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<div id="mw-content-text" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr" lang="en"><p class="">This is ORG's Policy Update for the week beginning 15/01/2018.
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<h2 class=""><span class="mw-headline" id="ORG.E2.80.99s_work">ORG’s work</span></h2>
<ul class=""><li class="">ORG have started fundraising to recruit more permanent members of our legal team. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.openrightsgroup.org/join/join-org-and-help-build-our-legal-team">Join ORG today to help out!</a></li>
<li class="">ORG <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://epsonstopkillingcompatibles.org.uk/">launched a new petition</a>
against printer manufacturer Epson's attempts to get eBay to remove
listings of third-party ink cartridges from their marketplace.</li>
<li class="">ORG is running a petition against the Government’s misguided
proposals threatening fines for internet companies who do not rapidly
censor extremist material shared on their platforms. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://action.openrightsgroup.org/censorship-and-control-are-not-answer-extremism">Sign the petition here!</a></li>
<li class="">ORG have been hard at work updating the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.blocked.org.uk/legal-blocks">court ordered blocks</a> section of the Blocked! tool to display clearer and more accurate information about court ordered blocks.</li></ul><p class="">Planned local group events:
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<ul class=""><li class="">Join the newly-reformed ORG Norwich <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.meetup.com/ORG-Norwich/events/245885855/">on 22 January</a> for their revival meetup and to discuss their plans for the future.</li>
<li class="">See ORG's legal director Myles Jackman speak at an ORG London event <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.meetup.com/ORG-London/events/246606653/">on 24 January</a>. Come along to hear about ORG's past legal successes and plans for the future.</li></ul>
<h2 class=""><span class="mw-headline" id="Official_meetings">Official meetings</span></h2>
<ul class=""><li class="">Jim Killock spoke at the Westminster Forum about Internet censorship in the UK</li>
<li class="">Jim Killock met with the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.allianceforip.co.uk/">Alliance for Intellectual Property</a> to discuss web blocking.</li>
<li class="">ORG's <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.openrightsgroup.org/people/advisory">Advisory Council</a> met to discuss ORG's current work and future.</li>
<li class="">Jim Killock met with the <a href="https://wiki.openrightsgroup.org/wiki/Intellectual_Property_Office" title="Intellectual Property Office" class="">Intellectual Property Office</a>, <a href="https://wiki.openrightsgroup.org/wiki/Sky" title="Sky" class="">Sky</a>, <a href="https://wiki.openrightsgroup.org/w/index.php?title=Lumen&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lumen (page does not exist)">Lumen</a> and <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.oath.com/">Oath</a> (AOL/Yahoo!) to discuss censorship.</li>
<li class="">Slavka Bielikova attended an Open Internet Forum meeting, where the
Department for Digital, Culture Media and Sport outlined their plans for
net neutrality post-Brexit.</li></ul>
<h2 class=""><span class="mw-headline" id="UK_Parliament">UK Parliament</span></h2>
<h3 class=""><span class="mw-headline" id="Data_Protection_Bill_Progresses_to_House_of_Commons">Data Protection Bill Progresses to House of Commons</span></h3><p class="">The third and final reading of the Data Protection Bill took place in the House of Lords this week.
</p><p class="">ORG have been campaigning for the removal of the so-called
"Immigration Exemption" from the Bill, which is drafted to exclude a
number of critical safeguards from data when it is being processed for
immigration purposes. During the Bill's progression through the House of
Lords, Peers voted to adopt a Government-drafted amendment to the Bill
which would aim to reduce the negative impact of the immigration
exemption. However, ORG, the3million have outstanding concerns - namely
that:
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<ul class=""><li class="">The exemption for immigration-related data is still too wide and
would continue to disproportionately interfere with fundamental rights
of privacy, data protection, equality and non-discrimination of millions
of UK foreign residents. </li>
<li class="">This exemption seems to conflict with the narrower provisions in the
GDPR for restriction of rights and fundamental principles. Such
conflict will weaken the prospect that the UK will get a green light
from the European Commission for personal data transfers after Brexit. </li>
<li class="">The proposals are being introduced as millions of EU citizens face
dealing with the new process to register their residence after Brexit.
