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Is this the same UK government that deliberately destroyed landing records as part of their policy of creating a "hostile environment" for dark skinned immigran
by michael1999 3y ago
Is this the same UK government that deliberately destroyed landing records as part of their policy of creating a "hostile environment" for dark skinned immigrants from the Empire? The government has form deleting the past. Why make it easier?
- jdietrich 3y agoIf these were digitised, they'd be public domain; anyone would have the right to create their own copy. Quietly shredding paper documents is a lot easier than getting a court order against Internet Archive. Open digitisation is a very powerful tool to stop governments from throwing things down the memory hole.
- justinclift 3y ago> If these were digitised, they'd be public domain Is that a certainty? "Crown Copyright" is a thing in the UK and other Commonwealth countries, and still seems to be in use: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crown_copyright#United_Kingdom https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crown_copyright#United_Kingdom
- iggldiggl 3y agoAnd leaving history aside for a moment, by now government probably produces lots of native digital records, but that in no way means that they're automatically publicly accessible.
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- andylynch 3y agoFrom old news reports, it was at least as much about not wanting to expend the effort to move the boxes when they relocated offices at some point. Not that that is any better.
- golergka 3y agoDid the UK government ever had a regime change since 1066?
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- toyg 3y agoNot sure why this is relevant, but yes - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glorious_Revolution https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glorious_Revolution