UK
UK’s online censorship bill has amendment that targets non-citizens
Trying to legislate for non-citizens who aren’t even in the country.
UK government asks charity to remove video
The charity Freedom from Torture refuses to remove it.
The UK considers a digital pound
A move that would bring about more centralized control of currency.
UK lawmaker Andrew Bridgen says his free speech rights have been denied
Bridgen was kicked out of the Conservative Party for a tweet saying he was told the vaccine rollout is biggest crime since Holocaust.
Baroness Claire Fox calls for UK legal protections against PayPal’s ideological censorship
Calls for legislation to protect financial companies cutting off customers they disagree with.
UK plans to allow departments to more easily share more citizens’ personal data for digital ID verification
Potentially including the most highly sensitive details.
Privacy concerns are raised after UK Health Secretary considers body cams for nurses
Body cams on hospital wards.
UK retail is flooded with facial recognition, digital ID trials
Rapidly growing.
UK ISP Three is blocking private email service Tutanota
“ISPs must not have the power to decide which online services users can or can not access.”
Privacy concerns are raised over Chinese surveillance companies’ access to UK business crime data
Chinese surveillance tech, with links to the CCP, is prominent in the UK.
UK government asked Twitter and Facebook to “tweak” algorithms during Covid
And a Facebook executive was “happy to oblige.”
World Health Organization meets to discuss granting of increased surveillance powers under pandemic treaty
The global health agency could get new surveillance powers by May 2024.