Together Declaration

⚠️ A “social media ban” sounds like it’s about children. But the systems behind it could mean all of us having to prove who we are before using parts of the internet. What starts as age checks could become a system where ordinary people are identified, tracked and monitored just to find information, speak, share and take part online. Don’t let age checks become Digital ID by the back door. The open internet has given ordinary people the power to learn, create, organise, challenge those in power and speak freely. That freedom is now under threat. Support the call: dontidtheinternet.com #DontIDTheInternet

Child safety starts with parents, not the state. Children do not independently acquire smartphones. These devices are bought, configured, and managed by parents or carers. No child enters the online world without an adult making that decision first. And parents already have tools available to them. A parent who wants a child-lock on a phone can switch one on today. For free. It is already built into modern devices. Screen-time limits, app restrictions, and content filters exist right now and are widely available. Despite this, what is now being proposed is a shift towards mandatory, system-wide enforcement built into every device, and applied to every user.

What Is the NHS Federated Data Platform - and Why Is It So Controversial? The NHS, Palantir, and the Data Platform Most People Have Never Heard Of 👇 https://www.computerweekly.com/opinion/Inside-FDP-part-1-Understanding-the-problems-facing-NHS-data

NET ZERO: "We are heading for a crisis" "By 2030, we should probably expect not to be able to keep the lights on when the wind isn't blowing and the sun isn't shining" Net Zero Watch (Andrew Montford) #NoToNetZero

Signal threatens to pull out of UK over Starmer's new "mass surveillance" phone screening plans Clip - Bloomberg - Meredith Whittaker

ONE LOGIN: "This will be worse than Horizon scandal" (David Davis MP) "The entire population's data will be open to malevolent actors, foreign nations, ransomware criminals, hackers, their enemies... (One Login is) scandalously insecure" One Login is steadily bringing more personal information into one place and has expanded across 200+ government services already - while grave security concerns persist 'National Audit Office'

SOCIAL MEDIA 'BAN': "What it will actually mean is that we have to digitally verify ourselves in order to participate" (Alan Miller) Do not allow this government to impose Digital ID verification through Big Tech on us all Stand #together

Does a "social media ban" really mean ID checks for everyone? Just one question explored in our fascinating in-depth interview with Jen Persson of Defend Digital Me 👇 https://youtu.be/8hRn9CzaDhE We discuss age verification, social media restrictions, digital ID, children's data, parental responsibility and the future of online freedom in the UK

"How does one prove that you are an adult? People are really worried this is Digital ID by the back door" - Zia Yusuf We are told this is about "protecting children from social media" But the practical direction of travel points somewhere else: Access to services will depend on proving age or identity, and anonymous users - if they are not shut out entirely - will increasingly be treated as suspect #together

DIGITAL ID: "1.3m veterans in the UK (but only) 15,000 have adopted the Digital ID card" "What does that tell you?" Labour Veteran Matthew Hellyer at our London #ScrapDigitalID rally

DIGITAL ID: "It's a travesty that we have a prime minister pushing this when it was not in any manifesto" (Alan Miller) "We're not going to allow this" #ScrapDigitalID #together

DIGITAL ID: "If we stand #together the game ends" (DJ Lange) Privacy and freedom should never be traded for “convenience.” Govt services should serve citizens - not consolidate everyone into a single system by default. Convenience for whom, exactly? DJ Lange at our #ScrapDigitalID rally in London Stronger #together

MEMBERSHIP: "I'm very grateful for #together" (care worker) We fought back on jab mandates and we must do the same on Digital ID #together Together membership means you can be part of a serious, principled movement that campaigns on vital issues JOIN: togetherdeclaration.org/join

FROM THE ARCHIVE: "Age verification as a Trojan Horse for Digital ID" We and others have been warning about this for years Join us and push back #together https://togetherdeclaration.org/please-sir-can-i-go-on-the-internet-age-verification-as-a-trojan-horse-for-digital-id/

📱 Parents already have easy controls over what their kids see online Here’s how to set up YouTube Kids parental controls so you decide what they see, when they see it, and how long they stay online Clip - Jackie Santillan (kindminds_smarthearts)

NET ZERO: "Leaves UK on 'precipice of industrial collapse'" "Scathing report warns that high energy prices are increasingly the 'number one issue leading to factory closures and job losses'" End this madness 'Labour' #NoToNetZero

DIGITAL ID: "They have been trying for years; it didn’t wash then (under Tony Blair), and it’s not going to wash now" Powerful speech by Paul Frew (DUP) at our #ScrapDigitalID Belfast rally Stronger #together

NET ZERO: "Sainsbury’s accused of sacrificing animal welfare for Net Zero" "Campaigners accused Sainsburys of sacrificing animal welfare to bolster green credentials, days after supermarket revealed plans to ditch brown eggs to hit Net Zero" #NoToNetZero

We’ll be spreading the message at both the ARC Conference and CPAC GP conferences this summer, on Digital ID, free speech, and key issues that matter to all of us ARC, 23-25 June: https://arc-conference.com CPAC, 16-18 July: https://www.cpac.org/int/greatbritain/tickets If you’re attending either event, please come say hello

DIGITAL ID PLEDGE: "#together we will stop this" Alan Miller & Phil Booth Millions rejected Digital ID before That’s the idea behind The Pledge, modelled on the one that helped defeat Blair’s ID cards with over million people downloaded Find out more: togetherdeclaration.org/pledge #PledgeTogether #ScrapDigitalID