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Re:Open Letter from Security Researchers in Relation to the ... by zarzavat on Wednesday July 05, 2023 @08:41AM (#36599592)
You much overestimate how politically involved the UK public is. Most people don’t know what this bill is.

In the UK there’s a concept of the “Westminster bubble”. Politicians believe that people care deeply about “online safety”, which is all that matters really.

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Re:Open Letter from Security Researchers in Relation to the ... by bavell on Wednesday July 05, 2023 @09:04AM (#36599864)
Known as "DC brain worms" here in the US
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Re:Open Letter from Security Researchers in Relation to the ... by anigbrowl on Wednesday July 05, 2023 @01:42PM (#36604007)
Politicians don't believe that. But they know that the newspapers will vilify them at election time if they don't play along with the security & safety lobby, and the news media shapes voter preferences.
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