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The live facial recognition case has been lost - claimants hope to appeal but tbh not looking good
"Judges ruled on Tuesday that the claimants' human rights had not been breached and the force's policy gave "adequate indication of the circumstances in which LFR will be used"
They also said the argument the technology risked discriminating against people due to their race "had not been convincing"
This is a major blow as we know the accuracy of the system is highly questionable and also it is, of course, highly intrusive for ALL
https://news.sky.com/story/facial-recognition-to-be-rolled-out-across-uk-after-human-rights-challenge-fails-13534598
Given the above effectively turns Britain into a police state, you may be interested in this
https://www.zennioptical.com/id-guard
The live #FacialRecognition software discussed above, that is now to be rolled out following the dismissal of the case against, comes from Israeli firm Corsight AI. It was first used as part of the #Gaza #genocide
Corsight AI, subcontracted by UK company Digital Barriers
Do a search around them.....
#UK #BigBrother
@lawyersoflight
The live facial recognition case has been lost - claimants hope to appeal but tbh not looking good
"Judges ruled on Tuesday that the claimants' human rights had not been breached and the force's policy gave "adequate indication of the circumstances in which LFR will be used"
They also said the argument the technology risked discriminating against people due to their race "had not been convincing"
This is a major blow as we know the accuracy of the system is highly questionable and also it is, of course, highly intrusive for ALL
https://news.sky.com/story/facial-recognition-to-be-rolled-out-across-uk-after-human-rights-challenge-fails-13534598
Given the above effectively turns Britain into a police state, you may be interested in this
https://www.zennioptical.com/id-guard
The live #FacialRecognition software discussed above, that is now to be rolled out following the dismissal of the case against, comes from Israeli firm Corsight AI. It was first used as part of the #Gaza #genocide
Corsight AI, subcontracted by UK company Digital Barriers
Do a search around them.....
#UK #BigBrother
@lawyersoflight
Sky News
Facial recognition to be 'rolled out' across UK after human rights challenge fails
Minister says 'law abiding citizens have nothing to fear' after judges rule in favour of police use of live facial recognition technology in London.
Though Congress has been notified of the project, no members have said anything publicly, including #HomelandSecurity Committee leaders Bennie Thompson, Rand Paul, Andrew Garbarino, and Gary Peters.
https://thefreethoughtproject.com/government-surveillance/homeland-security-is-making-smart-glasses-to-collect-intelligence-on-americans
@TFTPofficial
#US #BigBrother
https://thefreethoughtproject.com/government-surveillance/homeland-security-is-making-smart-glasses-to-collect-intelligence-on-americans
@TFTPofficial
#US #BigBrother
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🇬🇷Greece Wants to End Anonymous Social Media — Here’s What That Means | Tech, Privacy News Explained
#Greece #BigBrother #Privacy
#Greece #BigBrother #Privacy
France Moves to Break Encrypted Messaging | Reclaim The Net
#France’s parliamentary intelligence delegation has recommended breaking end-to-end #encryption used by platforms like WhatsApp, #Signal, and #Telegram, granting intelligence agents and magistrates “targeted access” to encrypted messages.
The delegation claims encryption hinders investigations, but experts argue such access would introduce security vulnerabilities that can be exploited beyond state use. While a previous Senate amendment seeking forced cooperation was rejected by the National Assembly, new legislative proposals are being explored. Some lawmakers, like Senator Olivier Cadic, advocate for protecting encryption rather than weakening it, warning against self-inflicted vulnerabilities.
#BigBrother
#France’s parliamentary intelligence delegation has recommended breaking end-to-end #encryption used by platforms like WhatsApp, #Signal, and #Telegram, granting intelligence agents and magistrates “targeted access” to encrypted messages.
The delegation claims encryption hinders investigations, but experts argue such access would introduce security vulnerabilities that can be exploited beyond state use. While a previous Senate amendment seeking forced cooperation was rejected by the National Assembly, new legislative proposals are being explored. Some lawmakers, like Senator Olivier Cadic, advocate for protecting encryption rather than weakening it, warning against self-inflicted vulnerabilities.
