UK
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.
World Health Organization Meets to Plot Censorship of “Misinformation” Under International Pandemic Treaty
The unelected health agency inches closer toward being granted unprecedented, legally-binding censorship powers.
UK: Labour Lawmakers Want to Censor “Legal but Harmful” Speech Online
More speech restrictions
UK Police LGBT Network Is Investigated for Blocking Critics on Twitter
The blocked accounts are considering a lawsuit.
UK Citizens Advice Employees Push Back Against Ideological Email Pronouns Policy
Compelled speech and “ideological instruction” allegations.
UK and Ukraine to Collaborate on Digital ID
As part of a new trade deal.
UK Regulator Appoints Former Google Exec as “Online Safety” Head After Online Censorship Bill Is Reintroduced
Helping the state enforce its new censorship law.
