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Owen Boswarva
Owen Boswarva
@owenboswarva.bsky.social
1 week ago
Downing Street said the suggestion from the AA about limiting journeys was not linked to any supply shortage. The Prime Minister's official spokesman said: "I understand those comments are more about consumer advice to save money rather than any suggestion that we are low on supply." The spokesman added: "We are obviously closely monitoring prices in light of the situation in the Middle East."

Downing Street said the suggestion from the AA about limiting journeys was not linked to any supply shortage. The Prime Minister's official spokesman said: "I understand those comments are more about consumer advice to save money rather than any suggestion that we are low on supply." The spokesman added: "We are obviously closely monitoring prices in light of the situation in the Middle East."

Oil price spike triggers warning over non-essential journeys www.thenational.scot/news/2592047...

No10, styling it out

#IranWar #fuelprices #costofliving #govcomms

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Name’s Blue Media
Name’s Blue Media
@namesbluemedia.bsky.social
2 weeks ago

💬 Government Communicators: Join the Conversation!

The new members-only NAGC Online Community Discussion Board is live!

🔗:
cdn.ymaws.com/nagc.com/res...

#NAGC #GovComms #GovernmentCommunications #PublicSector #CommunityCollaboration

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Owen Boswarva
Owen Boswarva
@owenboswarva.bsky.social
1 month ago
"It is understood that Starmer plans to update the country on changes being made to standard and vetting processes as early as Monday morning, although whether it will be a press conference or statement in the Commons is unclear." (Observer, 8 February 2026)

"It is understood that Starmer plans to update the country on changes being made to standard and vetting processes as early as Monday morning, although whether it will be a press conference or statement in the Commons is unclear." (Observer, 8 February 2026)

The two routes have become interchangeable; that's one of the symptoms #opengov #govcomms

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Owen Boswarva
Owen Boswarva
@owenboswarva.bsky.social
1 month ago

It gets worse … Cabinet Office reportedly now says OmniGov got Baroness Anderson's factoid, about 10.8 million [UK] families using X as their main news source, from X/Twitter itself

A well-known reliable source

#FOI #govcomms #techpolicy bsky.app/profile/robm...

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Owen Boswarva
Owen Boswarva
@owenboswarva.bsky.social
1 month ago
Your request On 6 January 2026 you asked us to provide the following information: Yesterday (5 January) in the House of Lords, Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent answering for the Government in relation to a question about the use of X (formerly Twitter), said: "Not only are 19.2 million British citizens registered with X, but 10.8 million families use X as their main news source; that is more than any other social platform, which I find genuinely extraordinary. There was no source for the numbers quoted, and the figures to not correlate with those published by Ofcom. Can you please provide the source of these figures and how you reached the numbers mentioned. We have responded to your request for recorded information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA). Our response We can confirm that the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (the department) does not hold any information in scope of your request. The figures referenced in your request were supplied by the government's lead media agency, OmniGOV. Please note that Baroness Anderson is a minister within the Cabinet Office, and the information was provided to them by that department.

Your request On 6 January 2026 you asked us to provide the following information: Yesterday (5 January) in the House of Lords, Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent answering for the Government in relation to a question about the use of X (formerly Twitter), said: "Not only are 19.2 million British citizens registered with X, but 10.8 million families use X as their main news source; that is more than any other social platform, which I find genuinely extraordinary. There was no source for the numbers quoted, and the figures to not correlate with those published by Ofcom. Can you please provide the source of these figures and how you reached the numbers mentioned. We have responded to your request for recorded information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA). Our response We can confirm that the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (the department) does not hold any information in scope of your request. The figures referenced in your request were supplied by the government's lead media agency, OmniGOV. Please note that Baroness Anderson is a minister within the Cabinet Office, and the information was provided to them by that department.

Remember last month when Labour whip Baroness Anderson claimed in the Lords that 10.8 million [UK] families use X as their main news source? hansard.parliament.uk/Lords/2026-0...

DSIT doesn't know how that figure was arrived at www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/usag...