#BigBrother
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VPNs Are Now In The Crosshairs Of EU Regulators | Privacy, Tech News - Explained
EU legal advisors are now openly discussing VPNs as a loophole in online age verification systems.
A new report linked to the European Parliament research process examines how #VPNs can bypass regional restrictions and online age checks — raising new questions about enforcement, privacy tools and the future of internet regulation.
The language around VPNs and “circumvention” is clearly beginning to change as governments expand online age verification systems across #EU and beyond.
Sources :
Heise article
European Parliamentary Research Service
EU Age Verification information
EU Commission announcement
Additional reporting
From essential security tools to restricted circumvention software: The EU signals that VPNs are the next target following the release of its age verification app | TechRadar
#BigBrother
EU legal advisors are now openly discussing VPNs as a loophole in online age verification systems.
A new report linked to the European Parliament research process examines how #VPNs can bypass regional restrictions and online age checks — raising new questions about enforcement, privacy tools and the future of internet regulation.
The language around VPNs and “circumvention” is clearly beginning to change as governments expand online age verification systems across #EU and beyond.
Sources :
Heise article
European Parliamentary Research Service
EU Age Verification information
EU Commission announcement
Additional reporting
From essential security tools to restricted circumvention software: The EU signals that VPNs are the next target following the release of its age verification app | TechRadar
#BigBrother
🔫 Slipped into the state budget, new "first-in-the-nation" mandates turn private printers into state-run #surveillance devices, criminalizing free speech and the right to bear arms simultaneously.
Read More: https://thefreethoughtproject.com/solutions/new-york-mandates-kill-switch-and-surveillance-software-in-your-3d-printer-violations-are-a-felony
@jasonbassler
#3DGunPrinting #GhostGun #BigBrother
Read More: https://thefreethoughtproject.com/solutions/new-york-mandates-kill-switch-and-surveillance-software-in-your-3d-printer-violations-are-a-felony
@jasonbassler
#3DGunPrinting #GhostGun #BigBrother
Britain Decides Viral Protest Clips Need Prosecutors | Reclaim The Net
The Crown Prosecution Service (#CPS) has issued new guidance advising prosecutors to consider how protest chants, banners, and symbols might be perceived by a wider audience online, including via social media.
The guidance came two days before two major London protests in 2026 and emphasizes the intent, context, and potential for online dissemination of protest actions. Critics argue it introduces a chilling effect by making protesters self-censor, as awareness of being filmed is now treated as a factor in potential charges. The move, released on a Friday afternoon, is seen as a strategy to influence behavior without direct prosecution.
Other Media : Thousands march in London, UK, to mark Palestinian Nakba Day.(@QudsNen)
#UK #BigBrother
The Crown Prosecution Service (#CPS) has issued new guidance advising prosecutors to consider how protest chants, banners, and symbols might be perceived by a wider audience online, including via social media.
The guidance came two days before two major London protests in 2026 and emphasizes the intent, context, and potential for online dissemination of protest actions. Critics argue it introduces a chilling effect by making protesters self-censor, as awareness of being filmed is now treated as a factor in potential charges. The move, released on a Friday afternoon, is seen as a strategy to influence behavior without direct prosecution.
Other Media : Thousands march in London, UK, to mark Palestinian Nakba Day.(@QudsNen)
#UK #BigBrother
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🇬🇧❗️🗣"Everyone in the country will have a digital identity document... By the end of the year."
Even if you don't want it! "This isn't a coercive measure, but we'll make sure everyone has one."
@ingenieriasocialarchivo
#UK #Distopia #DigitalID #BigBrother
Even if you don't want it! "This isn't a coercive measure, but we'll make sure everyone has one."
@ingenieriasocialarchivo
#UK #Distopia #DigitalID #BigBrother
Germany Considers Law to Force Social Media Algorithm Boost for State-Approved News | Reclaim The Net
#Germany’s state #media regulators are building a system that would force social media platforms to boost content from government-approved news outlets in their algorithms.
A leaked document, obtained by Apollo News, lays out the plan and if it goes ahead, a state authority will decide which media organizations count as “reliable,” and platforms like X, Facebook,
Instagram, and TikTok will be legally required to make those outlets’ content more visible in users’ feeds.
