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Re:Australia’s new mass surveillance mandate by iechoz6H on Wednesday September 08, 2021 @10:38AM (#28457692)
In the first six months of lockdown in the UK 6500 prosecutions were undertaken by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS). These included non-lockdown flouting crimes which were simply flagged as 'Corona Virus related', such as threatening to cough on somebody whilst 'infected' and stealing items deemed essential for dealing with the pandemic.[1]

Your assertion that a million people were prosecuted seems far fetched.

1. https://www.cps.gov.uk/cps/news/6500-coronavirus-related-pro...

Re:Australia’s new mass surveillance mandate by chrisseaton on Wednesday September 08, 2021 @01:06PM (#28459969)
The blackout lockdown. A million people were prosecuted in WW2. It's a myth that everyone was cool with it and compliant back then.