Post #4458663
2026-07-31 09:54 UTC
Home Secretary #Mahmood, recently revealed her chilling vision of building a “panopticon” where “the eyes of the state can be on you at all times”
Your passport photo is now being searched by #police facial recognition systems, even if you have done nothing wrong; your driving licence photo is next
Set clear limits now, our #rights to privacy, free speech, protest and access to information are all at risk.
Sign:
https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/stop-scanning-us-all-with-facial-recognition
#SurveillanceState #PoliceState #authoritarian
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@paka@mastodon.scot 2026-07-31 10:02
#panopticon n. A hypothetical #prison proposed by Jeremy #Bentham, having circular tiers of #cells surrounding a central observation tower. A building, as a prison or library, so arranged that all parts of the interior are visible from a single point. https://www.thefreedictionary.com/panopticon This what the current #Briitish #government has indicated it wants for our country. Do you? Oppose a prison country; Sign: https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/stop-scanning-us-all-with-facial-recognition