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🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴 - September, UK Digital Privacy Is Over
Five red 🔴, the highest alert for news affecting our privacy.
In September 2026, EVERY smart mobile device including Android and Apple, new and secondhand will receive a forced overnight update.
This update will block access to your device, it's OS, apps and content until you provide photo ID/Live facial recognition.
You WILL NOT be able to avoid this update if you use a standard device.
This is biometric ID gathering on an unprecedented level.
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🔴🔴🔴🔴 - Burnham Backs UK Social Media Ban, Digital ID Age Verification
New PM? Same agenda.
There will be no let up on the UK's plan to gather the ID of every single online participant.
Burnham Carries On Starmer's Plans
🔴🔴🔴 - Every New EU Car Will Have Driver-Facing Cameras As Of TODAY
Under the guide of "safety", every new car and van sold across the EU will watch its driver from July 7, when an infrared camera aimed at the person behind the wheel becomes a legal condition of sale.
🔴🔴🔴 - EU Parliament Revives Chat Surveillance for Thursday Vote
New vote on an already "killed" act now needs an absolute majority to kill it but is planned for the final sitting before the summer break. Classic "democracy" right there.
🔴🔴🔴 - AI Altering Meaning of Users’ Drafts
Researchers say small changes in drafting on issues from abortion to climate could spread rapidly and create long-term shifts in public opinion. You see, AI is BAD NEWS.
🔴🔴🔴 - AI Is Dominating Tech News In The UK
The Guardian alone mentions AI a total of fifty one times on their Tech pages this week.
🟢👀 - Scotland Could Freeze Datacentre Projects In Challenge To UK’s AI Strategy
Last Sunday the Scottish National party (SNP)’s national council passed a motion to freeze all new datacentres in Scotland.
🟢 - Proposed Data Centers Would Cover 14% Of This Pennsylvania Town. Locals Are Fighting Back
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