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The Gospel of the Anxious Generation
The myth of “social media addiction” has become a convenient moral shield for expanding digital ID systems, turning concern for kids’ safety into consent for mass surveillance.
Digital ID UK: Starmer’s Expanding Surveillance State
Britain’s digital ID push isn’t about streamlining paperwork. It’s about hardwiring state power into everyday life.
The UK’s Digital ID Power Play: Big Finance and Government Push Corporate IDs
A sweeping digital identity push could reshape business verification in the UK, with big finance, tech, and government all in on the plan.
Tony Blair: Digital IDs Will Curb Populism, Backs Expanded Facial Recognition, Says Public Will Trade Privacy for Efficiency
Blair’s digital revolution promises efficiency but raises deep concerns about surveillance and the erosion of personal privacy.
London’s Privacy Nightmare: Facial Recognition Gets a Boost at Tony Blair Conference
Civil rights groups warn of privacy erosion as London’s Metropolitan Police surveillance opportunities.
Tony Blair Institute for Global Change Says Increased Surveillance Is a “Price Worth Paying”
The institute thinks we should ease off on civil liberties for the sake of the pandemic.
Tony Blair Calls on the UK Government to Create Effective Online ID System
The unpopular former Prime Minister, now lobbyist, wants everyone in the UK to have an online ID.
