THE UK JUST MADE PRIVACY A CRIME.
The government wants a scanner built inside every phone in the country.
Scanning every citizen becomes the law. Refusing becomes 5 years in prison.
- The scanners would inspect every photo, message and video on your device before encryption
- Signal threatened to leave the UK entirely rather than build the backdoor
- Europe's age verification app built to "keep children safe" was hacked in under 2 minutes
- Another verification system leaked 70,000 IDs and selfies in a single breach
Orwell wrote 1984 as a warning. His own country turned it into law
"Lorsque les femmes nous aiment, elles nous pardonnent tout, mĂȘme nos crimes. Quand elles ne nous aiment pas, elles ne nous pardonnent rien, pas mĂȘme nos vertus." - Balzac
France had an anti-piracy system called HADOPI to stop people from illegally downloading movies and music, but on April 30, 2026, Franceâs highest court ruled that the main part of this system is illegal.
It broke European rules on privacy and human rights.
The system sent warnings to internet users suspected of sharing files, and the court said it did not protect peopleâs private information well enough.
The new agency, called Arcom, can still block big pirate websites, but the warnings and fines for ordinary people are mostly finished.
This is a big win for groups that defend digital rights after 17 years of work.