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NEW: Read our latest Emergency Powers and Civil Liberties Report here
We cover how the pandemic response has impacted rights and freedoms, including:
Excessive policing
Online censorship
A Big Tech coup
Protest bans
Vaccine passports
https://bit.ly/3ji53dj
EXCESSIVE POLICING:
The Government instigated a misguided 'crackdown'. Police have been arresting + fining people safely going for walks, sitting on benches + playing Pokemon Go.
We believe thousands of fines have been issued unlawfully. Every fine must be urgently reviewed.
The Government instigated a misguided 'crackdown'. Police have been arresting + fining people safely going for walks, sitting on benches + playing Pokemon Go.
We believe thousands of fines have been issued unlawfully. Every fine must be urgently reviewed.
ONLINE CENSORSHIP:
Social media firms have been taking down content, even from MPs, that contradicts or criticises Govt health policy
But in a democracy, we have the right to debate, dissent+ speak freely. Unelected Silicon Valley billionaires shouldn't be the arbiters of truth
Social media firms have been taking down content, even from MPs, that contradicts or criticises Govt health policy
But in a democracy, we have the right to debate, dissent+ speak freely. Unelected Silicon Valley billionaires shouldn't be the arbiters of truth
PROTEST BANS:
The right to protest remains suspended, as protesters from a range of causes face fines and arrests.
Many of these protests posed no threat to public health until swathes of police officers arrived.
This is not about safety. It's about silencing political dissent
The right to protest remains suspended, as protesters from a range of causes face fines and arrests.
Many of these protests posed no threat to public health until swathes of police officers arrived.
This is not about safety. It's about silencing political dissent
VACCINE PASSPORTS:
Vaccines Minister @nadhimzahawi said there were 'no plans' for vaccine passports. But Govt funded trials are underway right now.
These passes would be tantamount to vaccine coercion + would create a two-tier society on the basis of health status.
Vaccines Minister @nadhimzahawi said there were 'no plans' for vaccine passports. But Govt funded trials are underway right now.
These passes would be tantamount to vaccine coercion + would create a two-tier society on the basis of health status.
A DIGITAL COUP:
Vast amounts of data about our movements, employment, criminal records, religious + political beliefs are being fed into the secretive 'Covid-19 Data Store', a huge data black hole built by Palantir for the NHS.
We deserve to know how our data is being used.
Vast amounts of data about our movements, employment, criminal records, religious + political beliefs are being fed into the secretive 'Covid-19 Data Store', a huge data black hole built by Palantir for the NHS.
We deserve to know how our data is being used.
The Dec-Jan Emergency Powers and Civil Liberties Report covers these issues in detail + many more.
We've also sent a copy to every MP and Peer in Parliament.
If you want to take action, email them & urge them to follow our recommendations.
https://members.parliament.uk/FindYourMP
We've also sent a copy to every MP and Peer in Parliament.
If you want to take action, email them & urge them to follow our recommendations.
https://members.parliament.uk/FindYourMP
