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UK NHS coronavirus contact tracing app could be falsely telling up to 30% of users to self-isolate
It’s the latest of numerous controversies surrounding the app since it was announced.
Satirical show Spitting Image faces online backlash after revealing Greta Thunberg puppet
Apparently, satirizing a public figure who speaks on global climate issues is off limits.
School assistant Kristie Higgs fired for opposing “gender fluidity” being taught to young kids seeks damages
Higgs was fired after a single anonymous complaint triggered an investigation into two of her Facebook posts that challenged what young children are being taught in schools.
UK council bans workers from smoking at home during lockdowns
Now people are working online, employers are dictating what employees can do at home.
New UK law forces citizens to download contact tracing app or provide personal info to use certain businesses
The erosion of people’s civil liberties continues.
UK Councillor faces calls for resignation for downplaying pandemic
A Twitter mob descended.
YouTube faces $3.2 billion lawsuit for breaching kids’ privacy
Google is accused of harvesting the data of children under the age of 13.
UK PM Boris Johnson announces coronavirus “passports”
COVID passports aren’t a conspiracy theory after all.
UK government ignores privacy concerns and pushes for digital ID system
Coronavirus has strengthened calls for digital ID cards.
UK citizens want to know why government sends their data to a credit agency when they request a COVID test
The fear that coronavirus would lead to a decrease in privacy seems to have come to pass.
Sports commentator Matt Le Tissier faces backlash over tweet
He’s getting used to it by now.
The Co-op botches its woke cancelation of The Spectator, gets canceled back, and makes a u-turn
Chairman Andrew Neil shows people how to stand up to mob tactics.