Cam Wakefield
Police Launch Live Facial Recognition Trial at London Subway Stations
Victoria Station handles a crowd the size of a small city every morning. The trial runs four months.
Britain's Elite Speech Monitoring Squad Has Flagged 106 Posts
The National Internet Intelligence Investigations team flagged 106 social media posts, half of them in June alone.
London Police Crack the Case of the Three Polite Emails
Mark Rowley says the Met dropped the ball on its 4-month harassment case against reporter Jack Grove.
British Police Offer Animal Rights Activist "Thinking Skills" Course Over Online Post
Britain has found a way to make a speech investigation feel like a customer service call, right up until you read the conditions.
UK Committee Hears Calls to Expand the Online Safety Act’s Powers
Just when you thought the UK’s online censorship law couldn’t get any worse…
Xbox Outage Stops Players From Launching Physical Disc Games
Players who owned games on disc got the same license error as digital users, because the Xbox verifies each disc online before it spins.
Blizzard Begins Asking UK Players for ID Before They Can Chat
The Online Safety Act has arrived in Azeroth, and it has questions about your ID.
UK’s Ofcom Seeks Wider Powers After American Forum Fine Fails
A £950,000 penalty, an American forum, and a British agency learning about the First Amendment.
Andy Burnham Scrapped Digital ID. His Internet Plans Say Otherwise.
The applause for scrapping digital ID arrived before anyone checked what survived it.
Heather Herbert Charged Over Ann Widdecombe Bluesky Posts
Repellent speech is precisely the speech that tests whether the freedom is real.
UK Rules Out VPN Limits — “For Now”
UK won’t ban or age-gate VPNs under the Online Safety Act, minister confirms, as the under-16 social media ban nears.
Jim Jordan Fights UK Plan to Force Legacy Media Into Feeds
Jim Jordan warns UK DCMS plan forcing YouTube, Facebook and TikTok to promote BBC news threatens free speech.