People's Republic of Britain

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A community dedicated to documenting, discussing and critiquing government overreach from the UK Government in terms of censorship, freedom of speech and right to privacy and private communication.

Rules (literally 1984, I know)

Not dedicated to one idea or the other. Censorship in general should be called out.
Keep it on topic. Don't turn this into a discussion space dedicated to the ideas or things that the British Government may be censoring (Except for commentary in the comment sections, provided it's civil - we don't want people falling out here)
Parody posts are allowed (like the Boris Johnson clubcard points meme or links to relevant Tom Scott videos) as long as they don't get too much
Posts must be generally based around the UK and actions of the UK government. Articles about propositions by opposition parties and such are also fine. This community isn't set up to critcise on one specific political party
Article titles mustn't be changed too much unless necessary to add context. When doing so, use brackets, except for when expanding abbreviations
Try not to get arrested
We are not responsible for loss of clubcard points

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Inside the Palestine Action trial that could redefine protest as terrorism (www.opendemocracy.net)

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Protests may need to be stopped in some cases, Keir Starmer suggests (www.bbc.co.uk)

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UK Lords propose ban on VPNs for children (www.techradar.com)

submitted 7 months ago by Flax_vert@feddit.uk [M] to c/prb@feddit.uk

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What's more concerning is this:

In another proposed amendment, Peers have suggested that: "Any relevant device supplied for use in the UK must have installed tamper-proof system software which is highly effective at preventing the recording, transmitting… and viewing of CSAM using that device."

BBC News - Keir Starmer to announce plans for digital ID scheme - BBC News (www.bbc.co.uk)

submitted 10 months ago by Flax_vert@feddit.uk [M] to c/prb@feddit.uk

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Live Facial Recognition technology to catch high-harm offenders (www.gov.uk)

submitted 11 months ago by Flax_vert@feddit.uk [M] to c/prb@feddit.uk

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Former magistrate, 81, faces six months in jail for Palestine Vigil (observer.co.uk)

submitted 1 year ago by Flax_vert@feddit.uk [M] to c/prb@feddit.uk

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Met police to more than double use of live facial recognition (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 1 year ago by Flax_vert@feddit.uk [M] to c/prb@feddit.uk

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Just received news that 27 people have been arrested in Parliament Square under the Terrorism Act 2000... (bsky.app)

submitted 1 year ago by Flax_vert@feddit.uk [M] to c/prb@feddit.uk

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Just received news that 27 people have been arrested in Parliament Square under the Terrorism Act 2000 for holding signs saying "I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action". This is real police state behaviour.