The U.K. government heard your pleas for more A.I. in policing and is proud to introduce A.I. to detect cases of pre-crime! Predictive models will be trained on totally unbiased data "including crime incident databases, socio-demographic data sources, and online behavioural data platforms", dispatching cops to the scene of the pre-crime for speedy pre-arrests!
https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/16/uk_to_use_ai_to
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This week's net.wars, "Email to Ofgem", finds the US declaring victory over the UK Home Office's demand that Apple weaken its encryption, and emails OfGem to oppose Tesla's application to enter the UK energy market: https://netwars.pelicancrossing.net/2025/08/22/email-to-ofgem/ #Apple #encryption #ukpol #energy
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When I was in London *checks watch* 3 weeks ago, I was quite loud about how there wouldn't be an election until December, because who the hell would call an election after _those_ Council elections.
Further proof that I have absolutely no idea how Tory politicians think. #UKPol
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That's odd. The UK election is being held on the USA's Independence Day, while the US election is being held on the UK's Guy Fawkes Night.
Don’t know if we can draw anything from that, but it's curious...
I’m probably going to be posting more political stuff over the next six weeks, because #GE2024
Please feel free to mute me if that’s not your thing.
I’ll try to remember to use #UKPol and #GE2024.
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Watching the US debate and it’s fucking terrifying.
We really are (in both UK and US) creating the perfect conditions for fascism or something very much like it.
But can we be fucking clear. This is not the fault of the people refusing to vote for increasingly shitty Labour/Democrat candidates.
This is the fault of Labour/The Democrats for being shitty and embracing the exact narratives and economic positions that empower the right.
🚨 Time is Running Out to Save Encryption 🔐
Ofcom is consulting on implementing message scanning powers in the UK Online Safety Act.
This would break end-to-end encryption on the messaging apps we all use!
⏰ CLOSES Monday 10 March, 5pm.
Use our tool to tell Ofcom #PracticeSafeText 💬
ACT NOW ⬇️
https://action.openrightsgroup.org/48-hours-tell-ofcom-practice-safe-text
#e2ee #encryption #OnlineSafetyAct #ukpolitics #ukpol #privacy #ofcom #security #cybersecurity #whatsapp #signal
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Remember, UK Technology Minister Peter Kyle thinks we're all 'peados'
This is the state of British politics right now, the state of UKGOV
💡 Encryption IS online safety 💡
Keeping data secure is key when hackers are skilled at unpicking accounts.
So why does the UK government want to make us unsafe by ordering a backdoor to Apple encrypted services?
✍️ Sign to save encryption this #SaferInternetDay.
#encryption #privacy #Apple #cybersecurity #ukpolitics #ukpol #digitalrights #e2ee
https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/keep-our-apple-data-encrypted
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🚨 BREAKING 🚨
The UK is rogue in trying to order a backdoor to Apple encryption.
US lawmakers slam the UK's secretive order, calling it what it is:
🔥 'Dangerous' for global cybersecurity
🔥 'Effectively a foreign cyberattack'
The Home Office must back off ✋
#encryption #surveillance #e2ee #cybersecurity #ukpolitics #ukpol #Apple #privacy
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/02/13/apple-uk-security-back-door-adp/
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Outlook not so good 🎱
Police tech doesn’t predict crime. It predicts policing.
Based on biased data, it brings more of the same – racist policing and poverty punishment.
Read our latest blog on why crime 'predicting' police tech must be BANNED ⬇️
https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/why-predictive-policing-must-be-banned/
#policing #AI #precrime #justice #criminal #police #ukpol #ukpolitics #surveillance
NEW: ORG investigation reveals Meta enables vulnerable people to be targeted with disinformation and fraudulent ads.
With ads offering fake identity documents still running on Facebook, Meta is profiting from the global migrant crisis.
Read more about our report on Meta's surveillance capitalism advertising model ⬇️
https://www.openrightsgroup.org/press-releases/new-report-how-meta-is-monetising-the-migrant-crisis/
#meta #facebook #dataprotection #adtech #privacy #gdpr #data #advertising #surveillancecapitalism #migrants #ukpolitics #ukpol
Wikipedia @wikimediauk are going to court over the UK Online Safety Act!
