#GifsArtidote:
#UKpolice inciting and encouraging criminal behaviour like #PeopleSmuggling #racism, #xenophobia and normalising #AntiImmigration rethoric.
They don't exist to protect the British public, they exist to protect the #CapitalistSystem and the corporate, powerful elite.
#AsylumSeekers, #refugees and #immigrants are not our enemy, the ppl in power, big business and this #CapitalistSystem is.
This week's net.wars, "Isolate", signs the Global Encryption Coalition's letter opposing Britain's demand that Apple backdoor encryption on its cloud service worldwide, and imagines the worst possible timeline where it's coupled it with Ofcom's rules under the Online Safety Act: https://netwars.pelicancrossing.net/2025/02/14/isolate/. #NetWars #Ofcom #Encryption #Apple #UKPolice
This seems very reasonable - although the chances of it being implemented seem pretty low! The experience of having been shut down as a previous persona apparently just for pointing out that the #ukpolice were defending #asylumseekers , #muslims and others against #farright mobs last August and were taking significant casualties ( into the hundreds ) as a result causes me to be deeply sceptical. I challenged the decision without success - receiving unpleasant comments in return .
Exclusive: Met Police sacks just 5 firearms officers despite 2,000 complaints.
Campaigners say new data shows notorious gun squad officers act as ‘law unto themselves’
UK Police Seizes £1.4 Million Worth of Bitcoin Linked to China Fraud - On Wednesday, January 31, British law enforcement authorities revealed the discovery of B... - https://coingape.com/uk-police-seizes-1-4-million-worth-of-bitcoin-linked-to-china-fraud/ #cryptofraudandassetrecovery #24/7cryptocurrencynews #bitcoinnewstoday #cryptofraud #cryptouk #ukpolice
Listen to a secret recording of the interrogation here
US tech firm has been privately lobbying UK councils and police forces to scale up their surveillance using their AI-powered platform
Metropolitan Police “desperately” tried to gather information about protest rights training event ahead of one of the world’s biggest arms fairs
This week's net.wars, "Guarding the peace", reviews the new report from the Scottish Institute for Policing Research on UK police and government use of commercial digital advertising, profiling, and marketing tools to shape public behavior: https://netwars.pelicancrossing.net/2023/08/25/guarding-the-peace/ #NetWars #UKPolice #privacy
I am happy to announce my new open access article out today in Policing & Society. I explore the use of automated threat-harm-risk scores in a UK police force and their role in structuring decision-making. https://doi.org/10.1080/10439463.2022.2144305 #predictivepolicing #AI #ukpolice