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Hundreds of ULEZ cameras destroyed by vigilante group following wider London roll-out
Hundreds of ULEZ cameras destroyed by vigilante group following wider London roll-out The group intent on disrupting London Mayor Sadiq Khan’s green vehicle tax has received some political support despite its criminal activity Hundreds of Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) cameras have been vandalized by a vigilante group that opposes the controversial scheme, which extended […]
From Covert to Overt: UK Government and Businesses Seek to Unleash Facial Recognition Technologies Across Urban Landscape
From Covert to Overt: UK Government and Businesses Seek to Unleash Facial Recognition Technologies Across Urban Landscape The Home Office is encouraging police forces across the country to make use of live facial recognition technologies for routine law enforcement. Retailers are also embracing the technology to monitor their customers. It increasingly seems that the UK […]
Investigating The Pro-Censorship UK Group Expanding Across The US
Investigating The Pro-Censorship UK Group Expanding Across The US Freedom of information requests to hit government agencies for its association with pro-censorship group. America First Legal (AFL) have announced its investigation into a UK-based group known as the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH). AFL, a non-profit often described as “an alternative to ACLU,” is […]
Are You Willing to Starve for the Greater Good?
Are You Willing to Starve for the Greater Good? Central planners are pulling double shifts. Contriving plans and proposals to control what you consume, how you travel and cook, where your money is spent, and much, much more. You know who we’re talking about. The Davos WEF crowd. The UN, IMF, World Bank, and central […]
“Shut up — or Else!”
“Shut up — or Else!” Certain establishment types consider my ideas extreme. They accuse me of being a conspiracy theorist or some kind of kook, way outside the boundaries of acceptable consensus. That’s fine, I expect that. If you threaten powerful interests, you can expect that they’ll try to discredit you. The fact is people […]
“A Global Digital Compact” – UN promoting censorship, social credit & much more
“A Global Digital Compact” – UN promoting censorship, social credit & much more Late last month the office of the United Nation’s Secretary General published a policy document on aims for the future of the internet.A follow-up to the 2021 report “Our Common Agenda”, the new report’s title says it all really, “A Global Digital Compact”. That’s […]
Snowden Warns Today’s Surveillance Technology Makes 2013 Look Like ‘Child’s Play’
Edward Snowden said in an interview on June 8, 2023 that advances in surveillance technology have made it far easier for government agencies to spy on citizens than it was in 2013, when he first disclosed the broad use of spying by the NSA and other agencies. (Image: Screenshot/Citizenfour) Snowden Warns Today’s Surveillance Technology Makes […]
DHS Sought To Assign Social Credit Style “Risk Scores” To Social Media Users
DHS Sought To Assign Social Credit Style “Risk Scores” To Social Media Users In a sharp spotlight on the interplay between national security and individual privacy, newly disclosed documents have unveiled that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) entered into a contract with the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) in 2018 to develop a project, […]
UK Government Denies Targeting COVID-19 Policy Critics on Social Media
UK Government Denies Targeting COVID-19 Policy Critics on Social Media The logos of mobile apps Instagram, Snapchat, Twitter, Facebook, Google, and Messenger displayed on a tablet on Oct. 1, 2019. (AFP via Getty Images/Denis Charlet) The UK government is facing renewed pressure to shut its Counter Disinformation Unit (CDU) after the unit was accused of […]
You’d Better Watch Out: The Surveillance State Is Making a List, and You’re On It
You’d Better Watch Out: The Surveillance State Is Making a List, and You’re On It “He sees you when you’re sleeping He knows when you’re awake He knows when you’ve been bad or good So be good for goodness’ sake!” —“Santa Claus Is Coming to Town” You’d better watch out—you’d better not pout—you’d better not […]
Think Only Good Thoughts
Think Only Good Thoughts “Black and white creates a strange dreamscape that color never can.” – Jack Antonoff The original iteration of Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone is perhaps the most iconic television anthology in history. With 156 episodes aired over five seasons (1959-1964), the CBS show broke new ground with its unsettling mix of suspense, drama, […]
Health Authorities Tracked Movements of Canadians via Cellphones During Pandemic
Health Authorities Tracked Movements of Canadians via Cellphones During Pandemic PHAC claims data was anonymized. Xinhua News Agency via Getty Images Health authorities in Canada tracked people’s movements via their cellphones during the pandemic, with trips to pharmacies and liquor stores being logged, it has been revealed. “BlueDot, an intelligence analysis company, prepared movement reports […]
Despotism Is the New Normal: Looming Threats to Freedom in 2022
Despotism Is the New Normal: Looming Threats to Freedom in 2022 “Looking at the present, I see a more probable future: a new despotism creeping slowly across America. Faceless oligarchs sit at command posts of a corporate-government complex that has been slowly evolving over many decades. In efforts to enlarge their own powers and privileges, they […]
Gov’t Can’t Be Trusted With Cellphone Tracking Amid Pandemic: Former Ontario Privacy Commissioner
A cell tower in rural Ontario in a file photo. (The Canadian Press/Sean Kilpatrick) Gov’t Can’t Be Trusted With Cellphone Tracking Amid Pandemic: Former Ontario Privacy Commissioner Ontario’s former privacy commissioner is sounding the alarm about the government’s tracking of cellphone data to inform policy, after it was revealed recently that a federal agency has […]
