Lurking in the Online Safety Act is the spy clause that could make encrypted message apps scan our private chats.
This would shatter our right to privacy and create vulnerabilites that anyone could exploit.
That's why we launched #PracticeSafeText ⬇️
www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/the-cas...
Message scanning powers are sleeping on the statute book. They must never get used.
The government has already tried to make Apple put a backdoor in its encrypted services. It's clear they want to recklessly dismantle our cybersecurity protections.
We must save encryption to #PracticeSafeText 💬
Image: 3D inflated message bubble with 'Secret' stamps on it. Text: Save Encryption – Practice Safe Text
What happens encrypted, stays encrypted… unless you add the world press to the chat 🤡
How to #PracticeSafeText:
1️⃣ Use end-to-end encryption.
2️⃣ Check your contacts.
FAO: The US Administration.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
#e2ee #signalgate #signal
The clock is running down to save encryption ⏰
Will you join the 750 people who've used our tool to reply to Ofcom's consultation on implementing message scanning powers?
Stop the attack on end-to-end encryption!
ACT NOW before the consultation closes at 5pm ⬇️
#PracticeSafeText 💬 #e2ee
Carpe DM 👁️🗨️?
End-to-end encryption = online safety. It keeps what we send on messaging apps secure from hackers and predators.
🚫 Tell Ofcom NOT to implement message scanning powers in their consultation.
⏰ You have until 5pm TODAY!
#PracticeSafeText 💬
action.openrightsgroup.org/48-hours-tel...
Do you want hackers and predators to slide into your DMs?
That's what would happen if message scanning tech is forced onto messaging apps.
Ofcom's consultation on powers that'll break end-to-end encryption closes TOMORROW!
Tell them #PracticeSafeText 💬
action.openrightsgroup.org/48-hours-tel...
ACT NOW: Defend encryption before it’s too late!
Pirate Party stands with @openrightsgroup.bsky.social . Your objection:
🔗 action.openrightsgroup.org/48-hours-tel...
Protect encryption, privacy, and cybersecurity. Tell Ofcom: NO to looking at our private messages! #SaveEncryption #PracticeSafeText
⏰ Time is running out!
Ofcom’s consultation on this dangerous ‘spy clause’ closes on March 10, but we need to flood them with public objections now.
Tell Ofcom to #PracticeSafeText and reject any plan that undermines encryption & puts us all at risk. #OnlineSafetyBill
There’s NO safe scanning tech! Even the UK Gov admits encryption can’t be broken safely.
If Ofcom enforces this, E2EE will die. Signal and WhatsApp say they’ll leave the UK rather than weaken security.
We must stop this. #SaveEncryption #PracticeSafeText
Message scanning = government surveillance of private chats 📢
❌ false positives
❌ Built-in backdoors for hackers & hostile states
❌ Encryption-breaking policies that threaten journalists, LGBTQ+, & domestic abuse survivors.
This attack on privacy must be stopped. #SaveEncryption #PracticeSafeText
Ofcom wants to scan all our private messages. This reckless move puts everyone's cybersecurity and privacy at risk. Backdoors for the government are backdoors for hackers, too. #PracticeSafeText #SaveEncryption
🔗 Act now: action.openrightsgroup.org/48-hours-tel...
Message scanning tech on everyone's phone would expose us to dangerous new threats.
How does that achieve online safety?
Tell Ofcom NOT to break end-to-end encryption in their consultation, ending Monday 10 March.
Use our tool to say #PracticeSafeText 💬
action.openrightsgroup.org/48-hours-tel...
Why do we need to save encryption? 🔐
Only by blocking message scanning technology on messaging apps can we ensure online safety!
End-to-end encryption prevents predators and hackers from weeding their way into our private lives.
We must #PracticeSafeText 💬
www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/the-cas...
Practice Safe Text: End-to-end encryption means online safety
❌ No safe message scanning technology exists.
⚠️ These powers would force a cybersecurity weakness onto apps like WhatsApp and Signal.
