Together Declaration

A “social media ban for children” will ultimately mean ID checks for all of us before we can speak online. There is nothing safe about a society where ordinary people must be identified, monitored, and recorded simply to participate. #dontidtheinternet

Scrapping the official Digital ID scheme is only the first step We must also stop other government systems evolving into a de facto Digital ID through expansion, function creep or the loss of offline alternatives This is why The Pledge still matters: not just to stop one Digital ID scheme, but to ensure the same outcome isn't reached through a different route Be An Action Taker - Take the Pledge: https://togetherdeclaration.org/pledge #PledgeTogether #ScrapDigitalID

Scrapping the official Digital ID scheme is only the first step We must also stop other government systems evolving into a de facto Digital ID through expansion, function creep or the loss of offline alternatives This is why The Pledge still matters: not just to stop one Digital ID scheme, but to ensure the same outcome isn't reached through a different route Be An Action Taker - Take the Pledge: https://togetherdeclaration.org/pledge #PledgeTogether #ScrapDigitalID

FREEDOM TECH: "I strongly suggest that if you don’t already have one, you research, download and install a VPN on all your devices today, while you still can" -Freddie New

In 2023, the Tony Blair Institute’s top director earned $1.26m, six times more than the UK prime minister Larry Ellison - one of the world’s richest men - has poured more than £230m into the Tony Blair Institute TBI is one of the loudest advocates for state-run Digital ID The public doesn’t want Digital ID, and Labour never put it in their manifesto So who’s really steering the agenda?

Digital ID "is just a way to control my life" Based And Bougie Take the Pledge: https://togetherdeclaration.org/pledge SCRAP DIGITAL ID - Andy Burnham #PledgeTogether #ScrapDigitalID

DIGITAL ID PLEDGE: "I don't want there to be a universal log in where the government can just 'switch you off'" - Decentra Suze You can change your bank, delete your social media accounts, and switch off your devices. But you can't opt out of the state. A national Digital ID risks giving government powers over your life that no website or app has. #PledgeTogether #ScrapDigitalID

DIGITAL ID PLEDGE: Based And Bougie They said ID cards were inevitable under Tony Blair. But they weren't. Expansion of state control usually depends on convincing the public that resistance is pointless. If you're one of millions who oppose national Digital ID, please take the Pledge - a simple but serious commitment to refuse Digital ID and "government by app". A similar pledge - signed over 1 million times - helped defeat Blair's ID card scheme in the 2000s. Take the Pledge: https://togetherdeclaration.org/pledge #PledgeTogether SCRAP DIGITAL ID #ScrapDigitalID

THE PLEDGE AGAINST DIGITAL ID: Anna McGovern takes the Pledge Andy Burnham people all round UK are taking the Pledge and have the same message: SCRAP DIGITAL ID #PledgeTogether #ScrapDigitalID

DIGITAL ID: Giving information voluntarily to a company is not the same as being required to hand it to the state. Companies can't imprison you or control your access to society. Governments can. That's what makes a government Digital ID system so dangerous. Millions of people see the danger in Digital ID. If you’re one of them, take the Pledge. A similar pledge helped stop Tony Blair’s ID card scheme in the 2000s - and was signed by more than 1 million people. Take the Pledge: https://togetherdeclaration.org/pledge #PledgeTogether

Local Together members have distributed hundreds of thousands of leaflets in recent months all over the UK Andy Burnham there is zero democratic mandate for Digital ID - SCRAP IT #ScrapDigitalID

MEMBERSHIP: Help us campaign more strongly With more members, we can support more activity all around the UK Join from £3 per month: http://togetherdeclaration.org/join Stronger #together

4 ways to protect kids online - without government interference🔒 1. Does every child need a device at all? If you decide they do, a simple call & text phone may be enough. If internet access is needed, use smartphones with parental controls or monitored devices. Guidance is available from Protect Young Eyes. 2. Parental controls: YouTube uses Family Link/YouTube Kids, Instagram has private teen accounts and Family Centre, TikTok uses Family Pairing, WhatsApp only offers privacy settings, and Facebook uses privacy settings plus Family Centre tools. 3. Parental controls (on devices): Use Microsoft Family Safety on Windows, Screen Time on Apple devices, and Content & Privacy Restrictions on phones. Turn on Safe Search or use child‑friendly search engines like Kiddle. 4. Restrict incoming content: Most home routers let you block adult or unsafe sites for every device by using parental, control settings or adding sites to a blocklist. #Privacy

DIGITAL ID: "We either draw the line, or we accept something we might not be able to undo" "We need to do everything we can to stop this from happening" Ellie Hodges from our #ScrapDigitalID rally in London

PRIVACY: How to use a VPN? Naomi Brockwell explains simply how #Privacy

NET ZERO: UK tumble dryer 'ban' coming soon Net Zero is making us colder, poorer and our lives worse Whether it's Miliband in the hot seat or someone else, Net Zero needs to go

A “social media ban for children” will ultimately mean ID checks for all of us before we can speak online. Parents already have tools to protect their children. Children do not buy smartphones for themselves. Adults choose to provide devices and decide how they are used. If a parent wants parental controls, they can enable them today. Children need guidance, care, and sensible boundaries – not an internet redesigned around the assumption that every user must be a potential threat. There is nothing safe about a society where ordinary people must be identified, monitored, and recorded simply to participate. Support the call: http://dontidtheinternet.com #dontidtheinternet

DIGITAL ID PLEDGE: Digital ID would be "beginning of the end of true freedom in the United Kingdom" "They are determined to bring it in, and will use really dodgy methods to do so" Dan Wootton on signing the #PledgeTogether Take The Pledge: https://togetherdeclaration.org/pledge #ScrapDigitalID