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UK: New Bill Threatens Future of Free Expression and Civil Liberty

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Big Brother Watch has warned that the recently proposed Online Harms Bill is yet another piece of legislation designed to deceive us into thinking the government is protecting us all when something more sinister is likely. Free expression and civil liberty are at stake. The result is a piece of proposed legislation which is as BBW says is “blunt in its force and will have severe unintended consequences”. Think back to the Regulatory Investigations Powers Act 2000, designed to catch terrorists and high level wanted criminals – eventually used by the BBC to catch licence fee dodgers and local authorities to catch underage sunbed use. There are many laws that the government have brought in since the late 1990s now being used against civil liberty and basic human rights.

UK – New Bill Threatens Future of Free Expression and Civil Liberty

Shocking revelations of a meeting between Zuckerberg and Hancock

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

The big takeaway is Mark Zuckerberg personally threatening Hancock with withdrawing investment in the UK in favour of another European country. Shockingly the threat appears to work. Rather than standing up to Zuckerberg, Hancock instead offers a “new beginning” and a tone shift from “threatening regulation to encouraging collaborative working to ensure legislation is proportionate and innovation-friendly”.

Shocking revelations of a meeting between Zuckerberg and Hancock

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Mark Zuckerberg threatened to pull UK investment in secret meeting with Matt Hancock

Government Efforts to Counter Propaganda Risk Undermining Public Trust

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Government Efforts to Counter Propaganda Risk Undermining Public Trust

This is not helped by worrying statements in recent UK Government documents on ‘information manoeuvre’ and Integrated Operating Concept for 2025. Former clarity has been replaced by declarations that “the old distinction between foreign and domestic defence is increasingly irrelevant.” Calls for “innovation and experimentation” accompany statements that “our legal, ethical and moral framework needs updating to deny our adversaries the opportunity to undermine our values.” Britain’s MOD must provide citizens with clearer information on how it intends to ‘update’ its moral framework.