNotSurveillance #facialrecognition #policing #precrime #surveillance #privacy #ukpolitics #ukpol

Hey Bristol, the #SafetyNotSurveillance townhall event is coming up THIS WEEK.

Join us as we delve into the so-called 'crime-predicting' tech and AI being used by Avon & Somerset Police, which was revealed in a recent Wired exposé.

🗓️ 1 October
🕧 6-9pm
📍 The Pickle Factory

Register now ⬇️

https://www.openrightsgroup.org/events/safety-not-surveillance-bristol-townhall/

#policing #precrime #predictivepolicing #surveillance #event #bristol

COMING UP: @nprofile1q... will be at the @nprofile1q... Conference Fringe this year.

Join us for this special event exploring 'Digital Sovereignty and the Post-American Internet: What the Greens can do to escape Big Tech'.

🗓️ Sat 3 October
🕠️ 5.45-6.45pm
📍 Brighton, UK

Find out more ⬇️

https://www.openrightsgroup.org/events/digital-sovereignty-and-the-post-american-internet/

#corydoctorow #digitalsovereignty #bigtech #enshittification #event

We’ve been put on a watchlist 🚨

“It is deeply concerning to see the Prevent duty being used to enable the monitoring of people and organisations simply because they are critical of the programme.

That raises serious questions about freedom of expression and the right to dissent and protest [in the UK].”

💬 @nprofile1q... for ORG.

https://metro.co.uk/2026/09/25/social-media-users-end-government-list-speaking-prevent-29649220/

#Prevent #surveillance #ukpolitics #ukpol

'Reports that Discord is being blocked by some ISPs in the Philippines are deeply concerning. Cutting people off from a communications platform is a sweeping response to concerns about harmful content. Measures to protect children should be targeted and proportionate, rather than disrupting lawful communications. #Discord #StopKillingtheInternet https://unbox.ph/news/globe-gomo-discord-blocked/

THIS THURSDAY ⏰

The #SafetyNotSurveillance coalition is coming to Manchester for the next townhall event.

Find out about how Greater Manchester Police is using AI and live facial recognition, such as recently at Manchester Carnival.

🗓️ 24 Sep
🕧 6-9pm
📍 Central Hall

Sign up ⬇️

https://www.openrightsgroup.org/events/safety-not-surveillance-manchester-townhall/

#facialrecognition #predictivepolicing #precrime #ai #policing #manchester #event

“If adults are required to go through an ID check point to disable [nudity scanning] software then millions of people could be faced with either compromising their privacy or having a phone they paid for restricted by blocking software.”

💬 ORG's @nprofile1q... on the UK government's latest 'online safety' announcement.

https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366649187/Government-to-force-tech-companies-to-verify-age-of-users-to-protect-children

#ageverification #privacy #onlinesafety #surveillance #ukpolitics #ukpol

"The [UK] public is being kept in the dark about how systems affect them.

We urgently need AI regulation that puts transparency, accountability and the public interest first, protecting human rights and ensuring AI works for all of us."

ORG's Exec Director, @nprofile1q...

Read about our new report ⬇️

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/artificial-intelligence-government-use-palantir-ai-b3043351.html

#ai #publicsector #humanrights #bigtech #ukpolitics #ukpol

AI is seeping into the UK public sector. But at what cost?

Our new report finds that its adoption is opaque, unaccountable and for the benefit of Big Tech, not the public.

This is a rallying cry for the Minister for AI to regulate public sector AI systems in accordance with human rights.

Read more ➡️

https://www.openrightsgroup.org/press-releases/org-and-mps-call-for-public-sector-use-of-ai-to-be-regulated/

#ai #publicsector #bigtech #humanrights #ukpolitics #ukpol