Surveillance Is Not Safety: A statement on the UK's latest threat to privacy

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Surveillance Is Not Safety: A statement on the UK's latest threat to privacy​ ​ June 8, 2026​ Children deserve to be safe, protected, and nurtured. They do not deserve surveillance, funding cuts, and cover-ups. Children also deserve their human right to privacy, as does everyone. The UK government’s demand that all content on all devices sold or used in the UK be scanned on the presumption of nudity, using a dystopian combination of age verification and content scanning, will not safeguard children. It endangers us all, whilst strengthening Apple, Google, and Microsoft's market dominance…

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