@reclaimthenet
#BigBrother #Dystopia
#Germany’s state #media regulators are building a system that would force social media platforms to boost content from government-approved news outlets in their algorithms.
A leaked document, obtained by Apollo News, lays out the plan and if it goes ahead, a state authority will decide which media organizations count as “reliable,” and platforms like X, Facebook,
Instagram, and TikTok will be legally required to make those outlets’ content more visible in users’ feeds.
@reclaimthenet
#BigBrother #Dystopia
🇬🇧UK Wants Message Scanning on Phones, Jail CEOs Who Refuse | Reclaim The Net
Think of the children” is the oldest skeleton key in the political toolbox and the British government has just jammed it into the lock on every phone in the country.
Ministers are reportedly drafting a law that would force Apple, Google, and the rest to make it impossible for a child to send, receive, view, or share a single nude image, with the executives who refuse facing up to five years in prison.
The children are the headline but the surveillance is the product.
Peel off the press release and the demand turns out to be impossible to meet without doing the exact thing the government has wanted to do for years. You cannot block every naked picture someone might stumble across without inspecting every picture, every message, every video call, every streamed film, on every device, all the time
@reclainthenet
#UK #BigBrother
Think of the children” is the oldest skeleton key in the political toolbox and the British government has just jammed it into the lock on every phone in the country.
Ministers are reportedly drafting a law that would force Apple, Google, and the rest to make it impossible for a child to send, receive, view, or share a single nude image, with the executives who refuse facing up to five years in prison.
The children are the headline but the surveillance is the product.
Peel off the press release and the demand turns out to be impossible to meet without doing the exact thing the government has wanted to do for years. You cannot block every naked picture someone might stumble across without inspecting every picture, every message, every video call, every streamed film, on every device, all the time
@reclainthenet
#UK #BigBrother
Japan Plans Social Media Age Checks via Carrier Data
Japan wants social media companies to work out how old their users are and one method floated in a new government proposal would tap the growing data that mobile carriers already hold on their customers.
The draft enters public comment before being finalized this summer. Japan joins Australia, Malaysia and Indonesia, which already ban under-16s, plus France, Greece and Denmark.
At the end of May, G7 ministers in Paris agreed seven principles calling for age assurance described as privacy-preserving. That label promises more than any age-checking design can deliver.
A system that reliably confirms someone’s age has to learn something true about that person, and the more reliable it gets, the more it knows. – Article
👀 – Social Media Laws For Children Around The World
@Revelations_and_Rabbit_Holes
#DigitalID #Japan #BigBrother
Japan wants social media companies to work out how old their users are and one method floated in a new government proposal would tap the growing data that mobile carriers already hold on their customers.
The draft enters public comment before being finalized this summer. Japan joins Australia, Malaysia and Indonesia, which already ban under-16s, plus France, Greece and Denmark.
At the end of May, G7 ministers in Paris agreed seven principles calling for age assurance described as privacy-preserving. That label promises more than any age-checking design can deliver.
A system that reliably confirms someone’s age has to learn something true about that person, and the more reliable it gets, the more it knows. – Article
👀 – Social Media Laws For Children Around The World
@Revelations_and_Rabbit_Holes
#DigitalID #Japan #BigBrother
🇬🇧Starmer's Under-16 Social Media Ban Masks UK Surveillance | Reclaim The Net
Here is a fun fact to keep in your back pocket the next time a politician appears on the morning TV sofas to explain that the government’s new face-scanning and digital ID regime is really, deep down, about protecting your children.
UK Prime Minister Keir #Starmer, spent the first half of his career as a human rights lawyer and the second half running the Crown Prosecution Service.
He has argued for the individual against the state and he has aimed the full weight of the state at the individual. He has, in other words, seen this particular movie from both seats.
So when he tells you he has stumbled, blinking and innocent, into the most comprehensive surveillance apparatus in British peacetime history, do not extend him the courtesy of believing it.
He spent twenty years learning precisely what these powers do to a person. He is not building this in his sleep.
