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🚨NEW: The UK’s new Data Protection and Digital Information Bill, introduced to the House on Monday, represents a ‘bonfire of rights’ in data reforms, say campaigners. 🧵 
The Government’s new GDPR replacement legislation, dubbed a ‘Data Oligarchs Charter’ is said to undermine the rule of law, placing ministers in charge of the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), risking a ‘free flow of personal data’ between EU and UK.
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In a damning review from privacy org Open Rights Group, it’s reported that the Bill will “not only strip UK consumers of their privacy rights, they will create a jungle where big tech and rogue businesses will be free to harass everyone in the name of growth and innovation”
🔴 The European Court of Human Rights block on sending asylum seekers to #Rwanda could be overturned by ministers under new proposals, as part of changes to the Human Rights Act.
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Law Society president Stephanie Boyce, who represents solicitors, said:"The bill will create an acceptable class of human-rights abuses in the United Kingdom. It is a lurch backwards for British justice. Authorities may begin to consider some rights violations as acceptable"
Sacha Deshmukh, @AmnestyUK's chief executive, said the legislation would represent "a giant leap backwards for the rights of ordinary people"
🚨 NEW #BillWatch #StopTheSlide
Boris and his cronies are waging a war on democracy. We are sliding into authoritarianism one bill at a time.
This time we scrutinise the #NationalSecurityBill and its devastating impact on #freepress.
Support us here
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Boris and his cronies are waging a war on democracy. We are sliding into authoritarianism one bill at a time.
This time we scrutinise the #NationalSecurityBill and its devastating impact on #freepress.
Support us here
crowdfunder.co.uk/p/bill-watch
Opening today's parliamentary debate on #WorldPressFreedomDay2022, Uk Mp @DamianCollins highlighted the threats and pressures independent journalism is increasingly under worldwide.
The Uk is no exception
The Uk is no exception
Today, a debate on #WorldPressFreedomDay2022 will take place in Parliament.
The day ‘acts as a reminder to governments of the need to respect their commitment to press freedom’. Meanwhile, the Tories are doing the exact opposite.
How? Find out 👇🧵
#BillWatch
The day ‘acts as a reminder to governments of the need to respect their commitment to press freedom’. Meanwhile, the Tories are doing the exact opposite.
How? Find out 👇🧵
#BillWatch
This year’s theme was “Journalism Under Digital Siege”, underlining the role of information in an online media environment, with a focus on:
➡️Freedom of expression
➡️The safety of journalists
➡️Access to information
➡️Privacy
commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-brief…
➡️Freedom of expression
➡️The safety of journalists
➡️Access to information
➡️Privacy
commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-brief…
This years’ theme, fittingly, could be critically applied to sections of proposed bills, which could target journalists and allowing ministers to evade scrutiny instead of protecting freedoms. In fact, sections of the National Security Bill are of the most serious concern.
🚨NEW: This week's PMQs Fact Check with @Femi_Sorry.
#BorisJohnson spins the truth even on #Brexit, while #PritiPatel defends welcoming Ukrainian refugees while deporting all the others to #Rwanda
Are you ok, mates?
#BorisJohnson spins the truth even on #Brexit, while #PritiPatel defends welcoming Ukrainian refugees while deporting all the others to #Rwanda
Are you ok, mates?
The government remains committed to sending asylum seekers from the UK to Rwanda and plans for future flights have begun, #PritiPatel has told MPs.
"We will not be deterred from doing the right thing," the home secretary said.
bbc.co.uk/news/uk-618081…
"We will not be deterred from doing the right thing," the home secretary said.
bbc.co.uk/news/uk-618081…
Despite what Boris Johnson keeps saying in his alternative reality, the Uk economic situation is dire and worsening
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