Tag Archives: Civil Liberties

Digital Economy Bill – Petiton Harriet

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Currently the Digital economy bill, is still trundling it’s way through parliament without any proper debate or anyone much taking a look at it. On Thursday Harriet Harman will have to explain the Government’s plans for this bill so before then write to her and ask that it be given proper time for a full debate. This in case you’ve forgotten is the bill that will block access to websites and cut off your internet access for alleged copyright infringement whilst at the same time allow anyone to make use of your photographs for anything if they think it’s an … Continue reading →

That didn’t take long

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So not long after they were introduced and as a matter of no surprise at all to virtually everyone, the body scanners at Heathrow have been used for ogling. This utterly predictable use of new technology for porn whilst worrying isn’t terribly surprising. What concerns me slightly more is that the security staff at Heathrow are apparently thick enough to enter “the X-ray machine by mistake” and also thick enough to tell the person concerned that they’ve just used a scanner to look at them. Though why the scanned guard “can’t bear to think about the body scanner thing” is … Continue reading →

Servants of the people?

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A bit of not so local news, which really isn’t terribly surprising but that’s worth highlighting anyway. News reaches me that due to police objections Strawbery fair is to be cancelled this year. The organizers say: “Cambridgeshire Police have made it absolutely clear they do not want the event to go ahead and have put an incredible amount of time and resource into preventing it. We feel the police action shows just how far out of step they are with the people of Cambridge, who have shown overwhelming support for the event; and had the same enthusiasm been spent on … Continue reading →