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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.
Privacy Under Siege: Europol and the UK Crime Agency Target Encryption, Call for Backdoors
Europol and the UK’s NCA target Meta’s encryption efforts, citing child safety, while privacy advocates warn that undermining end-to-end encryption enables mass surveillance.
UK Police to Use Driving License Database for CCTV Facial Recognition
Raising privacy and civil liberties concerns.
UK MP Demands Zuckerberg Bring in Facebook “Safeguards” (Encryption Backdoors)
The push to end privacy.
One Day After Passage of Orwellian “Online Safety Bill,” UK Home Office Attacks Private Messaging
The government is demanding a backdoor.
The UK Government Is Expanding a Far-Reaching Surveillance System That Logs the Online Activity of Millions
Data collection of innocent citizens.
UK Gun-Owners’ Addresses Leak Online
As always, the more data you hand over, the more likely it is to leak.
UK Home Secretary Asks Social Media Companies to Censor Videos of Illegal Migrant Crossings
The videos are often the only way the public hears about the prevalence of the illegal migrant crisis.
The UK Government Has Been Testing Its Snooping of Citizens Internet Browsing for Months
And that’s just the on-the-record snooping.
UK Police Tell Parents to Check if Their Kids Use Linux or Discord Because It Means They Could Be Hackers
As always, police are out of touch with these kinds of things.
UK National Crime Agency to Create Database of Voice Recordings to Identify Suspects
Civil liberties and privacy groups already fear the latest move would create “yet another state-held library” without “clear rules.”
