Topic: Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport in the UK has been at the forefront of government-led censorship and surveillance initiatives, including monitoring online speech and implementing digital ID technologies. Its controversial measures, such as the counter-disinformation unit and the Online Safety Bill, pose significant threats to free expression and privacy, as they seek to regulate speech deemed ‘misinformation’ or ‘harmful.’ These actions highlight the ongoing struggle against state overreach in the digital area.
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UK Government Justifies Using Royal Air Force To Monitor Online COVID Speech, Calls “Disinformation” a “Serious Threat”
Even lawmakers and journalists had their speech monitored.
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UK Government Censorship Unit Consulted With United Nations and G7 on “Misinformation”
Foreign governments interfacing with a unit that flags the lawful speech of UK citizens for censorship.
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Spy Agencies Were Involved in Controversial UK Counter Disinformation Unit Since Its Inception
The secretive and ever-expanding surveillance state.
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UK government monitored tweets from high profile journalists and politicians that criticized Covid policy
A new report reveals alarming levels of dissent surveillance.
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UK retail is flooded with facial recognition, digital ID trials
Rapidly growing.
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Even Meta pushes back against the UK’s online surveillance and censorship bill
Meta says the bill would require platforms to scan “all private messaging.”
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The UK’s shadowy “counter-disinformation unit” has shifted from Covid to war
Actively getting select speech removed from social media platforms.
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UK to launch new digital ID technology next month as part of nationwide digital ID push
The tech will allow governments and businesses to share data for digital ID checks.
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The UK Online Safety Bill explained: A reckless threat to free speech
A carelessly-written bill. Sweeping government censorship powers. Big Tech speech police. And more.
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UK wants to ban speech that is “knowingly false,” could cause “non-trivial” “emotional harm”
A vaguely worded dangerous proposal to kill what’s left of free speech in the country.
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The UK Government Has A Little-Known Censorship Unit
Details about the shadowy unit.
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UK calls for “online harms” regulator to police “misinformation”
UK plans tougher restrictions on speech.