Trust in the Home Office is already very low given the numerous mistakes
it has made, including sending threatening deportation letters to
lawful European residents. </li>
<li class="">The proposed measures risk making promises made by the Government
void. The promise to the EU citizens residing in the UK that their
rights will be irreversible and enshrined in international law could end
up being impossible to enforce in practice. We would expect that the
European Parliament will look at this proposal when it considers the
final Brexit deal.</li></ul><p class="">Lord Clement-Jones said that the Liberal Democrat Lords also found the Government concessions to be unsatisfactory.
</p><p class="">The Bill has now progressed to the House of Commons, with the
first reading taking place on Thursday 18 January. You can read the
latest version of the bill, as brought from the House of Lords <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/2017-2019/0153/18153.pdf">on the Parliament site here</a>.
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<h3 class=""><span class="mw-headline" id="Commons_Health_Committee_Inquiry_into_NHS_Data_Sharing">Commons Health Committee Inquiry into NHS Data Sharing</span></h3><p class="">The House of Commons Health Select Committee has launched an inquiry
into a data sharing deal between the NHS and the Home Office that allows
patient data to be shared with the Home Office for immigration
enforcement purposes.
</p><p class="">The data sharing deal was made public for the first time in early 2017, and is currently subject to <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://migrantsrights.org.uk/blog/2017/11/09/mrn-legal-challenge-nhs-data-sharing-deal-press-release/">a legal challenge</a> launched in November 2017 by the Migrants' Rights Network.
</p><p class="">The first meeting of the Health Committee took place on Tuesday 16 January 2018, and <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/health-committee/news-parliament-2017/mou-data-sharing-launch-17-19/">details of the inquiry can be found here</a>.
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<h2 class=""><span class="mw-headline" id="International_developments">International developments</span></h2>
<h3 class=""><span class="mw-headline" id="CJEU_to_rule_on_whether_Facebook_must_proactively_remove_hate_speech">CJEU to rule on whether Facebook must proactively remove hate speech</span></h3><p class="">Former leader of the Austrian Green Party, Eva Glawischnig, is
currently involved in a case involving that questions whether Facebook
have a responsibility to proactively seek-out and remove hate speech
posts from the platform.
</p><p class="">Courts in Austria have previously held in Ms Glawischnig's
favour, ruling that Facebook was obligated to take down hate speech
postings around the world. The Austrian Supreme Court has now <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://techcrunch.com/2018/01/11/ecj-to-rule-on-whether-facebook-needs-to-hunt-for-hate-speech/">asked the CJEU</a> whether Facebook must actively seek out and remove similar postings to those complained about by Ms Glawischnig.
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<h2 class=""><span class="mw-headline" id="Questions_in_the_UK_Parliament">Questions in the UK Parliament</span></h2>
<h3 class=""><span class="mw-headline" id="Question_about_hate_speech_on_online_gaming_platforms">Question about hate speech on online gaming platforms</span></h3><p class="">Hywel Williams <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.theyworkforyou.com/wrans/?id=2018-01-05.121365.h">asked</a>
the Secretary of State for the DCMS a series of questions on whether
the Government is taking any action to ensure that operators of online
gaming platforms remove "hate speech" content and ban offending users.
</p><p class="">Margot James responded, referring Mr Williams to the Government's
Internet Safety Strategy green paper, noting that it "considers options
for working with online platforms, game publishers, game developers and
with agencies such as the Video Standards Council Rating Board, to
continue to improve online safety in games."
