Big Brother Watch
UK Plans Facial Recognition Expansion, Empowering Cops To Scan Faces in the Street
The UK’s £55.5 million push for facial recognition technology risks a profound invasion of privacy, setting a precarious precedent for surveillance overreach.
UK Police Focus on Minor Speech Incidents Over Traditional Crime
Despite government directives, police continue to log minor disputes as hate incidents while serious crime resolution rates, like burglary, decline alarmingly.
UK: Peers Grill the Government About the Counter “Disinformation” Unit, Which Spied on Lawful Speech by Government Critics
The government has been taken to task over its secretive censorship units.
Listening Devices Are Being Installed In UK School Bathrooms
Major concerns about privacy are being raised.
UK Government Justifies Using Royal Air Force To Monitor Online COVID Speech, Calls “Disinformation” a “Serious Threat”
Even lawmakers and journalists had their speech monitored.
UK Government Apologizes After Counter Disinformation Unit Got Caught Lying, Monitoring Journalists’ Speech
A rare admission, even though it changes little.
King Charles III’s Coronation is a Surveillance Nightmare
Scanning faces.
Tony Blair launches new push for biometric digital ID for all citizens
Blair has been advocating for citizen IDs for decades.
UK Prime Minister is questioned about “recording political dissent on social media”
The government is facing calls to disclose more information.
UK government used an Army unit to spy on citizens so it knew “how scared people were” during Covid
Part of wider surveillance methods.
UK government pressured news outlets that published articles that could “affect compliance” with Covid measures
In an attempt to suppress “vaccine hesitancy.”
UK government asked Facebook to remove a post that was restricted to be seen by “Friends Only”
Over a post regarding Covid test kits.