Prepping for the endgame of the open web thehistoryoftheweb.com/prepping-for-the-endgame... #openweb
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Meanwhile, over in the CWS Bill proceedings, we have the latest iteration of the UK Government's new power to "require internet service providers to prevent or restrict access by children to internet services" publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbi...
#censorship #openweb #techpolicy #childrights
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Latest UK Government amendments to the Crime and Policing Bill, mostly bans and additional powers related to porn publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbi...
Other Bill docs bills.parliament.uk/bills/3938/p...
#OnlineSafetyAct #censorship #openweb #techpolicy
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The Web isn't dead. It just needs a plan B.
My latest post: write.as/bartux/web-b...
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Le Web n'est pas mort. Il a juste besoin d'un plan B.
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The public will be better protected from vile online pornography under new Government amendments tabled to the Crime and Policing Bill today (Friday, April 10). Building on the Government's work to tackle violence against women and girls, pornography depicting illegal sexual conduct between family members and adults roleplaying as children will be criminalised. The first of these vital measures will ban anyone from possessing or publishing harmful pornography that shows incest between family members, and sex between step or foster relations where one person is pretending to be under 18. A further amendment will criminalise the publication and possession of pornography where an adult is roleplaying as a child.
New laws to crackdown on harmful pornography www.gov.uk/government/n...
The UK's Crime and Policing Bill bills.parliament.uk/bills/3938/p...
#OnlineSafetyAct -adjacent #censorship #openweb #techpolicy
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And of course, @meri.garden's wonderful talk about @roomy.space and community organizing for system change at @atmosphereconf.org 2026.
semble.so/url?id=https...
#OpenSocialWeb #OpenIndie #OpenWeb
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Related: @erlend.sh talks about weird.one and the beginnings of Muni in this video.
semble.so/url?id=https...
#OpenSocialWeb #OpenIndie #OpenWeb
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Fantastic insights about community tools in service of the Open Social Web, written by @erlend.sh, one of the makers of @roomy.space. ✨
blog.muni.town/muni-town/
#OpenSocialWeb #OpenIndie #OpenWeb #GoodReads
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"City grandee" Ian Cheshire has been announced as the next chair of Ofcom www.gov.uk/government/n...
In fairness, probably the safest choice given that the other short-listed candidates were a Tory MP and Margaret Hodge
#OnlineSafetyAct #censorship #openweb #techpolicy
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"Defending the remains of the indie web is not the same thing as reviving it. The thing we actually cared about, independent publishers reaching audiences on their own terms, isn’t coming back by being defended harder." @joost.blog says.
joost.blog/defending-op...
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We're building #OMN — plumbing for the #openweb. Publish, subscribe, moderate, rollback, edit. Five simple functions. Community governed. No corporate capture. Come help us build it. #Fediverse #commons #FOSS
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The internet doesn't have to be owned by platforms. #OMN is open plumbing for the open web — simple flows, community control, no algorithms deciding what you see. Built on trust, not profit. #openweb #Fediverse #commons
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Blue neon text like on dark background with lights of a window in the background: Endgame for the Open Web
🔫 Endgame for the Open Web
by Anil Dash
@anildash.com @anildash@me.dm
#OpenWeb #AnilDash
www.anildash.com/2026/03/27/e...
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Green text on pink background with red lined illustration of man crossed with swords and arrows: Prepping for the endgame of the open web
🔫 Prepping for the endgame of the open web
by @jayhoffmann.bsky.social
Thinking about Anil Dash’s “Endgame for the Open Web,” and what we can do to prepare.
#OpenWeb #AnilDash #EndgameForTheOpenWeb #TheHistoryOfTheInternet
thehistoryoftheweb.com/prepping-for...
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A survivor of such intimate image abuse, referred to as Jane (not her real name), and The End Violence Against Women Coalition ("EVAW") have instructed solicitors Leigh Day and sent a Pre-Action Protocol letter to Ofcom threatening to bring a judicial review, accusing it of turning a blind eye to the abuse that Jane and countless other women and girls have suffered at the hands of such "collector culture" image-sharing forums. Intimate images of women and girls are posted to these forums and categorised by area as specific as their town, village or university halls of residence, putting victims at serious risk of physical harm offline in the real world, such as stalking, as well as online.
Ofcom faces judicial review over alleged failure to act on intimate image abuse www.mishcon.com/news/ofcom-f...
Just a pre-action protocol letter at this point
#OnlineSafetyAct #censorship #openweb #techpolicy
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“Armed with new powers to rein in the worst excesses of mobile’s duopolists, antitrust bodies around the world are struggling to find their footing, and an incurious tech press is letting it pass with nary a nod.” #Google #Apple #OpenWeb
infrequently.org/2026/04/the-...