#FOI #govcomms #techpolicy

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Owen Boswarva
Owen Boswarva
@owenboswarva.bsky.social
1 month ago
Composite: Guardian Design/@Sec_Noem via X/@WhiteHouse via X The woman, Nekima Levy Armstrong, also appears to have darker skin in the altered image.

Composite: Guardian Design/@Sec_Noem via X/@WhiteHouse via X The woman, Nekima Levy Armstrong, also appears to have darker skin in the altered image.

White House posts digitally altered image of woman arrested after ICE protest www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

#genAI #disinfo #govcomms

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Owen Boswarva
Owen Boswarva
@owenboswarva.bsky.social
2 months ago
The Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer says he has been informed that Elon Musk's X is "acting to ensure full compliance with UK law" over sexualised deepfakes produced by its AI tool, Grok. There has been a fierce backlash to the images made using Grok and widely shared on X. It prompted the regulator Ofcom to launch an investigation on Monday and the government to announce it will enforce a law criminalising the creation of non-consensual deepfakes. When approached by the BBC, the prime minister's official spokesman said Sir Keir had not had any contact with X, and was reacting to media reports when he made his comments to MPs.

The Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer says he has been informed that Elon Musk's X is "acting to ensure full compliance with UK law" over sexualised deepfakes produced by its AI tool, Grok. There has been a fierce backlash to the images made using Grok and widely shared on X. It prompted the regulator Ofcom to launch an investigation on Monday and the government to announce it will enforce a law criminalising the creation of non-consensual deepfakes. When approached by the BBC, the prime minister's official spokesman said Sir Keir had not had any contact with X, and was reacting to media reports when he made his comments to MPs.

Elon Musk's X stops bikini bot undressing women www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has updated the House on what he has heard from the media www.bbc.com/news/article...

Well done everybody

#genAI #techpolicy #govcomms

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Owen Boswarva
Owen Boswarva
@owenboswarva.bsky.social
2 months ago

A dubious claim by Labour whip Baroness Anderson (Ruth Smeeth), that 10.8 million [UK] families use X as their main news source, has reportedly been corrected in Hansard (though it looks unchanged to me) hansard.parliament.uk/Lords/2026-0...

#govcomms #techpolicy

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Owen Boswarva
Owen Boswarva
@owenboswarva.bsky.social
2 months ago
Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent (Lab): My Lords, we do not spend a penny of government money on advertising on the platform. However, what is always useful when these questions come forward is that it makes you look in more detail at the subject matter. Not only are 19.2 million British citizens registered with X, but 10.8 million families use X as their main news source; that is more than any other social platform, which I find genuinely extraordinary. We would be doing a disservice by removing government communications from X when that is where people are actually accessing them; we are making sure that facts are available.

Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent (Lab): My Lords, we do not spend a penny of government money on advertising on the platform. However, what is always useful when these questions come forward is that it makes you look in more detail at the subject matter. Not only are 19.2 million British citizens registered with X, but 10.8 million families use X as their main news source; that is more than any other social platform, which I find genuinely extraordinary. We would be doing a disservice by removing government communications from X when that is where people are actually accessing them; we are making sure that facts are available.

Hansard transcript of a short debate in the Lords yesterday on why the UK Government is still using X/Twitter hansard.parliament.uk/Lords/2026-0...

Baroness Anderson (Ruth Smeeth) responded credulously for the Government

#govcomms #techpolicy (HT Jim Waterson)

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Owen Boswarva
Owen Boswarva
@owenboswarva.bsky.social
2 months ago
UK House of Commons written question UIN 94479 answered on 18 December 2025: Nick Timothy Conservative, West Suffolk Commons To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will publish her internal Departmental assessments of the potential impact of smartphones on children in schools. Answer Olivia Bailey Labour, Reading West and Mid Berkshire Commons Mobile phones have no place in school. Schools should prohibit the use of mobile phones and other smart technology with similar functionality to mobile phones throughout the school day, including during lessons, the time between lessons, breaktimes and lunchtime, as set out in the 'Mobile phones in schools' guidance, published in 2024 at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/mobile-phones-in-schools(opens in a new tab). The department expects all schools to take steps in line with this guidance to ensure mobile phones do not disrupt pupils' learning. There are no current assessments the department intends to publish.

