Cabinet Office
Spy Agencies Were Involved in Controversial UK Counter Disinformation Unit Since Its Inception
The secretive and ever-expanding surveillance state.
UK government pressured news outlets that published articles that could “affect compliance” with Covid measures
In an attempt to suppress “vaccine hesitancy.”
UK plans to allow departments to more easily share more citizens’ personal data for digital ID verification
Potentially including the most highly sensitive details.
UK government asked Twitter and Facebook to “tweak” algorithms during Covid
And a Facebook executive was “happy to oblige.”
UK government partners with mobile carrier O2 on “big-data” project monitoring behavior of millions of people
Large-scale data collection and analysis.
The UK’s “National Fraud Initiative” would give police power to match public and private sector data
A new step towards a surveillance state.