"Protesters who wear masks could face arrest, up to a month in jail and a £1,000 fine under proposed measures that human rights campaigners claim are pandering to “culture war nonsense”.

Police in England and Wales will be given the power to arrest people if they are wearing face coverings at specific demonstrations, the Home Office has said."

Been a bad 18 months or so for privacy in the UK. Online Safety Bill passed, the right to take strike action curtailed, people in receipt of benefits (including disabled people) will soon (as from 2025) have their bank accounts open to the government, the right to protest curtailed and now this.

  • Night Monkey
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    Obviously, world governments are the answer to all our problems.

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        10 个月前

        The alternative? To a global government?

        Anything but that. That my final offer

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          The EU is barely a government over the 480 million it represents. Where did you get the notion it’s a global government?