h2g2bob @h2g2bob@mastodon.dbatley.com

This might be of interest to some of you. A forthcoming documentary about the 90s free party movement in the UK.

The story goes well beyond kids dancing in fields, it was a civil liberties movement and it scared the hell out of the establishment who responded heavy handedly and sought to change the law to restrict the public in general.

https://djmag.com/news/documentary-90s-rave-culture-and-free-party-movement-premieres-month-watch-trailer

The organisation behind Wikipedia - the Wikimedia Foundation - has launched a judicial review challenge against Ofcom's categorisation rules under the #OnlineSafetyAct.

Not against the Act itself, just a specific approach taken by Ofcom to it.

More details here (Medium; sorry): https://medium.com/wikimedia-policy/wikipedias-nonprofit-host-brings-legal-challenge-to-new-online-safety-act-osa-regulations-0f9153102f29

Initial report into the substation fire which caused the power outage at Heathrow: https://www.neso.energy/publications/north-hyde-review