UK House of Commons written question UIN 94479 answered on 18 December 2025: Nick Timothy Conservative, West Suffolk Commons To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will publish her internal Departmental assessments of the potential impact of smartphones on children in schools. Answer Olivia Bailey Labour, Reading West and Mid Berkshire Commons Mobile phones have no place in school. Schools should prohibit the use of mobile phones and other smart technology with similar functionality to mobile phones throughout the school day, including during lessons, the time between lessons, breaktimes and lunchtime, as set out in the 'Mobile phones in schools' guidance, published in 2024 at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/mobile-phones-in-schools(opens in a new tab). The department expects all schools to take steps in line with this guidance to ensure mobile phones do not disrupt pupils' learning. There are no current assessments the department intends to publish.

Another classic example of UK Government disregarding its own guidance that #FOI standards should apply to written questions in Parliament questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-ques...

Clearly a request for held info. The minister just refuses to disclose – no reason given

#opengov #govcomms

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Owen Boswarva
Owen Boswarva
@owenboswarva.bsky.social
2 months ago
After the publication of this article, the Government updated its statement to add the line: "For that reason, there are no current plans to introduce a blanket ban on smartphones or social media for children."

After the publication of this article, the Government updated its statement to add the line: "For that reason, there are no current plans to introduce a blanket ban on smartphones or social media for children."

Starmer considers Australian-style ban on social media for children under the age of 16 www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/202...

#censorship #childrights #openweb #techpolicy #govcomms

Clear as mud, thanks

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Lauraaa
Lauraaa
@beynonlv.bsky.social
2 months ago

Demob happy even though I’m working on Monday. Smashed 3 staff videos and 2 newsletters , all in Welsh and English. Proud and knackered #govComms

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Owen Boswarva
Owen Boswarva
@owenboswarva.bsky.social
3 months ago
The inquiry will focus on: ● The purpose and value of a WPQ for MPs and their staff, and whether this has changed over time ● The interaction between WPQ and the Freedom of Information Act 2000, and any other recent changes that have impacted on the ability of MPs to gain access to the same, or similar, information via other methods ● The limits on the number of WPQ that MPs can submit on any given day, and whether they are comparable with the rules in place in other legislatures ● Whether the internal House of Commons processes and procedures, and those in Government Departments, for processing and dealing with WPQs are working effectively and efficiently

The inquiry will focus on: ● The purpose and value of a WPQ for MPs and their staff, and whether this has changed over time ● The interaction between WPQ and the Freedom of Information Act 2000, and any other recent changes that have impacted on the ability of MPs to gain access to the same, or similar, information via other methods ● The limits on the number of WPQ that MPs can submit on any given day, and whether they are comparable with the rules in place in other legislatures ● Whether the internal House of Commons processes and procedures, and those in Government Departments, for processing and dealing with WPQs are working effectively and efficiently

Related: @commonsproccom.parliament.uk has launched an inquiry undertaking a detailed review of Written Parliamentary Questions (WPQs) committees.parliament.uk/committee/12...

#FOI #opengov #govcomms

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Owen Boswarva
Owen Boswarva
@owenboswarva.bsky.social
3 months ago
What other options are available to us? I understand the pressures that Departments face, but there are many Ministers to answer these questions, not to mention an army of civil servants. I again refer to the ministerial code, which clearly states: "Ministers should, where possible, provide full and timely responses to written parliamentary questions, ministerial correspondence and select committee reports." With that in mind, earlier this month I ended up submitting 16 written parliamentary questions to the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care just to ask when he planned to respond to 16 of my named day questions, which should have been answered in three sitting days but were all overdue—in some cases by up to two weeks. In what can only be described as a farcical situation, I submitted a written question asking when the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care planned to respond to a written question, which itself asked when the Secretary of State planned to respond to another written question, which was then finally responded to. It is with regret that I must inform hon. Members that I have 11 further written parliamentary questions that remain unanswered and overdue. The oldest was due for an answer by 14 October, which I have still not received.

