UK security minister proposes "Digital IDs" to enforce online civility

he has proposed that the UK follow China’s example and require that any place providing internet access use bank-account verification to affirmatively identify all the people who use the internet

Followed shortly by the introduction of a social credit scheme, also in the name of civility. Just as on issues of social welfare…

… on issues regarding surveillance the Tories want to emulate the Chinese default state of authoritarian control. Some of their individual awful policies in this regard might end up being borrowed by China at some point in the future.

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