@reclaimthenet
#UK #BigBrother
Here is a fun fact to keep in your back pocket the next time a politician appears on the morning TV sofas to explain that the government’s new face-scanning and digital ID regime is really, deep down, about protecting your children.
UK Prime Minister Keir #Starmer, spent the first half of his career as a human rights lawyer and the second half running the Crown Prosecution Service.
He has argued for the individual against the state and he has aimed the full weight of the state at the individual. He has, in other words, seen this particular movie from both seats.
So when he tells you he has stumbled, blinking and innocent, into the most comprehensive surveillance apparatus in British peacetime history, do not extend him the courtesy of believing it.
He spent twenty years learning precisely what these powers do to a person. He is not building this in his sleep.
@reclaimthenet
#UK #BigBrother
Media is too big
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Pavel Durov | Communication Technology and the Struggle for Freedom | Oslo Freedom Forum
He built platforms to protect speech when speaking freely became dangerous.
At the Oslo Freedom Forum, Pavel Durov shares how Telegram emerged from a commitment to free expression and why defending digital freedom is central to protecting human rights today.
01/06/2026
#BigBrother #Telegram #PavelDurov
He built platforms to protect speech when speaking freely became dangerous.
At the Oslo Freedom Forum, Pavel Durov shares how Telegram emerged from a commitment to free expression and why defending digital freedom is central to protecting human rights today.
01/06/2026
#BigBrother #Telegram #PavelDurov
Media is too big
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🇬🇧Fiona Rose Diamond explaining how it's one law for us and something else for them... excuse the language... rightfully we should all be fuming.
@alwaysfollowyourconscience
#UK #Dystopia #BigBrother
@alwaysfollowyourconscience
#UK #Dystopia #BigBrother
UK Speech Regulator's Telegram Questions Point Toward Private Chats | Reclaim The Net
One arsonist is now the reason a messaging app may be asked to read along with everyone.
Britain’s communications regulator is pressing Telegram to find ways of seeing what its users say to one another in private. Ofcom has begun questioning the messaging app about how it detects and prevents illegal incitement, following the conviction of a Ukrainian man for arson attacks on a car and properties connected to Prime Minister Keir Starmer...
.. . The push runs in one direction across the Online Safety Act, through age checks, hash-matching against databases of banned images, automated tools to flag grooming and self-harm content, and now questions about catching incitement inside private chats.
@reclaimthenet
#UK #BigBrother #Telegram #ScammerStarmer #OnlineSafetyAct
One arsonist is now the reason a messaging app may be asked to read along with everyone.
Britain’s communications regulator is pressing Telegram to find ways of seeing what its users say to one another in private. Ofcom has begun questioning the messaging app about how it detects and prevents illegal incitement, following the conviction of a Ukrainian man for arson attacks on a car and properties connected to Prime Minister Keir Starmer...
.. . The push runs in one direction across the Online Safety Act, through age checks, hash-matching against databases of banned images, automated tools to flag grooming and self-harm content, and now questions about catching incitement inside private chats.
@reclaimthenet
#UK #BigBrother #Telegram #ScammerStarmer #OnlineSafetyAct
The House Just Voted for KOSA, a Privacy and Free Speech Disaster | Reclaim The Net
.. .That is the First Amendment problem dressed as a child-safety provision. Verifying age means verifying identity, and identity checks sit between a person and ordinary protected activity, whether that is reading, watching, posting, or speaking. Adult websites would face explicit age-verification requirements under the package, which functionally means every visitor proves who they are before viewing lawful content. Anonymous and pseudonymous speech, the kind the Supreme Court has shielded for decades, gets harder to find the more platforms lean on identity to limit their liability.
The bill tightens how data brokers handle children’s information and updates the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act to widen its reach...
@reclaimthenet
#Kosa #US #BigBrother #AgeVerification
.. .That is the First Amendment problem dressed as a child-safety provision. Verifying age means verifying identity, and identity checks sit between a person and ordinary protected activity, whether that is reading, watching, posting, or speaking. Adult websites would face explicit age-verification requirements under the package, which functionally means every visitor proves who they are before viewing lawful content. Anonymous and pseudonymous speech, the kind the Supreme Court has shielded for decades, gets harder to find the more platforms lean on identity to limit their liability.