What other options are available to us? I understand the pressures that Departments face, but there are many Ministers to answer these questions, not to mention an army of civil servants. I again refer to the ministerial code, which clearly states: "Ministers should, where possible, provide full and timely responses to written parliamentary questions, ministerial correspondence and select committee reports." With that in mind, earlier this month I ended up submitting 16 written parliamentary questions to the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care just to ask when he planned to respond to 16 of my named day questions, which should have been answered in three sitting days but were all overdue—in some cases by up to two weeks. In what can only be described as a farcical situation, I submitted a written question asking when the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care planned to respond to a written question, which itself asked when the Secretary of State planned to respond to another written question, which was then finally responded to. It is with regret that I must inform hon. Members that I have 11 further written parliamentary questions that remain unanswered and overdue. The oldest was due for an answer by 14 October, which I have still not received.

Government Transparency and Accountability hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2025... Hansard transcript of a short debate in the UK House of Commons on Thursday, about the Government's lamentable record in responding to correspondence from MPs including written questions

#FOI #opengov #govcomms

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Owen Boswarva
Owen Boswarva
@owenboswarva.bsky.social
3 months ago

OBR apologises for leak, tee-hee, as MPs scroll through details of the Budget while waiting for Reeves to announce them in the House www.bbc.com/news/article... #govcomms #infosec #clownshow

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Social News Desk
Social News Desk
@socialnewsdesk.com
5 months ago
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We’re excited to join local government leaders at #ICMA2025 (Oct 25–29)!

Come chat with the SND team about smarter, safer social media for government. 💬

#LocalGov #GovComms #SocialNewsDesk

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Owen Boswarva
Owen Boswarva
@owenboswarva.bsky.social
5 months ago
Plans for mandatory digital IDs will be "dead in the water" in six months in the face of mounting opposition to the plans, Sir Keir Starmer has been warned. Labour has failed to challenge conspiracy theories or to convince millions of people that the requirement for all workers to have cards will curb illegal migration, Peter Hyman has said.

Plans for mandatory digital IDs will be "dead in the water" in six months in the face of mounting opposition to the plans, Sir Keir Starmer has been warned. Labour has failed to challenge conspiracy theories or to convince millions of people that the requirement for all workers to have cards will curb illegal migration, Peter Hyman has said.

Digital IDs 'dead in the water in six months' as opposition mounts www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/... (£)

Comments from the genius who reportedly "invented the modern-day system of government communications, known as 'the grid'" in Tony Blair's No 10.

#digitalID #govcomms

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Owen Boswarva
Owen Boswarva
@owenboswarva.bsky.social
5 months ago

Guido Fawkes has picked this up …

EXC: Ofcom Spends More Than a Million to Propagandise Online Safety Act order-order.com/2025/09/26/e...

#OnlineSafetyAct #FOI #govcomms #influencers

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Owen Boswarva
Owen Boswarva
@owenboswarva.bsky.social
5 months ago
This activity involved: ● Working with M&C Saatchi and Archetype to deliver B2B campaigns targeting regulated services to drive awareness and promote compliance with their requirements under the OSA; ● Working with M&C Saatchi and influencers (Anna Whitehouse, Nilly Dahlia, Lee Chisholm, Claire Warren) to raise awareness of and build confidence in the OSA among UK parents; ● Working with M&C Saatchi and influencers (Olivia Bentley, Ben Hurst, Olly Bowman, Sophia Smith Galer, Adam Beales) to deliver a campaign to raise awareness of and build confidence in age-assurance rules coming into effect among UK adults; ● Working with Eleven to raise awareness of the protection of children code measures under the OSA among UK teenagers; ● Partnerships with Mumsnet and influencers (Mylene Klass, Anna Whitehouse and Dr Martha Deiros Collado) to raise awareness of the protection of children code measures under the OSA; and ● An influencer partnership (Cally Jane-Beech) to promote our proposed guidance on protecting women and girls online. Taken together, these campaigns and content have achieved around 30 million impressions online (the amount of times posts have appeared in people’s social media feeds).

