UK
Facebook’s new privacy feature is delayed after complaints from UK government
Governments can’t snoop.
Welsh Government can’t provide any evidence for vaccine passport effectiveness
Can’t justify the affront to civil liberties.
UK school leaders ask TikTok to censor content “defamatory and offensive” to schools and teachers
The Association of School and College Leaders has requested a meeting with TikTok.
The UK plans to make online “pile-ons” a crime, in chillingly broad attempt to suppress speech
Even what little freedoms the British people have in terms of free speech are at risk.
US lawmakers play with the idea of social media ID verification, following proposals from other countries
A draft discussion bill hints at future proposals.
Wales is threatened with vaccine passports
If cases don’t go down.
UK spy agencies sign massive deal with Amazon’s cloud division, report states
Increasing the alliance between government and Big Tech.
YouTube didn’t say why it temporarily disabled Novara Media’s channel
YouTube said it made the “wrong call.”
Facebook’s opaque end-to-end encryption becomes a topic in UK hearing
Since Facebook won’t publish its code, no one knows what it’s really doing.
Hillary Clinton’s message to UK Prime Minister: “Introduce vaccine passports”
Boris Johnson is one of the few leaders to be hesitant to introduce the controversial measures.
Vaccine passports would further spread of Covid, UK government report states
A leaked report from the government suggests that suppressing civil liberties would not work to curb the virus.
With both UK’s biggest parties supporting the “Online Harms” bill, Britain faces a chilling blow to free speech
No real opposition or support of civil liberties.