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WhatsApp Backs Apple Against British Spy Tool
Apple’s courtroom stand reveals just how far the UK is willing to go to read the world’s messages.
UK Conservatives Vow to Protect Free Speech, Days After Passing Online Censorship Law
What they say is not what they do.
UK Lawmakers Consider Banning End-To-End Encryption but Use It Themselves to Avoid Transparency
Privacy for me but not for thee.
The UK Government Has Been Testing Its Snooping of Citizens Internet Browsing for Months
And that’s just the on-the-record snooping.
Facebook Bans Conversations Saying Coronavirus Came From a Lab After Consulting With WHO
Claims will be deleted.
UK NHS Coronavirus Contact Tracing App Could Be Falsely Telling Up to 30% of Users to Self-Isolate
It’s the latest of numerous controversies surrounding the app since it was announced.
UK Admits COVID Tracing Program Is Operating Illegally
Data protection assurances are non existent.
UK Contact Tracing App Breaches GDPR, Will Store Personal User Data for 20 Years
The apps have been a privacy nightmare from the start.
British Liberal Democrats Party Collecting Personal Data on “Every Voter in the Country”
Pat Walshe of Privacy Matters digital rights group said he struggled to understand what legal basis the party had for its actions.
Edward Snowden: New Tech Systems Need to Be Created to Protect Rights of Internet Users
Snowden was the keynote speaker at Open Rights Group’s OrgCon 2019.
Big Tech’s Ironic Defense Against Regulation: It Would Kill Free Speech
Big tech companies have already begun a campaign of censorship in recent years. However, when the UK government threatens to mandate removing content even when it’s legal, tech companies seem to want to push back.
The UK Cancels Its Porn Block and ID Verification Scheme
It turns out, the “Porn License” won’t be a thing after all.
