IT and internet lawyer. Sceptical tech enthusiast. Reposts and links are not endorsements. All views my own. No posts are legal advice. www.cyberleagle.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/cyberleagle.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/cyberleagle.bsky.social/post/3mluzf7t4as2tSo last century. [contains quote post or other embedded content]15 May 2026 09:28 +0000at://did:plc:tm2s4arvb7d7wxguyved7vzn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mluzf7t4as2thttps://bsky.app/profile/cyberleagle.bsky.social/post/3mlsbqqrnds2hUS court hearing yesterday on challenge to visa sanctions policy against foreign nationals ’complicit in censoring Americans’. h/t @daphnek.bsky.social https://www.politifact.com/article/2026/may/13/visa-misinformation-fact-checking-first-amendment/14 May 2026 07:20 +0000at://did:plc:tm2s4arvb7d7wxguyved7vzn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlsbqqrnds2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/cyberleagle.bsky.social/post/3mlqk4nqb3s2n"Indeed, “online safety” is not even mentioned in the 129-page briefing pack that accompanies the text of the Speech;" [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 May 2026 14:44 +0000at://did:plc:tm2s4arvb7d7wxguyved7vzn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlqk4nqb3s2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/cyberleagle.bsky.social/post/3mlpyxi2dxs2d"We are preparing an application for a court order requiring internet service providers to block UK access to the site if our concerns are not fully addressed and there continues to be an ongoing breach." #OnlineSafetyAct https://www.ofcom.org.uk/online-safety/illegal-and-harmful-content/ofcom-fines-online-suicide-forum-95000013 May 2026 09:37 +0000at://did:plc:tm2s4arvb7d7wxguyved7vzn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlpyxi2dxs2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/cyberleagle.bsky.social/post/3mldlf46wbk27A very long explanation from Ofcom of its #OnlineSafetyAct priorities for the year ahead. 1/3 https://www.ofcom.org.uk/online-safety/illegal-and-harmful-content/making-life-safer-online-our-priorities-for-the-year-ahead08 May 2026 11:02 +0000at://did:plc:tm2s4arvb7d7wxguyved7vzn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mldlf46wbk27https://bsky.app/profile/cyberleagle.bsky.social/post/3mlarnnxwxs2k“Britannia rule the internet”. The Law Commission has recommended that a revised contempt by publication law should apply to all material accessible in England and Wales. Does this accord with comity of nations? Why didn’t it adopt targeting? All discussed here. https://www.cyberleagle.com/2026/05/britannia-rule-internet.html07 May 2026 08:16 +0000at://did:plc:tm2s4arvb7d7wxguyved7vzn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlarnnxwxs2khttps://bsky.app/profile/cyberleagle.bsky.social/post/3mlayu3pss22sDone. https://www.cyberleagle.com/2026/05/britannia-rule-internet.html [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 May 2026 10:25 +0000at://did:plc:tm2s4arvb7d7wxguyved7vzn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlayu3pss22shttps://bsky.app/profile/cyberleagle.bsky.social/post/3mlarnnxwxs2k“Britannia rule the internet”. The Law Commission has recommended that a revised contempt by publication law should apply to all material accessible in England and Wales. Does this accord with comity of nations? Why didn’t it adopt targeting? All discussed here. https://www.cyberleagle.com/2026/05/britannia-rule-internet.html07 May 2026 08:16 +0000at://did:plc:tm2s4arvb7d7wxguyved7vzn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlarnnxwxs2khttps://bsky.app/profile/cyberleagle.bsky.social/post/3ml6vdmik5225New on my blog: "Britannia rule the internet" - discussing the territorial scope of the Law Commission's recommendations on liability for contempt of court. https://www.cyberleagle.com/2026/05/britannia-rule-internet.html06 May 2026 14:17 +0000at://did:plc:tm2s4arvb7d7wxguyved7vzn/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml6vdmik5225https://bsky.app/profile/cyberleagle.bsky.social/post/3ml6vdmik5225New on my blog: "Britannia rule the internet" - discussing the territorial scope of the Law Commission's recommendations on liability for contempt of court. https://www.cyberleagle.com/2026/05/britannia-rule-internet.html06 May 2026 14:17 +0000at://did:plc:tm2s4arvb7d7wxguyved7vzn/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml6vdmik5225https://bsky.app/profile/cyberleagle.bsky.social/post/3mkt4fyelzs26Deep in the US 2027 State/Nat Sec Appropriations Bill. https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/8595/text?s=3&r=1&hl=censorship#H5B76867CFBB3425584FBADC4106CD7AF01 May 2026 21:52 +0000at://did:plc:tm2s4arvb7d7wxguyved7vzn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkt4fyelzs26https://bsky.app/profile/cyberleagle.bsky.social/post/3mkpu7ubnv223My colleagues have written about this so I don't have to :-). #OnlineSafetyAct https://www.twobirds.com/en/insights/2026/uk/uk-government-children's-safety-and-ai-chatbot-powers-two-new-acts-receive-royal-assent30 Apr 2026 14:47 +0000at://did:plc:tm2s4arvb7d7wxguyved7vzn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkpu7ubnv223https://bsky.app/profile/cyberleagle.bsky.social/post/3mkmpwyyr4s2yThis week in the USA. [contains quote post or other embedded content]29 Apr 2026 08:53 +0000at://did:plc:tm2s4arvb7d7wxguyved7vzn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkmpwyyr4s2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/cyberleagle.bsky.social/post/3mk3tl6hg522tWith so much emphasis on necessity and proportionality, it is easy to overlook the first step in ECHR compliance: “prescribed by law”. Unusually, that was the sole focus of yesterday’s Live Facial Recognition judgment. The Met Police won. Court of Appeal next? 1/2 https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Admin/2026/915.html22 Apr 2026 15:42 +0000at://did:plc:tm2s4arvb7d7wxguyved7vzn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk3tl6hg522t