Home Office
UK Crime and Policing Bill 2025 Advances, Reignites Controversy Over Facial Recognition Access to Driver’s License Photos
Clause 95 hides a sweeping surveillance shift behind the rhetoric of public safety.
UK Cyber Watchdog Caves? NCSC Scrubs Encryption Advice Amid Apple Backdoor Push
The NCSC’s quiet deletion of encryption advice raises fresh concerns over government influence on cybersecurity policy.
Apple Pulls Privacy Protections for UK Citizens After the UK Is the First Country to Demand a Backdoor Into Your Private Data
Apple slams the door on UK government surveillance demands, but British users pay the price with shattered privacy.
Leaked UK “Extremism” Policy Review Suggests Expanded Speech Restrictions
Leaked UK extremism policy review hints at broader crackdowns on online speech and redefines extremism to include “behaviors of concern.”
UK Home Office Report Dismisses Online Criticism of “Two-Tier Policing” as Right-Wing Extremist Narrative
Leaked UK government report dismisses “two-tier policing” concerns as extremism.
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 Police Have Been Secretly Using Passport Database for Facial Recognition Since 2019
All passport holders are now a suspect pool.
UK Police Log “Hate Incident” Against Conservative Lawmaker Who Shared Post Referring to Trans Candidate as “Man in a Wig”
Another controversial “non crime hate incident” record.
The UK Government Is Slammed for Letting Private Facial Recognition Company Off the Hook
A big push for the controversial surveillance tech.
Spy Agencies Were Involved in Controversial UK Counter Disinformation Unit Since Its Inception
The secretive and ever-expanding surveillance state.
UK’s Counterterrorism Program Says Interest in Great Literature Is a Sign of Far-Right Extremism
The taxpayer-funded research also included references to The Lord Of The Rings.