The U.K. Government Is Very Close To Eroding Encryption Worldwide
The U.K. Government Is Very Close To Eroding Encryption Worldwide
The U.K. Parliament is pushing ahead with a sprawling internet regulation bill that will, among other things, undermine the privacy of people around the world. The Online Safety Bill, now at the final stage before passage in the House of Lords, gives the British government the ability to force backd...
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Can't you guys tell your MPs to get that shit out of here?
Oh believe me we will, but we have to wait for them to call an election (likely autumn 2024). They're roundly despised and they know it. They're just milking as much as they can before they're flung out of Parliament.
They're a disgrace.
Which makes you wonder what the point in this bill even is. They will barely get an opportunity to make use of it.
They just like swinging their dicks to show they did something.
Oh, they've done things. That's the problem.
Is there any indication that Labour would be any better on this particular issue?
Very very very little indication they would be better, and I'm very left of center in politics.
Starmer is very suss as far as I'm concerned, I'm not at all comfortable with his purges...if he gets in, we'll see.
Idk. Im very pessimistic that this county is capable of any reasonable decision making tbh.