FACIAL RECOGNITION:
Myth: "If you’ve nothing to hide, you’ve nothing to fear"
Reality: There is plenty to fear from insiders abusing new powers
In America, at least 50 police officers have been accused of misusing camera systems - to track ex-partners, wives and girlfriends
One police chief allegedly searched for his ex and her teenage daughter 600 times
Once authorities can identify and track people at scale, anyone with access could misuse that power to stalk, intimidate or control
Brave has added Email Aliases to its desktop browser.
The feature lets you create unique email addresses when signing up for websites and online services so you don’t have to give them your personal email address.
>Emails sent to an alias are automatically forwarded to your main inbox.
>If an alias starts getting spam or unwanted messages, you can disable it without affecting your real email address.
It's time to put the brakes on data centres.
Here's how:
❌ End the blanket 'critical infrastructure' designation.
💧 Highest environmental and community standards for all new data centres.
📋 Create a comprehensive national strategy.
@BigBrotherWatch My late Pakistani muslim Dad & Polish-Ukrainian catholic grandfather were both Second World War veterans who fought against such tyranny & what the British government is doing spits in the faces of them & every single veteran by being no different than the Axis Powers
The accusation that I am antisemitic is appalling and fundamentally dishonest. Criticizing the actions of the Israeli prime minister, a military technology contract, or the executives who supply it is not the same as criticizing Jewish people. This critical and necessary dialogue is then dishonestly framed as being anti-Israel. To be clear, my views come from my own political convictions and should never be interpreted as hostility toward Jewish people, for whom I have deep love and respect. Everything I know about acting, activism, and humanism has been profoundly shaped by the Jewish friends, colleagues, and loved ones who have been integral and family throughout every point of my life.
This merger has real consequences for real people, and for the entire country. Scrutinizing the Ellisons, including Oracle’s business built on data, surveillance technology and government contracts, and the serious threat to editorial freedom and the loss of a livelihood for thousands of families, is fair and necessary. The $111 billion deal would hand one family control over CNN, HBO and Warner Bros., backed in part by foreign money whose influence on editorial decisions has never been fully explained to the public.
Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have called for serious national security review, and regulators still haven’t given the public a real answer. Until they do, the merger shouldn’t move forward. Now is the time to dive boldly into all these issues, not step back or concede.
Anyone in the UK sign and share or if someone has a friend who lives in the UK please do share this with them to sign to protect privacy as what they are trying to do in London if not stopped will expand
https://t.co/4rBos26zEx
👁️They want to HIDE this from you
Millions of benefit-recipients in the UK are being profiled by secretive algorithms every year
Our investigation offers a glimpse into life inside the UK’s poverty panopticon⤵️
https://t.co/G5VKKDDbl5
EU governments lost the fight over mass surveillance of private chats and now they want a rematch on their own terms.
Ambassadors pushed Friday to revive temporary scanning of WhatsApp, Messenger, and more for "CSAM."
This is after Parliament voted it down 311 against in March and the legal basis already expired.
The Council wants to override Parliament and scan 450 million people's messages, treating everyone as suspects. Error rates hit 13-50%.
This clears the path for next week's big "Chat Control" push into end-to-end encryption.
https://t.co/76rqGvyrQc
An urgent situation is unfolding in the U.S. Congress. The "KIDS Act"—a sweeping legislative package that includes measures such as stricter age verification for internet use and regulations on private messaging—is suddenly scheduled for a vote in the House of Representatives on the 29th.
While organizations like the EFF (Electronic Frontier Foundation)—which advocates for freedom of expression in the digital age—are sounding the alarm, the situation is escalating so rapidly that public awareness appears to be lagging behind. Some analyses suggest the House is leaning toward passing the bill, making the outcome highly uncertain.
We urge everyone to pay close attention to this matter and call upon U.S. citizens to take action to halt it; we are hoping for a positive outcome from here in Japan as well.
⚠️The Met Police Commissioner has been lobbying politicians NOT to introduce laws around facial recognition.
If we don't act now, intrusive face-scanning cameras could be installed on every high street, putting an end to privacy as we know it⤵️
https://t.co/9do8SIFFR1
🪪"You will now need to show your papers just to go onto a social media site."
A social media ban will "incur an enormous privacy intrusion for the British public."
@silkiecarlo reacts to Starmer's social media ban announcement, on BBC News⤵️
📱A social media ban for children means ID checks for all of us to post online
Free speech online is vital for democracy to thrive & it's under attack.
We've launched a speedy tool for you to tell your MP to reject plans to create digital checkpoints⤵️
https://t.co/8TBWFeVxNB
Producers of software, operating systems and devices are capitulating to digital ID.
In many instances, they are the ones driving the push for it internationally.
Say NO to digital ID.
📵NEWS: The UK Government is planning to force tech companies to restrict phones
“This will only result in population-wide ID checks for all of us to use our phones, tablets and laptops.
These plans would replace efforts for meaningful tech and parental responsibility with performative, authoritarian government control that children can easily circumvent by accessing adult-registered devices." - @silkiecarlo
Read⤵️
https://t.co/f7Y9x6aXRT
This London council is going FULL ORWELL
Our investigation reveals that Hammersmith & Fulham council is wiring 500 CCTV cameras with Orwellian AI surveillance capabilities including:
🔸Slip & fall detection
🔸Vehicle ID and tracking
🔸Aggressive behaviour
🆔Digital ID invoice
The Government has spent over £650,000 on digital ID adverts
This is irresponsible spending on a system that no one wants, nobody voted for and has no real purpose - during a cost of living crisis
Join the fight back⤵️
https://t.co/PM9yEEymVd
@Togetherdec Web 3.0 will nullify all this & in the meantime it will just push people to the dark web especially the cartels in Mexico who likely already use it not to mention making Mexicans more vulnerable as Claude AI was jailbroken not long ago & used to Hack Mexican government servers
DIGITAL ID: "Mexico passed law requiring all 127 million cell phone users to register their SIM to a biometric government ID by June 30"
Those supporting "social media bans" here should be aware they are normalising ID verification to get online & even use a phone
Protect internet freedom #together