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David Cameron and Theresa May must be so upset that eventually a Labour government managed to undermine encryption in the UK.

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Thanks to the UK Government we are all (those of us in the UK) more insecure and vulnerable to our data being intercepted...and not just from the state and it's spooks techcrunch.com/2025/02/21/a...

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Today we mark the anniversary of the murders of #JánKuciak his partner Martina Kušnírová. We continue to stand in solidarity with their friends, families and colleagues and reiterate our call for justice. #Slovakia @nikwilliams.bsky.social

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Police in #Kashmir have raided dozens of bookstores and seized more than 650 books as part of crackdowns on dissent. Index's @nikwilliams.bsky.social responds: www.theguardian.com/books/2025/f... @ellacreamer.bsky.social @theguardian.com #India

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Kashmir has long been at the forefront of India's repression and censorship machine. The latest example brings this home www.theguardian.com/books/2025/f...

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At the request of the Trump Admin, the Ntl Park Service removed references to trans people in this essay w/o consulting the writer, historian @wendylrouse.bsky.social. Read it here as Prof Rouse intended (and as the NPS published/maintained it until now). 🗃️ drive.google.com/file/d/1p-rQ...

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For me, @caoilfhionn.bsky.social and her @doughtystreet.bsky.social colleagues have been an absolute inspiration. But while we can (and should) talk about their courage, we must remember they are being targeted for doing their job. It is that simple. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...

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I saw Joe Sacco speak in New Delhi last November. His anger and sadness at what was happening in #Gaza was palpable and raw. This collaboration with Art Spiegelman goes some way to capture this www.theguardian.com/world/pictur...

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Our latest Monitoring Report revealed 1,548 violations in Europe in 2024, with increasing censorship, online harassment, and attacks on media workers. www.mfrr.eu/monitoring-r...

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Scoop: The databases powering DOGE.gov are insecure, and people outside the government have already pushed their own updates to the site to prove it: www.404media.co/anyone-can-p...

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Slow hand clap to the Home Office for misjudging the Apple TCN so badly that they've made the Trump administration look like the good guys www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

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#Georgia 🇬🇪 Recent protests have seen new attacks by police on journalists covering these events, and no-one held to account. CPJ calls on authorities to thoroughly investigate these violent incidents & "break the cycle of impunity". https://buff.ly/4jORUaJ #EndImpunity

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bwa-ha-ha

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Utterly tragic and pathetic www.thenational.scot/news/2493240...

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Elon Musk's "maximally transparent" DOGE website has finally gone live.... And it's basically just a stylized version of the DOGE Twitter account....

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Iran’s top judicial authority has pardoned two journalists, Elaheh Mohammadi and Niloofar Hamedi, who had been sentenced to 12 and 13 years in prison, respectively, by an Iranian Revolutionary Court in 2023 for their coverage of the death of Mahsa Amini. www.voanews.com/a/iran-pardo...

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Labour trying to out-reform Reform will only ape their bigotry & cruelty not their pull for chunks of the public. This is a party too lazy or unprincipled to present a counter-narrative. But then they complained about the "inefficiency" of the Rwanda scheme not the inhumanity or illegality of it.

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My toddler didn’t like me pointing out he had filled his nappy this morning (just as we were ready to face the world). I didn’t want to face it either (but we did). Anyway, here’s the new global corruption perceptions index for you (requires action): www.transparency.org/en/cpi/2024.

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Looking forward to talking about @oxunipress.bsky.social Indulging Kleptocracy today in parliament with Tom Mayne @tenaprelec.bsky.social @suehawley.bsky.social @joepowell.bsky.social and tomorrow at sold-out event at Frontline Club with @oliverbullough.bsky.social. global.oup.com/academic/pro...

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SCOOP: Kash Patel took $25,000 from a production company with ties to Russia propaganda activity to appear in an anti-FBI docuseries. He did not respond to questions about this. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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If you're an early career researcher - perhaps based in a fledgling authoritarian state - and want an out, @britishacademy.bsky.social offer 2-year fellowships to come to a UK university (including relocation costs and research funds). www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/inte...

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I remember working on the #IPA & was always shocked by how the gov presented these powers as almost pedestrian Everyone who knew anything about data, #privacy and #E2EE were rightfully terrified. Deep down I think the state knew though, I mean why else bake in gagging orders!?

