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Sweden will shortly force food shops and pharmacies to accept cash, while banks will be obliged to accept cash deposits. It is interesting how a country once at the vanguard of the cashless society has reversed its tune in light of the digital threats it might face from hostile states, or the failure of digital infrastructure. Although driven by such threats a valuable spin-off is the protection from surveillance that cash provides.

We wonder when we can expect the UK Government to in act in a similar manner, or whether it continues to bury its head in the sand about the consequences of the cashless society.

Russian threat forces Sweden to rethink cashless society New law requires food shops and pharmacies to provide staffed tills accepting coins and banknotes

NO2ID has undertaken a thorough section-by-section analysis of the background briefing notes to the King’s speech and the Home Affairs Committee report on the Government's plans for Digital ID and the analysis is available on the NO2ID website.

Needless to say things are not as rosy as the Government would like the public to think.

A “national Digital ID system” – after the King’s Speech and HAC Report The announcement of a “Digital Access to Services Bill” in the King’s Speech, and the publication of the Home Affairs Committee’s report on the Government’s plans for a “national Digital ID system&…

Here at NO2ID we wonder how many of these data requests are ultimately linked to a conviction? We would guess virtually zero (and we would almost certainly be right).

700,000 requests for one Police force is a mind-boggling number and shows how the UK’s surveillance state has grown to an enormous size.

London's police asked Big Tech for comms data over 700,000 times last year A Freedom of Information Act request shows the extent of the surveillance

NO2ID Press Release on the Home Affairs Committee’s digital ID report.

NO2ID Press Release on the Home Affairs Committee’s digital ID report Responding to the publication of the Home Affairs Committee’s report on the government’s plans for digital ID today [1], National Coordinator of NO2ID [2], Phil Booth, said: “ This report is polite…

A fascinating glimpse into how China uses AI and data-mapping tools to surveil and track foreigners — especially journalists.

This is the kind of mass-surveillance system Tony Blair could only dream about with his ID card scheme in the 2000s. Back then, such surveillance the technology simply wasn’t available.

Now, as China shows, it absolutely is.

PS: Let's hope the UK Government don't rad the article - it will give them ideas😬

Leaked: The secret Chinese surveillance programme tracking people like me Behind the curtain of Xi’s vast police state, Big Brother is watching ‘enemies of the people’ – including The Telegraph’s Sophia Yan

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It's shocking that the Covid enquiry thinks the monitoring of lockdown critics by the Government was OK. If this is considered acceptable, then what does it mean for criticism of the Government in general – is everybody who holds a different view to the state going to be a candidate for monitoring?

Let's be clear such monitoring by the state of "facts and opinions we don't like" is fundamentally antidemocratic and it is shocking that the Covid enquiry thinks otherwise.

Covid Inquiry ‘endorses’ monitoring of lockdown critics Finding that Government unit’s actions were necessary are ‘chilling’ for free speech, say campaigners

NO2ID response to the Digital ID proposed legislation in the Kings Speech.

NO2ID Press Release on Digital ID in the King’s Speech Responding to the announcement of Digital ID in the King’s Speech [1] today, National Coordinator of NO2ID [2], Phil Booth, said: “His Majesty just announced ‘government by app’ –…

The Government's consultation on Digital ID ended yesterday.

NO2ID submitted a response to the consultation and we also covered a number of topics it seems those running the consultation – as well as those building and already rolling out parts of the ID scheme – either didn’t think of, forgot to mention, or chose to omit.

You can read NO2ID's responses on our website.

2026 Consultation response (and the missing question) As have many others, NO2ID submitted a response to the Government’s consultation on digital ID. Those who submitted theirs via the online survey form were asked a question that was omitted from the…

The most revealing part of this article is buried deep inside it:

“Sir Mark Rowley, the Met Commissioner, confirmed on Friday that the force was considering asking the Home Secretary to ban two marches on May 16 under Section 13 — one a pro-Palestine march marking Nakba Day, and the other a ‘Unite the Kingdom’ rally organised by Tommy Robinson.”

So the interesting question is how does Tommy Robinson come into a story about marches for Palestine? Is the proposed ban on Palestine marches really just cover for something much bigger - the curbing of public protest in general, regardless of who is protesting?

The right to assemble and protest is facing growing pressure for restrictions from all directions. At the same time, Government efforts to control online expression through age-gating and the Online Safety Act continue unabated.

As a society we need to wake up to what is really happening before these freedoms are lost piece by piece.

Starmer prepared to ban Palestine marches PM will consider ‘further powers’ to limit demonstrations after Golders Green attack, citing ‘cumulative’ effect on Jewish community