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David Davis nails the issue regarding Digital ID & state power
It might not be the current Government’s plan to use digital ID for this sort of tracking, but once created, you can’t constrain future governments from using it in that way. That’s the problem.
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Possible lunar meteor impact reported?
Translation: “Last night, a lunar impact flash appeared on the night side of the first quarter moon! It was a flash at 20:33:13.4 on October 30, 2025 (270fps, 0.03x speed playback). Since the moon has no atmosphere, meteors cannot be seen, and it lights up at the moment a crater is formed. Based on the
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Denmark surprisingly abandons plans for chat control | heise online
As someone on Reddit put it: I’ve seen this movie. They put the plan in [a] drawer to avoid getting a “No” in a voting. Now, the next presidency will put some makeup on Chat Control bill and try to pass it again in a few months. Again and again until bad guys win. https://www.heise.de/en/news/Denmark-surprisingly-abandons-plans-for-chat-control-10965249.html
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French lawmakers progress tax on American Big Tech amid huge pushback | POLITICO
Basically all European tech regulation is envy & avarice, not user protection: France’s National Assembly voted Tuesday night in favor of hiking a digital service tax on tech companies including Google, Apple, Meta and Amazon to 6 percent, up from 3 percent … Lawmakers had initially pushed to hike the levy to 15 percent to
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Maybe sometimes it’s the “people who matter” who should “nerd harder”?
Techies vs. the people that matter – by Robert Graham https://cybersect.substack.com/p/techies-vs-the-people-that-matter
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“We will not be age-gating Wikipedia under any circumstances … what are they going to do? They could block Wikipedia. Good luck with that” | PoliticsHome
The House | Wikipedia’s Jimmy Wales warns Of “Political Showdown” With UK Government Over Online Safety Act https://www.politicshome.com/news/article/wikipedia-v-uk-government-jimmy-wales-warns-political-showdown-online-safety-act Previously
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Australia’s eSafety Chief Pressures Big Tech and AI Firms on Verification, Age Checks
…Among its requirements are broad directives that “encrypted services, anonymous accounts, generative artificial intelligence (AI) and recommender systems can be used safely,” and that “harmful material and activity is minimized.” … While framed as promoting safety, these rules give the Commissioner wide discretion to define what counts as acceptable online behavior. https://reclaimthenet.org/australia-online-speech-crackdown-esafety-age-verification-push
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Websites in Non-UK Countries should not take action to block UK citizens
I’ve previously written about this at considerable length, so I will limit myself to quoting Preston Byrne re: domestic rights, and noting that sites which have engaged in UK-directed self-censorship* are now centred in complaints to government that VPNs enable circumvention. Appeasement makes it worse for us: [*] The Molly Rose Foundation are literally attempting
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