He says the British govt's been experimenting with #SocialCredit but there isn't a single link to ANY proof for ANYTHING he says. He's "proven" other things before; granted it was just articles and not the legislation itself, but this has NOTHING!!

He says the British govt's been experimenting with #SocialCredit but there isn't a single link to ANY proof for ANYTHING he says. He's "proven" other things before; granted it was just articles and not the legislation itself, but this has NOTHING!!

Disinformation exists online, yes. But that does not mean every concern about London crime is fake.
Official London sources also show real concern around shoplifting, theft and sexual offences. People want honesty, not spin.
When criticism gets waved away as "misinformation", who decides what counts as truth?

If any UK people are concerned with digital ID the government has a consultation you can fill out at the moment
https://digitalidconsultation.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/t/haveyoursayondigitalid
UK digital ID is sold as "data minimisation", yet the consultation says it would include full name, date of birth, nationality and a facial image, while omitting sex/gender. The Easy Read version even includes a feature to ensure you're called by the "right name".
Privacy by design, or politics by design?
Europe's digital ID push is speeding up. The EU wallet is coming, Ireland is testing its Government Digital Wallet, and age verification is joining the stack. Officials call it convenient and privacy-preserving. I see a system that could quietly become normalised everywhere.
Are you comfortable with digital ID becoming the default for access and age checks?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKfu94Wry5o

You know that a policy is in trouble when not only is it scaled back, but the justification shifts around (searching for something that will *actually* appeal to voters)...
So the UK's Digital ID project was intended initially to deal with the issue of migration, then was going to aid access to benefits, but (Darren Jones, now heading up the project) tells us now it will help reduce populism's appeal.
Yup Digital ID is a solution looking for a problem!
#DigitalID #politics #technology
h/t FT
It’s all connected.
Blairism, billionaire money, Big Tech, digital ID politics, and the same establishment networks are all pulling in one direction. Starmer looks less like he’s serving the British people, and more like he’s managing elite interests for the same old machine.
Who is this government really serving?
#UKPolitics #KeirStarmer #TonyBlair #BigTech #DigitalID #Gaza

As Trump announces the former British PM as his choice to help govern Gaza, Carole Cadwalladr investigates the opaque workings of Blair's institute, its funding from friends of Israel's government – including billionaire Larry Ellison – and an emerging rightwing media takeover of the global information space