This activity involved: ● Working with M&C Saatchi and Archetype to deliver B2B campaigns targeting regulated services to drive awareness and promote compliance with their requirements under the OSA; ● Working with M&C Saatchi and influencers (Anna Whitehouse, Nilly Dahlia, Lee Chisholm, Claire Warren) to raise awareness of and build confidence in the OSA among UK parents; ● Working with M&C Saatchi and influencers (Olivia Bentley, Ben Hurst, Olly Bowman, Sophia Smith Galer, Adam Beales) to deliver a campaign to raise awareness of and build confidence in age-assurance rules coming into effect among UK adults; ● Working with Eleven to raise awareness of the protection of children code measures under the OSA among UK teenagers; ● Partnerships with Mumsnet and influencers (Mylene Klass, Anna Whitehouse and Dr Martha Deiros Collado) to raise awareness of the protection of children code measures under the OSA; and ● An influencer partnership (Cally Jane-Beech) to promote our proposed guidance on protecting women and girls online. Taken together, these campaigns and content have achieved around 30 million impressions online (the amount of times posts have appeared in people’s social media feeds).

UK regulator Ofcom spent more than £1.1 million on communications related to the Online Safety Act, in the period from February 2024 to July 2025 www.ofcom.org.uk/siteassets/r... + www.ofcom.org.uk/siteassets/r...

#FOI #govcomms #influencers

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Owen Boswarva
Owen Boswarva
@owenboswarva.bsky.social
5 months ago
This MOU does not constitute or create and is not intended to constitute or create any legally binding obligations. Nothing in this MOU is intended to alter or affect any existing agreements between the Participants. Cooperation under this MOU is intended to take place within the framework of applicable national legislation and international obligations. Nothing in this MOU commits the participants to the expenditure of funds.

This MOU does not constitute or create and is not intended to constitute or create any legally binding obligations. Nothing in this MOU is intended to alter or affect any existing agreements between the Participants. Cooperation under this MOU is intended to take place within the framework of applicable national legislation and international obligations. Nothing in this MOU commits the participants to the expenditure of funds.

Memorandum of Understanding between US and UK regarding the Technology Prosperity Deal www.gov.uk/government/n...

MOU will "usher in the next Golden Age of Innovation to fortify freedom and prosperity for generations to come"

#techpolicy #govcomms #goldleaf

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Owen Boswarva
Owen Boswarva
@owenboswarva.bsky.social
6 months ago
Shortly after the MoD became aware of the data breach in 2023, they informed the UK's data regulator, the ICO. The two bodies held a number of secret meetings over the next two years and documents published by the regulator reveal some of what was discussed. They say that government officials described the leak as likely "the most expensive email ever sent", and internal emails also show that ICO staff raised concerns about why the body had chosen not to independently investigate the MoD or issue a fine.

Shortly after the MoD became aware of the data breach in 2023, they informed the UK's data regulator, the ICO. The two bodies held a number of secret meetings over the next two years and documents published by the regulator reveal some of what was discussed. They say that government officials described the leak as likely "the most expensive email ever sent", and internal emails also show that ICO staff raised concerns about why the body had chosen not to independently investigate the MoD or issue a fine.

MoD staff warned not to share hidden data before Afghan leak www.bbc.com/news/article...

#FOI release: ICO record of MOD data breach plus internal comms (redacted) with lines to take ico.org.uk/about-the-ic...