‼️ Hackers, predators and spies could crowbar their way into everything you send.
Tell Ofcom: End-to-end Encryption Means Online Safety #PracticeSafeText 💬
#e2ee
🚨 Act Now to Save Encryption 🔐
Ofcom is consulting on implementing message scanning powers in the Online Safety Act. This would break end-to-end encryption on the messaging apps we all use!
⏰ CLOSES Monday 10 March, 5pm.
⬇️ Tell Ofcom #PracticeSafeText 💬
action.openrightsgroup.org/48-hours-tel...
Queer identities can be weaponised against us through harassment, blackmail or violence.
Introducing a backdoor to encrypted services means anyone can find their way into your private life.
Privacy is safety for the LGBTQ community 🏳️🌈 🌐
#PracticeSafeText 💬
www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/queercr...
“Strong encryption strengthens the foundation of trust online and ensures that our digital spaces remain ones where individuals can live authentically and without fear.”
Shae Gardner from @lgbttech.bsky.social explains why encryption is so important for the LGBTQ community 🏳️🌈
#PracticeSafeText 💬
LGBTQ people are core users of the Internet 🏳️🌈 🌐
80% participate in social networking, compared to 58% of the general public.
Messaging apps that use end-to-end encryption help to keep LGBTQ people safe.
Read more from @lgbttech.bsky.social ➡️ www.lgbttech.org/post/2019/11...
#PracticeSafeText 💬
Image: 3D inflated message bubble with the pride flag. Text: Save Encryption – Practice Safe Text.
LGBTQ people need online communities for support 🏳️🌈 🌐
End-to-end encryption underpins this essential lifeline with the safety of confidentiality.
It's a matter of survival, particularly for people who live with unsupportive families or in oppressive societies.
Save encryption. #PracticeSafeText 💬
We deserve to live free from persecution. Where this is lacking, many LGBTQIA+ people rely on encryption to find community, resources and support.
Attempts to break #e2ee are not only damaging to privacy, but also a security threat.
#PracticeSafeText 💬
www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/queercr...
Quote from James Baker, ORG Programme Manager: "Encryption is a shield against against stalkers, predators, hackers and criminals. People should practice safe texting using end-to-end encryption to keep their photo rolls and messages safe from creeps."
We need to #PracticeSafeText 💬
You can’t scan communications without breaching privacy.
You can’t introduce message scanning software that undermines encryption in a way that’s anything other than less secure than what we have now.
Find out more ➡️ www.openrightsgroup.org/press-releas...
#e2ee
We're raising funds to promote the benefits of encryption and warn of the threats to security.
Coming after Apple withdrew an advanced security feature from the UK, we must act to save the encrypted services we rely on to stay safe!
Donate now #PracticeSafeText 💬
www.indiegogo.com/projects/sav...
Image: Three blue 3D inflated message icons overlapping each other on a pink/blue gradient background. Text: Save Encryption – Practice Safe Text.
NEW: We've launched our #PracticeSafeText 💬 campaign to defend and promote the use of encrypted services.
Encryption keeps your online communications and transactions safe. But it's under attack from powers that threaten your security.
Find out more ➡️ www.openrightsgroup.org/press-releas...
#e2ee
End-to-end encryption protects against oppression, abuse of power, cybercrime, algorithmic injustice AND abusers.
If the remedy is worse than the disease, the State may be more concerned with building a mass surveillance apparatus than identifying child sexual abuse material.
#PracticeSafeText
❌ You can't trade privacy to prevent crime.
⚠️ Message scanning tech punches a hole in everyone's security. Scammers and predators will be able to creep into your life.
Read our longread on the need to protect end-to-end encryption ⬇️
#PracticeSafeText #e2ee
www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/the-cas...
Privacy is security.
Message scanning powers in the Online Safety Act will break end-to-end encryption – the firewall that protects us from predators and criminals.
Parents, children, domestic violence victims all at risk.
Save encryption #PracticeSafeText
www.openrightsgroup.org/campaign/sav...