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Refuse false clarity: the #dotcons sell certainty and simplicity. The #openweb is different, it’s about holding complexity without collapsing into control.
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Taken together, Ofcom and the Online Safety Act provide a rare example of how the UK could be genuinely inspirational. The existential question for liberal democracies now is whether they can tame tech giants. We know it can be done by authoritarian regimes – as China demonstrates. Democracies, though, are struggling. Any move to challenge tech monopolies involves wading through legal treacle for years, with no guarantee of success.
Tech columnist John Naughton says the position of new Ofcom chair "appears to have gone to" businessman Ian Cheshire (rather than Margaret Hodge, the lulz candidate)
Naughton's usual bad take, in the Tortoise Observer observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
#OnlineSafetyAct #censorship #openweb #techpolicy
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Endgame for the Open Web, by @anildash@me.dm:
https://www.anildash.com/2026/03/27/endgame-open-web/
#web #openweb #ai #foss
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#Oxford example:
Oxford boaters want to be sovereign—to keep the free-flowing life of the river, not bound by the old rules of the landlords.
#Fediverse example:
The Fediverse is native to the #openweb path. We judge by the #4opens, and we walk with power.
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![Undermining workers' safety and autonomy is a direct and indirect consequence of age verification, which serves as a tool of marginalization. As the political scientist Samantha Majic of the John Jay College of Criminal Justice explained, "[We need to] make sure people can work safely and with dignity, whether they are working on OnlyFans or in a factory." Dr. Majic isn't wrong. Age verification laws claim to protect the public, but in practice, they reshape the conditions of the digital labor necessary for tens of thousands of adult creators to earn a living. The result is fewer safe, regulated spaces for online sex work and more political power concentrated in the hands of platforms and, most importantly, conservative regulators and lawmakers. For the workers caught in this crossfire, the financial and labor costs are mounting. It is social control of the highest order, and as these laws spread, sex workers will be targeted.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:tfsbnpnsnbnuz5jzuod6qlgt/bafkreig3jl7zz55opmocevxiwqkmw6tupmihpu3hsdbkbfv3y6yple3vem)
Undermining workers' safety and autonomy is a direct and indirect consequence of age verification, which serves as a tool of marginalization. As the political scientist Samantha Majic of the John Jay College of Criminal Justice explained, "[We need to] make sure people can work safely and with dignity, whether they are working on OnlyFans or in a factory." Dr. Majic isn't wrong. Age verification laws claim to protect the public, but in practice, they reshape the conditions of the digital labor necessary for tens of thousands of adult creators to earn a living. The result is fewer safe, regulated spaces for online sex work and more political power concentrated in the hands of platforms and, most importantly, conservative regulators and lawmakers. For the workers caught in this crossfire, the financial and labor costs are mounting. It is social control of the highest order, and as these laws spread, sex workers will be targeted.
Papers, Please: The toll of age verification laws on digital sex work thebaffler.com/latest/paper... by Michael McGrady Jr
#ageverification #censorship #openweb #techpolicy
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“The threat to the open web is far more profound than just some platforms that are under siege. The most egregious harm is the way that the generosity and grace of the people who keep the web open is being abused and exploited.”
Endgame for the #OpenWeb - Anil Dash
anildash.com/2026/03/27/e...
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I’ve been trying to find a way to express my view of the people who took over the outreach of the #Fediverse, and in doing so shaped the #openweb reboot we helped co-create.
DRAFT: Naive, controlling, and self-interested. They’ve left a mess that those they pushed aside will now have to compost […]
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Active social media use in the UK has fallen sharply, according to media watchdog Ofcom, with people posting less often and becoming more cautious over how they approach online content. Ofcom research published on Thursday showed the number of people who think the benefits of being online outweigh the risks had also dropped — to 59 per cent, down from 72 per cent last year — with many feeling they spend too long on devices.
Active social media use drops as Britons become more cautious online www.ft.com/content/0e7f... (£)
New Ofcom research findings www.ofcom.org.uk/media-use-an...
#OnlineSafetyAct #ageverification #socialmediaban #censorship #openweb #techpolicy
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New blog post: Hello World
Hi! I am Jürgen and I now have a blog. Here's the why and the how.
https://jyrkki.eu/posts/hello-world
#openweb #personalwebsites #blogging
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If the open web is going to have any chance at all of a future, we absolutely must legislate that optional cookies and tracking are opt-in only, and developer a browser standard for setting defaults. Can’t imagine anyone tolerating this experience on either side IRL. #openweb #privacy
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Updates from Ofcom on various anti-porn investigations launched under the Online Safety Act www.ofcom.org.uk/online-safet...
PornhavenAI has escaped the clutches of the regulator by geoblocking UK IP addresses; progress elsewhere is unclear
#ageverification #genAI #censorship #openweb #techpolicy
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