Don’t get too comfy. Eu wants to make a similar law https://www.wired.com/story/csar-chat-scan-proposal-european-commission-ads/
I just don’t get what caused such a radical change. The EU has been at the top of caring about consumer privacy, with countries like germany even creating sweet laws like censoring most buildings from google’s street view.
Now suddenly they want to jeopardize encryption and create backdoors? What gives?
Conservatives.
I want to say “climate change” and “wealth inequality”. Those are leading to instability and displacement of people. When those that have little or lost the little they had emigrate or flee to a relatively wealthy place with large inequality, the local population’s richest have a new boogieman. That gets populists elected that make use of a lot of identity politics, with inflammatory and simplistic language. Non-populists see how well that works and feel like they require to employ the same tactics.
Calling for “security” and “protecting the children” are big trigger points for a large section of the society. They can thus frame themselves as “defenders of good” by doing things supposedly in favor of those things.
What’s the reasoning for censoring buildings from street view??
Bribes
Decrepit old people, who confuse a remote control with a cell phone, making laws
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Quite a lot is right with the UK - it just doesn’t get reported because the world’s media focuses on negativity. That’s pretty much the case for every country - people are people even if religion and politics differ. The day to day lives go on with a thousand acts of kindness and consideration. Your attitude is no different to someone in the UK saying “America’s shit” because of a few key points that get bounced around the internet constantly, ignoring the many positives.
I don’t think the source of their wealth even though they are a failed nation or that they perpetuate neo-imperialism and instability around the world to maintain the global north superiority is reported enough, or are those not negative enough?
One of the world’s richest countries, minimum wage, NHS, low unemployment, few natural disasters, low murder rate, diverse cultural heritage…need I go on?
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I’m not sure I understand your point? Are you saying that if things were different, then things would be different? I can’t argue with that.
I know this isn’t privacy, but they recently want to stop people from transitioning to electric cars and also want to stop funding for public transportation… so, this mental hemorrhage of a privacy law doesn’t in the fucking slightest surprise me.
the tories - and that includes the red tories under starmer.
Easier to list what’s not really.
