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<div id="mw-content-text" dir="ltr" lang="en" class=""><p class="">This is ORG's Policy Update for the week beginning 01/06/2018.
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<h2 class=""><span id="ORG.E2.80.99s_work" class="">ORG’s work</span></h2>
<ul class=""><li class="">A huge thank you to everyone who has helped out so far by donating to <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.crowdjustice.com/case/immigrationexemption/" class="">our CrowdJustice fundraiser</a>
to help fight the Immigration Exemption in the Data Protection Act. Our
fundraiser is still going and so far we have raised £29,000!</li>
<li class="">In preparation for our judicial review of the Immigration Exemption,
ORG have submitted a chasing letter to the Government to follow our
letter-before-claim, and have begun receiving letters of support from a
number of other NGOs to submit along with our challenge.</li></ul>
<h2 class=""><span id="Official_meetings" class="">Official meetings</span></h2>
<ul class=""><li class="">Jim Killock met with Hamish MacLeod of <a rel="nofollow" href="http://mobileuk.org/" class="">Mobile UK</a> to discuss <a href="http://Blocked.org.uk" class="">Blocked.org.uk</a> and the Digital Charter.</li></ul>
<h2 class=""><span id="Other_national_developments" class="">Other national developments</span></h2>
<h3 class=""><span id="Government_considers_holding_company_directors_personally_liable_for_nuisance_calls" class="">Government considers holding company directors personally liable for nuisance calls</span></h3><p class="">From GOV.UK: "Bosses of companies which plague people with
unsolicited nuisance calls could be fined as much as half a million
pounds under new proposals to make them personally liable if their firm
breaks the law."
</p><p class="">The law usually engaged to fine companies who are engaging in nuisance calls and cold calling is known as the <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/2426/contents/made" class="">Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations</a>
(PECR). But "the UK data protection watchdog revealed last week it had
recovered just over half (54 per cent) of the £17.8 million in fines
issued for nuisance calls since 2010, as companies go into liquidation
to avoid big penalties."
</p><p class="">The new plans should see a drop in the number of bulk marketing
calls and texts sent to customers who have not given appropriate
consent, or who have opted-out using the <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.tpsonline.org.uk/" class="">Telephone Preference Service</a>.
</p><p class="">The GOV.UK news release <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-measures-to-beat-plague-of-nuisance-calls" class="">can be found here</a>.
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<h3 class=""><span id="YouTube_deletes_violent_music_videos_flagged_by_Metropolitan_Police" class="">YouTube deletes violent music videos flagged by Metropolitan Police</span></h3><p class="">Reports suggest that YouTube has deleted over half of the music
videos that the Metropolitan Police asked them to delete for promoting
violence. The Met have been requesting the deletion of violent "drill
music" videos, which Sky News suggests "feature hooded and masked gang
members threatening each other with violent lyrics, gestures and hand
signals".
</p><p class="">Sky goes on to note that "in the past two years, the Met has
asked YouTube to take down between 50 and 60 music videos, having to
prove they incite violence for the requests to be successful.
</p><p class="">The site has removed more than 30 of the clips from the platform -
just over half - in cases where they were found to be in violation of
its policies."
</p><p class="">More information is available <a rel="nofollow" href="https://news.sky.com/story/youtube-deletes-more-than-half-of-violent-music-videos-flagged-by-met-11388691" class="">in this Sky News report</a>, and in <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-44281586" class="">this BBC News report</a>.
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<h3 class=""><span id="First_UN_report_examining_the_regulation_of_user-general_online_content_published" class="">First UN report examining the regulation of user-general online content published</span></h3><p class="">The Special Rapporteur’s 2018 report to the United Nations Human
Rights Council is now online and focuses on the regulation of
user-generated online content.
</p><p class="">The report "examines the role of States and social media
companies in providing an enabling environment for freedom of expression
and access to information online. In the face of contemporary threats
such as “fake news” and disinformation and online extremism, the Special
Rapporteur urges States to reconsider speech-based restrictions and
adopt smart regulation targeted at enabling the public to make choices
about how and whether to engage in online fora. The Special Rapporteur
also conducts an in-depth investigation of how Internet companies
moderate content on major social media platforms, and argues that human
rights law gives companies the tools to articulate their positions in
ways that respect democratic norms and counter authoritarian demands.