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<h2 class=""><span class="mw-headline" id="ORG_media_coverage">ORG media coverage</span></h2><p class=""><i class="">See <a href="https://wiki.openrightsgroup.org/wiki/ORG_Press_Coverage" title="ORG Press Coverage" class="">ORG Press Coverage</a> for full details.</i>
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<dl class=""><dt class="">2018-01-14-Daily Star-<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/673993/new-uk-porn-laws-coming-april-age-checks-over-18-matt-hancock-digital-economy-act-pornhub">Porn law changes: How people allowed to watch it will be TRANSFORMED from April</a></dt>
<dd class="">Author: Anthony Blair</dd>
<dd class="">Summary: Jim Killock quoted in a story outlining how age verification will work.</dd>
<dd class="">Topics: <a href="https://wiki.openrightsgroup.org/wiki/Privacy" title="Privacy" class="">Privacy</a></dd>
<dt class="">2018-01-15-Metro-<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://metro.co.uk/2018/01/15/new-porn-laws-due-april-will-force-porn-sites-id-everyone-need-know-7229364/">New porn laws due in April will force porn sites to ID everyone – here’s what you need to know</a></dt>
<dd class="">Author: Rob Waugh</dd>
<dd class="">Summary: Jim Killock quoted in a story outlining how age verification will work.</dd>
<dd class="">Topics: <a href="https://wiki.openrightsgroup.org/wiki/Privacy" title="Privacy" class="">Privacy</a></dd>
<dt class="">2018-01-17-BBC News-<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42704764">Kitty Perry and the copyright lessons for seven-year-olds</a></dt>
<dd class="">Author: Brian Wheeler</dd>
<dd class="">Summary: Jim Killock quoted in story about the Government
introuducing intellectual property lessons into the Key Stage 2
curriculum.</dd>
<dd class="">Topics: <a href="https://wiki.openrightsgroup.org/wiki/Intellectual_property" title="Intellectual property" class="mw-redirect">Intellectual property</a></dd>
<dt class="">2018-01-18-The Inquirer-<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/3024704/cartoon-series-shows-7-year-olds-the-fun-side-of-intellectual-property">UK gov uses cartoon series to show kids the 'fun side' of intellectual property</a></dt>
<dd class="">Author: Chris Merriman</dd>
<dd class="">Summary: Jim Killock quoted in story about the Government
introuducing intellectual property lessons into the Key Stage 2
curriculum.</dd>
<dd class="">Topics: <a href="https://wiki.openrightsgroup.org/wiki/Intellectual_property" title="Intellectual property" class="mw-redirect">Intellectual property</a></dd>
<dt class="">2018-01-18-TorrentFreak-<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://torrentfreak.com/uk-government-teaches-7-year-olds-that-piracy-is-stealing-180118/">UK Government Teaches 7-Year-Olds That Piracy is Stealing</a></dt>
<dd class="">Author: Ernesto</dd>
<dd class="">Summary: Jim Killock quoted in story about the Government
introuducing intellectual property lessons into the Key Stage 2
curriculum.</dd>
<dd class="">Topics: <a href="https://wiki.openrightsgroup.org/wiki/Intellectual_property" title="Intellectual property" class="mw-redirect">Intellectual property</a></dd></dl>
<h2 class=""><span class="mw-headline" id="ORG_Contact_Details">ORG Contact Details</span></h2><p class=""><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.openrightsgroup.org/people/staff">Staff page</a>
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<ul class=""><li class=""> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.openrightsgroup.org/people/staff#jim">Jim Killock, Executive Director</a></li>
<li class=""> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.openrightsgroup.org/people/staff#javier">Javier Ruiz, Policy Director</a></li>
<li class=""> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.openrightsgroup.org/people/staff#ed">Ed Johnson-Williams, Campaigns</a></li>
<li class=""> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.openrightsgroup.org/people/staff#lee">Lee Maguire, Tech</a></li>
<li class=""> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.openrightsgroup.org/people/staff#myles">Myles Jackman, Legal Director</a></li>
<li class=""> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.openrightsgroup.org/people/staff#alex">Alex Haydock, Legal Intern</a></li>
<li class=""> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.openrightsgroup.org/people/staff#matthew">Matthew Rice, Scotland Director</a></li>
<li class=""> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.openrightsgroup.org/people/staff#slavka">Slavka Bielikova, Policy Officer</a></li>
<li class=""> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.openrightsgroup.org/people/staff#mike">Mike Morel, Campaigner</a></li>
<li class=""> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.openrightsgroup.org/people/staff#caitlin">Caitlin Bishop, Campaigns Communication Officer</a></li></ul>
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