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Just wrote about the UK Apple encryption mess. This is a BIG deal. It doesn't just apply to the UK. It would be an absolute disaster for online privacy and security. www.techdirt.com/2025/02/07/u...

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Demonstrates just how trans hatred just utterly poisons the brain. According to them a misogynistic bigot who violates women's safety, autonomy, choices and bodies can be framed as a "feminist hero". Shameful

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It is hard to even articulate how stupid and dangerous this is in this particular moment. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

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The American tradition of bill names being on-the-nose acronyms is frankly deranged (but humourously creative!) but this one is truly excellent (although I imagine the bill will go nowhere)

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New from 404 Media: Employees working at DOGE have been ordered to stop using Slack while government lawyers attempt to transition the agency to one that is not subject to the Freedom of Information Act. Means DOGE will be even more secretive and unaccountable www.404media.co/doge-employe...

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The Jurassic World trailer dropped at the exact right time. What better way to distract from the #Musk Coup and the #Trump Gaza war crime than by dissecting whether it is more of a Jurassic Park or a Jurassic World film?

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As the Executive Orders begin - Can academic #freedom survive Donald Trump’s plans for thought control? The president’s aim to remove power and #freedom from #universities and punish so-called #woke ideology has chilling implications for #FreeSpeech globally www.indexoncensorship.org/2024/12/acad...

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A reminder that stamping out the dangers of privately sourced surveillance must go beyond NSO Group alone. It is an industrial and structural issue that must be responded to as such www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

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So #Trump has threatened to invade Panama and Greenland, coerce Canada into becoming the 51st state and is now threatening Gaza with invasion and war crimes ... ... And some fuckers called him the Anti-War candidate?!

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For those keeping count at home, Meta lets folks incite gender-based hate in the name of free speech, but if one of its employees dares to tell the truth about what its CEO says then there is zero tolerance.

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An important thread by @jheathershaw.bsky.social about the unanswered questions about the SRA's decision to close @eliothiggins.bsky.social's complaint. There are (and crucially were) very few unanswered questions about Prigozhin's status in Wagner Group

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The UK Anti-SLAPP Coalition has criticised the Solicitors Regulation Authority’s decision to close the complaint made by our founder @eliothiggins.bsky.social against the UK firm that represented Yevgeny Prigozhin —without taking further action. Read about the case here: antislapp.uk/2025/01/28/s...

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"Prison is for people who opened their mouths too wide" @bbcstever.bsky.social gets under Lukashenka's thin skin. The exchange is revealing but chilling. Steve is a goddamn master youtu.be/yth-t16gFkk

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The UK Anti-SLAPP Coalition strongly criticises the Solicitors Regulation Authority’s decision to close the complaint made by #Bellingcat founder @eliothiggins.bsky.social against Discreet Law—the firm that represented #YevgenyPrigozhin —without taking further action: antislapp.uk/2025/01/28/s...

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UK Anti-SLAPP Coalition criticises the SRA’s closure of Higgins’ SLAPP complaint and points to need for universal SLAPP protections antislapp.uk/2025/01/28/s...

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The real stomach punch is the trust SLAPP targets put into the SRA process. Everyone I spoke to had already lodged a complaint and have waited months and months. The lack of progress and transparency could really undermine this trust

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Update on Yvegeny Prigozhin's legal case against me - UK law firm that acted for Putin’s warlord Prigozhin 'broke no rules' democracyforsale.substack.com/p/uk-law-fir...

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For all the hot air on how Britain is cracking down on SLAPPs, this story by @petergeoghegan.bsky.social shows how nothing has changed. Russian warlord Prigozhin’s lawsuit against Bellingcat’s @eliothiggins.bsky.social ruled not a SLAPP open.substack.com/pub/democrac...

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Thinking of Andrei Aliaksandrau, who turns 47 years old today. He should be celebrating with his family & friends but instead he remains behind bars for his defence of human rights. "Happy" birthday to you, Andrei. #FreeAndrei

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Kenya must end abductions & intimidation of activists. ARTICLE 19 condemns the alarming attacks on critics speaking out against governments in Eastern African countries and calls for action to uphold human rights and the rule of law. www.article19.org/resources/ke...

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Not surprising but still gross to see in writing. Is it really a landslide when you imprison and exile your critics, shut down all civic space and threaten your opposition? meduza.io/en/news/2025...

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