#afghandatabreach #dataprotection #govcomms

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Owen Boswarva
Owen Boswarva
@owenboswarva.bsky.social
7 months ago
Over time, the balance between new referrals and completed patient pathways affects the size of the waiting list. If more people are referred than treated, the list grows. Changes in this balance can speed up or slow down that growth. Removals of still incomplete pathways from the list, which go unreported, reduce the total size of the waiting list. During periods when new patients waiting for treatment far outnumbered these removals, their effect was more hidden. But as the list grew more slowly, they began to have a more noticeable impact. Since September 2023, this shift has helped the NHS get control of the waiting list, even while according to its own data it is still treating fewer patients than are being referred.

Over time, the balance between new referrals and completed patient pathways affects the size of the waiting list. If more people are referred than treated, the list grows. Changes in this balance can speed up or slow down that growth. Removals of still incomplete pathways from the list, which go unreported, reduce the total size of the waiting list. During periods when new patients waiting for treatment far outnumbered these removals, their effect was more hidden. But as the list grew more slowly, they began to have a more noticeable impact. Since September 2023, this shift has helped the NHS get control of the waiting list, even while according to its own data it is still treating fewer patients than are being referred.

UK Labour is gaming the NHS #waitinglist data:

Why is the planned care waiting list coming down and what does the data really tell us? www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk/news-item/wh... from @nuffieldtrust.org.uk's Quality Watch project

HSJ (£) www.hsj.co.uk/quality-and-...

#NHSdata #opendata #govcomms

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Owen Boswarva
Owen Boswarva
@owenboswarva.bsky.social
7 months ago

UK Government departments regularly put out blog posts like this for "rebuttal of inaccurate comment" and they never link to the media reporting they are talking about. That always makes me think the purpose is political coverage rather than neutral factchecking or public information. #govcomms

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Owen Boswarva
Owen Boswarva
@owenboswarva.bsky.social
7 months ago

Keep mashing the big button, might work, who knows

Farage would enable 'modern-day Jimmy Saviles', says Jess Phillips www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/... (£)

#OnlineSafetyAct #govcomms

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Owen Boswarva
Owen Boswarva
@owenboswarva.bsky.social
7 months ago
But rather than retracting the accusation, Labour doubled down. Reliable surrogates of the party leadership posted online graphics of Mr Farage, with the caption that his party “would scrap laws keeping children safe online”. Mr Kyle himself posted: “If you want to overturn the Online Safety Act, you are on the side of predators. It is as simple as that.” The Telegraph has established that the minister’s attack linking Mr Farage to Savile was not a slip of the tongue, but a line cleared in advance by Downing Street and given to Mr Kyle for the morning round of broadcast interviews.

But rather than retracting the accusation, Labour doubled down. Reliable surrogates of the party leadership posted online graphics of Mr Farage, with the caption that his party “would scrap laws keeping children safe online”. Mr Kyle himself posted: “If you want to overturn the Online Safety Act, you are on the side of predators. It is as simple as that.” The Telegraph has established that the minister’s attack linking Mr Farage to Savile was not a slip of the tongue, but a line cleared in advance by Downing Street and given to Mr Kyle for the morning round of broadcast interviews.

The Telegraph says it has established that Peter Kyle's attack yesterday linking Nigel Farage to Jimmy Savile "was not a slip of the tongue, but a line cleared in advance by Downing Street" www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/202...

#OnlineSafetyAct #openweb #censorship #govcomms

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Owen Boswarva
Owen Boswarva
@owenboswarva.bsky.social
7 months ago
Peter Kyle, the science secretary, has been giving interviews this morning, and he has not held back. In an interview with Sky News, he claimed this meant that Nigel Farage was now in effect siding with pornographers and paedophiles like Jimmy Savile. He explained: Children under 18 should not be viewing involuntarily dangerous, hateful, violent, misogynistic and pornographic material. People have to understand the wild west [lasted on the internet] for too long. That ended on my watch. It ended on the watch of this government. [The implementation of the Online Safety Act is] a big step forward. Believe me, anyone that thinks it’s a step back needs to come and answer now. I see that Nigel Farage is already saying that he’s going to overturn these laws. So we have people out there who are extreme pornographers, peddling hate, peddling violence. Nigel Farage is on their side. Make no mistake about it. If people like Jimmy Savile were alive today, he’d be perpetrating his crimes online. And Nigel Farage is saying that he’s on their side, not the side of children. When Wilfred Frost, the presenter, challenged Kyle, and asked if it was he was seriously saying that Farage was aligned with the likes of Jimmy Savile, Kyle doubled down.

