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submitted 10 months ago by leraje@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

"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.

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[-] TengoDosVacas@lemmy.world 45 points 10 months ago

This is an admittance that you have no right to protest.

What are.you going to do about it?

[-] leraje@lemmy.blahaj.zone 25 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

You've got to understand the 'average' British psyche at this point in history. The majority simply don't care that people they see as troublemakers and/or scroungers are having their rights dismantled. They lack the empathy to give a shit for these people and they lack the foresight to see that it'll be their rights gone one day too. What stirs the average british gammon off their collective arses these days is the rumour there might be an immigrant in a hotel somewhere or that a drag queen exists.

[-] TengoDosVacas@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

You described all of the western world since the passing of the US's 1996 Telecommunications Act which gave all the radical fascists free rein to spread nonstop fascist propaganda over thousands upon thousands of talk shows and now through the internet.

The only reasonable response is violence.

[-] Twelve20two@slrpnk.net 1 points 10 months ago

Well that took a hard turn at the end

[-] some_designer_dude@lemmy.world 22 points 10 months ago

Prote—ahhh nearly got me!

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