The bill tightens how data brokers handle children’s information and updates the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act to widen its reach...
@reclaimthenet
#Kosa #US #BigBrother #AgeVerification
EU Mandates Driver-Facing Cameras in New Cars From Today | Reclaim The Net
Every new car and van sold across the European Union will watch its driver from July 7, when an infrared camera aimed at the person behind the wheel becomes a legal condition of sale. The requirement reaches tens of millions of vehicles a year, and it arrives wrapped in the language of safety.
The rule goes by Advanced Driver Distraction Warning, or ADDW, and is inside the bloc’s General Safety Regulation, formally 2019/2144. Carmakers have had to fit it to new vehicle types since July 2024. From July 7, 2026, they must fit it to every new car and van that reaches the market.
Fuck the #EU #BigBrother #Dystopia
Every new car and van sold across the European Union will watch its driver from July 7, when an infrared camera aimed at the person behind the wheel becomes a legal condition of sale. The requirement reaches tens of millions of vehicles a year, and it arrives wrapped in the language of safety.
The rule goes by Advanced Driver Distraction Warning, or ADDW, and is inside the bloc’s General Safety Regulation, formally 2019/2144. Carmakers have had to fit it to new vehicle types since July 2024. From July 7, 2026, they must fit it to every new car and van that reaches the market.
Fuck the #EU #BigBrother #Dystopia
💥 The BBC YouTube fight is the last move, not the first
🟠 The BBC Lost the Audience, Now It Wants the Algorithm - READ MORE:
https://21stcenturywire.com/2026/07/07/the-bbc-lost-the-audience-now-it-wants-the-algorithm/
The UK government’s June 2026 consultation document is called Watch This Space. It proposes giving an unnamed authority the power to determine which news outlets get algorithmically elevated on YouTube, TikTok, and every major platform operating in Britain.
Within days of its publication, YouTube pushed a notification to hundreds of thousands of UK creators warning them the government planned to “put some channels above others,” and the hashtag #KeepYouTubeYours tore across the same platforms Labour wants to regulate, faster and further than any #BBC press release has managed in years.
@My21wire
#UK #BigBrother #Dystopia #Censorship #YouTube #WatchThisSpace
🟠 The BBC Lost the Audience, Now It Wants the Algorithm - READ MORE:
https://21stcenturywire.com/2026/07/07/the-bbc-lost-the-audience-now-it-wants-the-algorithm/
The UK government’s June 2026 consultation document is called Watch This Space. It proposes giving an unnamed authority the power to determine which news outlets get algorithmically elevated on YouTube, TikTok, and every major platform operating in Britain.
Within days of its publication, YouTube pushed a notification to hundreds of thousands of UK creators warning them the government planned to “put some channels above others,” and the hashtag #KeepYouTubeYours tore across the same platforms Labour wants to regulate, faster and further than any #BBC press release has managed in years.
@My21wire
#UK #BigBrother #Dystopia #Censorship #YouTube #WatchThisSpace
🇲🇽 Excellent:
"Millions of ordinary people simply hadn’t complied. Not through organised protest. Not through court cases. Just by quietly carrying on with their lives.
The government blinked. Millions of ordinary people, not by marching or organising, just by carrying on with their lives, forced one of the most ambitious biometric registration programmes in the world to retreat. At least for now."
https://janemurdochcyber.substack.com/p/mexico-just-told-127-million-people
@iaindavis
#Mexico #BiometricID #BigBrother #Dystopia #DigitalID #Biometric
"Millions of ordinary people simply hadn’t complied. Not through organised protest. Not through court cases. Just by quietly carrying on with their lives.
The government blinked. Millions of ordinary people, not by marching or organising, just by carrying on with their lives, forced one of the most ambitious biometric registration programmes in the world to retreat. At least for now."
https://janemurdochcyber.substack.com/p/mexico-just-told-127-million-people
@iaindavis
#Mexico #BiometricID #BigBrother #Dystopia #DigitalID #Biometric