Peter Kyle, the science secretary, has been giving interviews this morning, and he has not held back. In an interview with Sky News, he claimed this meant that Nigel Farage was now in effect siding with pornographers and paedophiles like Jimmy Savile. He explained: Children under 18 should not be viewing involuntarily dangerous, hateful, violent, misogynistic and pornographic material. People have to understand the wild west [lasted on the internet] for too long. That ended on my watch. It ended on the watch of this government. [The implementation of the Online Safety Act is] a big step forward. Believe me, anyone that thinks it’s a step back needs to come and answer now. I see that Nigel Farage is already saying that he’s going to overturn these laws. So we have people out there who are extreme pornographers, peddling hate, peddling violence. Nigel Farage is on their side. Make no mistake about it. If people like Jimmy Savile were alive today, he’d be perpetrating his crimes online. And Nigel Farage is saying that he’s on their side, not the side of children. When Wilfred Frost, the presenter, challenged Kyle, and asked if it was he was seriously saying that Farage was aligned with the likes of Jimmy Savile, Kyle doubled down.

Labour says Farage's plan to repeal Online Safety Act suggests he is siding with pornographers and paedophiles www.theguardian.com/politics/liv... (UK)

Peter Kyle is a liability.

#OnlineSafetyAct #openweb #censorship #govcomms

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Owen Boswarva
Owen Boswarva
@owenboswarva.bsky.social
7 months ago

Another successful exchange of press releases, good to see www.gov.uk/government/n... + openai.com/global-affai...

#govtech #govcomms 🤝

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Owen Boswarva
Owen Boswarva
@owenboswarva.bsky.social
8 months ago

Press release from @london.gov.uk‬ says the new Data for London Library "replaces the London Datastore" www.london.gov.uk/Mayor%20of%2... + dfl.london.gov.uk/library

But @ldndata.bsky.social‬ says "We're not turning off the Datastore in the near future!"

#govtech #datadiscovery #opendata #govcomms

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Owen Boswarva
Owen Boswarva
@owenboswarva.bsky.social
8 months ago
McSweeney is exercised by the fact that the civil service has 7,000 communications officers, 4,500 of whom work for arm's-length bodies and quangos and frequently attack what the government is trying to do. Like Dominic Cummings, he is enthused by the possibilities of technology to speed change, such as AI in the NHS or gamers being hired by the Ministry of Defence to fly drones. He is now experimenting with 'synthetic voters' – essentially fake focus groups of AI voters who can tell ministers more quickly and cheaply what the public thinks of policies. In the last week he has been reading The Technological Republic by Alexander Karp, co-founder of the tech firm Palantir, which argues that the West’s technical dominance over the past century has been down to collaboration between governments and tech firms.

McSweeney is exercised by the fact that the civil service has 7,000 communications officers, 4,500 of whom work for arm's-length bodies and quangos and frequently attack what the government is trying to do. Like Dominic Cummings, he is enthused by the possibilities of technology to speed change, such as AI in the NHS or gamers being hired by the Ministry of Defence to fly drones. He is now experimenting with 'synthetic voters' – essentially fake focus groups of AI voters who can tell ministers more quickly and cheaply what the public thinks of policies. In the last week he has been reading The Technological Republic by Alexander Karp, co-founder of the tech firm Palantir, which argues that the West’s technical dominance over the past century has been down to collaboration between governments and tech firms.

Morgan McSweeney (UK Labour's Dominic Cummings knock-off) is reportedly experimenting with 'synthetic voters' – "essentially fake focus groups of AI voters who can tell ministers more quickly and cheaply what the public thinks of policies" www.spectator.co.uk/article/can-...

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