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UK citizens could face social media surveillance to get gun license after recent shooting
The Plymouth shooting has ushered in new demands.
UK government to use Plymouth shooting to push for online “incitement and extremism” legislation
Another proposal to regulate and surveil the internet.
Author Kate Clanchy will rewrite her memoir after being faced with a Twitter mob
Clanchy will literally rewrite her book after facing aggression online.
MMA’s Darren Till refuses to be canceled after being reported to UK police over meme
The culture of intolerance of free speech continues in the UK.
BBC threatens to report commenters to the “relevant authorities”
The BBC is itself accused of bullying.
YouTube ripper y2mate blocked in some countries after possible legal challenges
Some users may think it’s shutdown.
Facebook and Twitter ban radical Islamic preacher Anjem Choudary
Choudary lasted five days.
UK employers warned forcing vaccine passports in the workplace could be a criminal offense
Digital vaccine passports are one of the latest affronts to civil liberties and, at least in the UK, employers have been told to think twice.
Facebook bans English Historian YouTuber Tom Rowsell
“There was nothing on there that went against community standards.”
UK government plots social credit-style app-based “points” system to encourage healthy eating
The reward-based system is designed to record citizens’ habits and reward them accordingly.
Disillusioned journalists form alliance against censorship of alternative coronavirus viewpoints
The journalists allege mainstream outlets aren’t doing enough questioning of government narratives.