Cam Wakefield
Retired Police Officer Fined £1,000 Over Bacon Meme in UK
There is no blasphemy offence in England and Wales. There is Section 127, and it turns out to be roomy.
Khan Approves Oxford Street Live Facial Recognition
Permanent cameras are coming to Britain's busiest shopping street, and the only real disagreement is about which crowds should be scanned first.
Report: British Groups Push Age Verification Bills in 21 US States
A trade association whose members sell ID checks spent years arguing that more places need ID checks.
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.