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Welcome to our dystopian future In the UK Teresa May just passed the 'Snoopers Charter'(Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Act) which is at least as bad a
by jimnotgym 10y ago
Welcome to our dystopian future
In the UK Teresa May just passed the 'Snoopers Charter'(Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Act) which is at least as bad as this. Agencies like the 'Food standards agency', and 'Health and safety executive' now have powers to read your browsing history without a warrant. Somehow this is supposed to stop terrorism?
Now we have the 'Digital Economy bill' which is where the UK's 'Great Firewall' begins under the guise of protecting our children from porn.
Its Orwellian and it is disgusting. What is worst is how the press ignored it and the Corbyn opposition abstained from voting on it! I will never vote for a politician who did not vote against it, and that is a very small number!
- dmix 10y agoConsidering EU's various proclamations against surveillance had zero effect on any of this it's probably good that Brexit happened. The problem will be easier to solve internally with a smaller government without the baggage of having to solve France/Germany's security problems thanks to EU open borders. Whether or not the people care is then the primary question. Who knows, maybe the youth today will be the ones who realize that judicial oversight over law enforcement and intel agencies was a good thing.
- angry-hacker 10y agoWho were the brave ones? Small players? UKIP?
- nvarsj 10y agoLibDems and SNP.