The report is the culmination of a year-long series of consultations,
visits to major internet companies and a wide range of State and civil
society input."
</p><p class="">The report can be downloaded <a rel="nofollow" href="https://freedex.org/a-human-rights-approach-to-platform-content-regulation/" class="">from Freedex here</a>. The Freedex page also offers an overview of the report's recommendations to states and to companies.
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<h2 class=""><span id="ORG_media_coverage" class="">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="">2018-05-28-WikiTribune-<a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.wikitribune.com/story/2018/05/28/internet-tech/uk-push-for-porn-passes-raises-privacy-and-data-concerns/70316/" class="">UK push for ‘porn passes’ raises privacy and data concerns</a></dt>
<dd class="">Author: Lydia Morrish (and other collaborators)</dd>
<dd class="">Summary: Jim Killock quoted in a story in the new collaboratively-edited WikiTribune.</dd>
<dd class="">Topics: <a href="https://wiki.openrightsgroup.org/wiki/Online_age_verification" title="Online age verification" class="">Online age verification</a><a href="https://wiki.openrightsgroup.org/wiki/Privacy" title="Privacy" class="">Privacy</a></dd>
<dt class="">2018-05-27-The Sun-<a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.thesun.co.uk/money/6389490/sainsburys-cctv-screens-self-service-checkouts-freak-out-customers/" class="">Sainsbury’s customers blast CCTV screens that ‘could reveal PIN numbers’</a></dt>
<dd class="">Author: Charlie Parker</dd>
<dd class="">Summary: Jim Killock quoted in a story about supermarkets installing invasive CCTV systems at self-checkouts.</dd>
<dd class="">Topics: <a href="https://wiki.openrightsgroup.org/wiki/Privacy" title="Privacy" class="">Privacy</a></dd>
<dt class="">2018-05-25-The Register-<a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/05/25/gdprmageddon_do_you_think_its_all_over_its_not/" class="">GDPRmageddon: They think it's all over! Protip, it has only just begun</a></dt>
<dd class="">Author: Rebecca Hill</dd>
<dd class="">Summary: ORG's legal challenge against the Immigration Exemption mentioned in a story about GDPR and the Data Protection Act.</dd>
<dd class="">Topics: <a href="https://wiki.openrightsgroup.org/wiki/Privacy" title="Privacy" class="">Privacy</a></dd></dl>
<h2 class=""><span id="ORG_Staff_Details" class="">ORG Staff Details</span></h2><p class=""><a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.openrightsgroup.org/people/staff" class="">Staff Contact Page</a>
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<ul class=""><li class=""><b class=""><a rel="nofollow" href="mailto:jim@openrightsgroup.org" class="">Jim Killock</a></b>, Executive Director</li>
<li class=""><b class=""><a rel="nofollow" href="mailto:javier@openrightsgroup.org" class="">Javier Ruiz</a></b>, Policy Director</li>
<li class=""><b class=""><a rel="nofollow" href="mailto:martha@openrightsgroup.org" class="">Martha Dark</a></b>, Chief Operations Officer</li>
<li class=""><b class=""><a rel="nofollow" href="mailto:matthew@openrightsgroup.org" class="">Matthew Rice</a></b>, Scotland Director</li>
<li class=""><b class=""><a rel="nofollow" href="mailto:myles@openrightsgroup.org" class="">Myles Jackman</a></b>, Legal Director</li>
<li class=""><b class=""><a rel="nofollow" href="mailto:mike@openrightsgroup.org" class="">Mike Morel</a></b>, Campaign Manager</li>
<li class=""><b class=""><a rel="nofollow" href="mailto:ed@openrightsgroup.org" class="">Ed Johnson-Williams</a></b>, Policy and Research Officer</li>
<li class=""><b class=""><a rel="nofollow" href="mailto:alex.haydock@openrightsgroup.org" class="">Alex Haydock</a></b>, Legal Officer</li>
<li class=""><b class=""><a rel="nofollow" href="mailto:lee@openrightsgroup.org" class="">Lee Maguire</a></b>, Tech</li></ul>
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