Keir Starmer
Britain’s Digital ID Watchdog Will Do Its Watching in Secret
The advisory group will help decide what data gets collected, how long it’s kept, and who can reach in and take it.
UK Speech Regulator’s Telegram Questions Point Toward Private Chats
One arsonist is now the reason a messaging app may be asked to read along with everyone.
Starmer’s Social Media Ban: the Reinvention of the Surveillance State
Tyranny masquerading as child safety needs you to feel guilty before you feel suspicious. Downing Street is counting on it.
US Opposes UK Online ID Mandate as Nine States Expand Age Checks
The administration warning Britain that ID checks chill speech already has states demanding the passport scan at home.
Ofcom’s Crisis Censorship Protocol Arrives Just as Belfast Erupts
A direct hotline between police and platform moderation desks is just a state-to-delete pipeline without the paperwork or a court order.
Starmer Calls for Spyware on All Phones
It is sold as a child-lock and built as a search warrant for every phone in the country.
UK Wants Message Scanning on Phones, Jail CEOs Who Refuse
Refusing to install state spyware would put tech executives in prison for five years.
Westminster Recycles Tobacco-Style Panic Campaign For Internet Crackdown
Somewhere in Westminster a whiteboard has “free speech = tobacco” written on it with three exclamation marks.
X Agrees to Review Illegal “Hate” Within 48 Hours Under UK Online Safety Act
The platform that once called Ofcom’s approach “overreach” just handed it a 48-hour content removal pipeline with quarterly audits.
TikTok Removes Reform UK Campaign Video Using Online Safety Act “Hate” Censorship Rules
The law Parliament sold as a shield for children just became a sword against a political campaign.
Jess Phillips Resigns, Pushes Phone Scanning Law in UK
A departing UK minister used her resignation letter to demand device-level photo scanning on every phone in the country.
Britain’s Free Speech Crisis and the Bill That Would Fix It
After centuries of prosecuting people for what they say, Britain may be closer than it has ever been to making free speech an actual legal right.