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Deeplinks Blog by Paige Collings, Erica Portnoy | June 30, 2026

LGBT Q&A: What Data Are Companies in the UK Collecting When Verifying My Age?

This Pride, we’re answering all your digital rights questions in season two of our initiative, LGBT Q&A. You Asked: I live in the UK, and we have age verification now on a bunch of websites (including Reddit) and now on iPhones. Can you explain what sort of data companies...

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Deeplinks Blog by Paige Collings | December 15, 2025

EFF, Open Rights Group, Big Brother Watch, and Index on Censorship Call on UK Government to Reform or Repeal Online Safety Act

Ahead of today's Parliamentary petition debate on the Online Safety Act, EFF joined Open Rights Group, Big Brother Watch, and Index on Censorship in sending a briefing to UK politicians urging them to listen to their constituents and repeal the legislation.
Deeplinks Blog by Paige Collings | May 12, 2023

The UK Online Safety Bill Must Not Violate Our Rights to Free Speech And Private Communication

As the UK’s Online Safety Bill moves through negotiations in the House of Lords, EFF, Open Rights Group, Wikimedia UK, and Index on Censorship have submitted a briefing urging the Lords to uphold the right to private messaging, and protect against prior restraint of lawful speech.Clause 110 of...

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Deeplinks Blog by Paige Collings, Joe Mullin | March 15, 2023

Tell the UK’s House of Lords: Protect End-to-End Encryption in the Online Safety Bill

Private communication is a basic, universal right. In the online world, the best tool we have to defend this right is end-to-end encryption. End-to-end encryption ensures that governments, tech companies, social media platforms, and other groups cannot view or access our private messages, the pictures we share with family and...

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