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One of the problems is that it isn't just Brits. Face tracking is being implemented throughout Europe: https://www.wired.com/story/europe-police-facial-recogni
by kaanski 4y ago
One of the problems is that it isn't just Brits.
Face tracking is being implemented throughout Europe:
https://www.wired.com/story/europe-police-facial-recognition-prum/ https://www.wired.com/story/europe-police-facial-recognition...
The rest of Europe has the same laws as the UK when it comes to 'offensive rap lyrics'.
This is a general issue, framing it as "Brits don't care" does nothing but make people believe it couldn't happen to them if they are outside the UK.
Some examples of people in the UK who do care:
https://www.openrightsgroup.org/ https://www.openrightsgroup.org/
https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/ https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/
Edit:
Forgot to mention originally but lets not forget the general attitude towards E2E encryption in the UK and throughout Europe:
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2022/03/eff-tells-eu-commission-dont-break-encryption https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2022/03/eff-tells-eu-commissio...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Investigatory_Powers_Act_2016 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Investigatory_Powers_Act_2016
There is a general movement against privacy, this isn't a localised issue.