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UK House of Lords to propose mandatory CSAM detection software on smartphones (observer.co.uk)
submitted 21 hours ago by [B] to c/hackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
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[–] 23 points 20 hours ago (3 children)

The brits at it again. Looks like they want to speed run the total surveillance society. There is a reason 1984 and V for Vendetta are set here, but can we please quarantine this island before they contaminate the whole world?

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  • [–] 2 points 9 hours ago

    Afraid not. The UK and Australia are laboratories for how to push this on everyone.

    The ruling class have correctly concluded that pseudo-democracy is nearing its expiry date, and they're gearing up to transition to a new paradigm of control, now that the tech makes it plausible.

    People seeing a live-streamed genocide in their feed was a watershed moment.

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