The Government’s plans to restrict in-game chat are making international gaming headlines.

Young people deserve better than blanket restrictions.

#SaveOurGames #GamersVoice

www.talkesport.com/news/gaming/...

»Making platforms safer, not putting up barriers«

@JamesBaker, co-founder of @gamersvoice warns:

> “When you close a digital space, people do not disappear. They move. The result is an internet that fractures back into less supervised corners, some online, some in the real world, and many of […]

And now it's time for other stuff that I collected (didn't put it yet on the pins due to concentrating first on the prior chatcontrol trilogue):

youtu.be/WFksg-tHAkY

www.bundestag.de/ausschuesse

systemli.social/@anneroth/11...

mastodon.social/@gamersvoice...

The Sunday Times gives GTA IV to kids http://bit.ly/dqYyY1 Why? #GamersVoice #GTA #SundayTimes #videogames (via @GamersVoice)

Stop Killing Games launches Gamers Voice NGO to lobby UK for player rights could reshape gaming policy forever! #GamersVoice #PlayerRights #GamePolicy #UKGov #StopKillingGames #GamingFuture

Don’t take away our freedom to play games when we want | 38 Degrees
https://alecmuffett.com/article/157789
#GamersVoice #OnlineSafety #OnlineSafetyAct #censorship #footloose

The #gamers taking on the industry to stop it switching off games
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

#StopKillingGames is a growing consumer rights campaign to prevent companies switching off #gaming servers.
#GamingNews #GamersVoice #ProtectOurGamesAct

So the past couple days the @gamersvoice team has been working with @StopKillingGames. Pleased to announce we have agreed to act as the U.K. Chapter of the campaign. So we will be using Gamer’s Voice as the NGO to take things forward! See https://gamersvoice.org/uk-stop-killing-games/ for […]

RT @GamersVoice New official address on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/unsupportedbrowser -click Like & post on wall, make YOUR voice heard! #ukpolitics #gaming

@GamersVoice Big thumbs up on the Parliamentary Games Day.

RT @GamersVoice We're pleased to see our story about Kieth Vaz has made it onto gaming news websites https://t.co/n6J8TwW

Very interesting read on the shifting gaming political landscape. https://www.gamesindustry.biz/political-milestone-editorial (RT via @gamersvoice)

@GamersVoice much better. :thumbsup:

RT @GamersVoice: New post: Disappointment as Emergency Budget fails to support the Gaming Industry https://casino.betway.com/casino-games/

RT @GamersVoice: RT @Tom_Watson MP If this isn't the moment 2 join the https://www.openrightsgroup.org/ then I don't know what is. #ukpolitics ...

I'm liking these plans from our new PM, and while I think they could probably go a lot further, it signals intent to support people rather than companies. I wonder if now is the time for @StopKillingGames or @gamersvoice to push for digital ownership - it definitely falls under the banner of […]