Cam Wakefield
Stories
The UK Spy Agencies Asking for More Power Cannot Track Their Own Data
The guardians of Britain’s surveillance state are discovering that custody is harder than collection.
UK Speech Regulator Ofcom Struggles To Enforce Censorship Law Fines Abroad
Ofcom can write the fines, but foreign courts get to decide whether anyone pays them.
UK: “YouTube Tax” Would Force You to Fund the BBC’s War on "Misinformation"
When the state funds the antidote, it gets a say in what counts as the disease.
UK: Police Watchdog Questions Linehan Heathrow Arrest Over Tweet
The watchdog says the apology still leaves the central question unanswered: why was he arrested at all.
UK: Woman Visited by Police Over Post She Says She Did Not Make
In Britain’s speech-policing era, even authorship has become a matter of suggestion.
UK Airports Begin Replacing Passport Checks With Facial Recognition
A small convenience upgrade arrives with the familiar privacy bill attached.
France Riots: Mayor Wants Teen Social Media Access Cut
The proposed fix treats an entire generation as collateral damage in a fight over unrest.
UK Police Arrest 15-Year-Old Over Posts Mocking Politician
In modern Britain, four officers, one teenager, and a rabbit-eared Photoshop job that somehow became a police matter.
Macron Attacks Free Speech and Urges the EU to Censor Online Posts Faster
Macron’s theory of liberty begins where the government’s permissions end.
British Transport Police Facial Recognition Trial Scanned 926,912 People With Zero Arrests
Half a million faces scanned, one false alert, and still the experiment got an encore.
Britain Is Building an Information Defense Center. Orwell Had Another Name for It
A campaign against deepfakes is one thing. A campaign against inconvenient reality is another.
The UK’s Online Censorship Law Has Entered Its Litigation Era
The Online Safety Act’s grand experiment has reached the less glamorous business of subpoenas, appeals, and legal fees.
