Category: Opinion
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Britain Decides Viral Protest Clips Need Prosecutors
Your chant at a march is now judged not by the crowd around you but by how a stranger might…
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“Nothing to Fear” Is Back: The UK High Court Clears Way for Police Facial Recognition
The policy that turns every Oxford Street shopper into a biometric template just got the judicial nod its architects were…
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“Kids Off Social Media Act” Opens the Door to Digital ID by Default
The bill never says “show your ID,” but it quietly demands systems that make anonymous speech impossible.
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UK Justice Ministry Orders Deletion of Criminal Court Records
The moment journalists could see how criminal courts actually functioned, the instinct inside the system was to make the visibility…
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Linux Has One Job in 2026: Make It Easy to Say Yes
What 2026 will really measure is how Linux can survive contact with non-enthusiasts.
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The Gospel of the Anxious Generation
The myth of “social media addiction” has become a convenient moral shield for expanding digital ID systems, turning concern for…
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Nine Bureaucracies Walk Into Your Browser and Ask for ID
A global coalition of regulators is quietly turning the open web into a gated community where every login begins with…
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Britain’s AI Policing Plan Turns Toward Predictive Surveillance and a Pre-Crime Future
When the state’s gaze never blinks, innocence becomes a temporary status.
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The Myth of the UK’s Axed Mandatory Digital ID Plans
They can soften the language, but dystopia is still on the agenda.
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Starmer is Looking for an Excuse to Ban X
“All options” on the table now includes silencing a global network; an idea once unthinkable in a democracy.
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France’s First Lady and the Fragile State of Free Speech
France’s verdict against Brigitte Macron’s online mockers turned a rumor into a test of how far a democracy will go…
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UK Police Show Up at Cancer Patient’s Door Demanding an Apology For Social Media Post
In the UK, demanding an apology seems to be a law enforcement strategy.