Liz Kendall
UK Rules Out VPN Limits — “For Now”
UK won’t ban or age-gate VPNs under the Online Safety Act, minister confirms, as the under-16 social media ban nears.
Burnham Backs UK Social Media Ban, Digital ID Age Verification
Continuity, it turns out, means keeping the scheme that ends anonymous internet in Britain.
Britain’s Pre-Decided “Consultation” on Banning Social Media for Under-16s
The verification system needed to keep teenagers off Instagram happens to be the same one needed to track everyone else.
UK Consults on Social Media Age Verification While Directing Parents to Report “Hate Speech” to Big Tech
The consultation closes in May, but Parliament already handed ministers the power to act in February.
UK Government Plans to Use Delegated Powers to Undermine Encryption and Expand Online Surveillance
Delegated powers mean the specific rules (what gets scanned, what gets flagged) get written by a minister, not Parliament.
Keir Starmer Considers VPN ID Checks as UK Expands Online Safety Act Powers
Britain may soon require ID to access the very tool designed to protect you from ID tracking.
The Slow March Toward a Digital ID Britain
The quiet expansion of digital ID in 2026 shows how convenience is becoming the gateway to compliance, one app update at a time.
Starmer is Looking for an Excuse to Ban X
“All options” on the table now includes silencing a global network; an idea once unthinkable in a democracy.
UK Expands Online Safety Act to Mandate Preemptive Scanning of Digital Communications
The system demands machines make moral calls in real time.
US Suspends $41 Billion Tech Deal with UK over Online Censorship Laws
Washington wanted an alliance on AI; London delivered a lecture on acceptable conversation.
UK Tech Secretary Urges Ofcom to Fast-Track Censorship Law Enforcement
Her urgency exposes a government more eager to control the internet than to understand the cost of regulating it.
UK Government Faces Cross-Party Digital ID Backlash, Dismissing Concerns as “Misinformation” and “Scaremongering”
Citing Denmark and Estonia, officials skipped over the part where those systems had data breaches.