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27 Apr, 4 tweets, 2 min read
🗣️Facebook + Twitter’s content moderation policies have risked stifling open debate on public health policies over the last year.

Today, a Parliamentary Committee looking at free speech online asked the platforms what competency they have to play judge & jury on public debate⬇️
Head of UK Public Policy at #Twitter was asked about why the platform marked a Tweet by a Professor of medicine at @harvardmed as "misleading" and limited the users' ability to share the Tweet.
How qualified was a fact-checker for Facebook to decide a Professor from @UniofOxford published 'false' information?
⚠️The right to freedom of expression has NEVER been limited to the consensus of authorities.

⬇️Read about our work on free speech online here⬇️

bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/campaigns/free…

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His plans for health passes are dangerous for public health, privacy rights + equality.

Here's 5 reasons test certificates must be stopped. #NHSApp
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Marginalised groups will have least access to COVID ID and most likely to suffer further exclusion.
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🚨BREAKING: The COVID-status certificate ‘trials’ are not going ahead.

It’s unclear if they ever truly existed.

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At the start of April, the Government said it would trial COVID-status certificates to allow entry to 9 ‘pilot’ events in April and May... /1
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🛂 THREAD 🛂

5 reasons why Covid passes 𝐌𝐔𝐒𝐓 be stopped 🛑

Read our full report 'Access Denied - The Case Against a Two-Tier Britain Under Covid Certification' ⬇️

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🚨NEWS: We've launched a crowdfunder to grow the greatest possible fight against Covid passes - including a legal challenge as soon as necessary.

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We’ve launched a cross-party campaign with 70+ MPs opposing divisive and discriminatory Covid passes.

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