Saddling platforms with hefty duties and penalties under the new regime will cause many safe sites to fold.
We can't lose the best of the web due to laws that were meant to tackle the worst of it.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c62j2gr8866o
#OnlineSafetyAct #OSA #NetPlurality #ukpol #ukpolitics #wikipedia #freedomofexpression
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THOUSANDS!
There are more of us than there are of them!
https://www.mylondon.news/news/uk-world-news/thousands-rally-london-emergency-trans-31473770
#London #LGBTQIA #Trans #UKPOL #UKpolitics #TerfIsland #TransRights
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With so called center lefts like Keir Starmer in the UK doing an Enoch Powell on migrants, and Newsom outlawing homeless - the GOP can happily stay fascist and watch the opposition come to them
Where's the empathy, where's the fight?
"The World’s Silence Is Deadly’: Greta Thunberg’s Message Aboard Freedom Flotilla
"June 1st, we’ll attempt to, again, sail towards Gaza & try to break the siege & open up a humanitarian corridor by delivering aid like food & medical supplies."
"A similar mission to sail to occupied Gaza in May was aborted after a flotilla dubbed the “Conscience” suffered two drone attacks while in international waters."
https://zeteo.com/p/the-worlds-silence-is-deadly-greta
@palestine #FreedomFlotilla #USPol #UKPol #EuroPol .
Report: Israel's Navy is planning to intercept the Madleen tonight - as far from the coast of Gaza as possible.
The vessel will be boarded by commandos if it does not turn around & will be taken to Ashdod port.
Madleen’s crew has said they remain resolute in breaking the Israeli blockade.
Report: "Israel plans to prevent Madleen aid ship from approaching Gaza coast"
The ship, part of Freedom Flotilla Coalition, is carrying urgently needed supplies for Gaza
Israel is considering:
1. preventing the ship from approaching Gaza & leaving it adrift at sea, or
2. having it escorted to Ashdod port & arresting the activists there.
#FreedomFlotilla #GazaGenocide #USEnablement #USPol #UKPol #EuroPol @palestine .
Analysis: The absolute silence from the Madleen crew members’ governments is beyond words, "reflects Israeli impunity."
"If any other state had sent its military forces to seize a small civilian boat carrying 12 unarmed civilians ... it would immediately be recognised for the act of state piracy that it indisputably is."
"But for Israel, there’s always an exception.”
~Mouin Rabbani
https://aje.io/p6b8m7?update=3762775
#Madleen #israeliImpunity #USPol #EuroPol #UKPol #BDS @palestine .
The proscription of Palestine Action as a terrorist group starts tomorrow.
This is a dangerous escalation in the criminalisation of political dissent in the UK.
It’ll increase surveillance, particularly under the Prevent Duty, and censorship under the Online Safety Act.
Read our blog ⬇️
#palestineaction #freedomofexpression #preventduty #ukpolitics #ukpol #protest #palestine #freespeech
Bluesky will be age-gating content for UK users. It’s your privacy that pays.
The UK Online Safety Act has unleashed an unregulated market in age verification.
That we have to do these intrusive checks with countless providers for different platforms is dangerous.
https://www.theverge.com/news/704468/bluesky-age-verification-uk-online-safety-act
#onlinesafetyact #ageverification #ageassurance #privacy #dataprotection #data #biometrics #onlinesafety #ukpolitics #ukpol #bluesky
This week's net.wars, "A thousand small safety acts", talks to lawyer @neil about the Online Safety Act's impact on the community Internet - the small web boards, forums, chat channels, projects, and volunteer services: https://netwars.pelicancrossing.net/2025/06/20/a-thousand-small-safety-acts/ #NetWars #FreeSpeech #OnlineSafetyAct #UKPol
here's my love letter to keir starmer's government...
#proscription #ukpol #art #illustration #freePalestine #palestine #gaza #genocide #digitusImpudicus #palestineAction
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