News Round-Up
26 July 2024
Government Has Just Declared War on Free Speech
26 July 2024
by Toby Young
Central digital control is growing and the debanking scandal has shown the dangers. As many worry that a Chinese-style "social credit" system is creeping into the West, the Together Association looks at what can be done.
Microsoft has announced a new feature that takes a screenshot of your activity every few seconds and saves it as a permanent record. What could go wrong, asks technology expert Dr R P.
2024 may be the last chance to stamp out service withdrawals for dissenting views, given that Labour is likely to win the next election.
With the ever-growing presence of Government surveillance to keep us 'safe' and in line, is a descent into a Chinese-style police state now inevitable, asks Nick Rendell.
The news that NatWest has begun to nag its customers about their spending for green reasons makes the case for CBDCs, according to one IT specialist.
NatWest bank is telling customers to stop eating meat and to drive electric cars after combing their accounts to calculate their carbon footprint.
If programmable CBDCs are introduced, your own digital financial footprint will be used to control you, as even democratic countries slip towards Chinese-style social credit systems, warns Laura Dodsworth.
NatWest Group boss Alison Rose has admitted she was the source of the BBC's incorrect story about Nigel Farage's de-banking fiasco – but, ludicrously, the bank's board has said it still has "full confidence" in her.
Coutts closed Nigel Farage’s bank accounts because his views “do not align with our values”, documents obtained by the former UKIP leader show. In other words, he was 'de-banked' for being politically suspect.
The majority of High Street banks are members of diversity schemes run by the controversial charity Stonewall, the Telegraph has revealed.
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