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UK: Centralised app abandoned as private firms embedded in government’s collection of health data

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The British government was scheduled to launch its controversial centralised contact-tracing app across Britain in June, following a trial run of the app on the Isle of Wight but announced in late June that it would instead move to produce a decentralised app with Google and Apple in the autumn of 2020. The centralised app was […]

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United Kingdom: Anti-lockdown protests and BLM solidarity marches

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On March 26, the Government passed the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (England) Regulations 2020, without prior Parliamentary scrutiny, which instituted sweeping restrictions on human rights and civil liberties, affording the police additional expansive powers to enforce restrictions on people’s freedom of movement, close businesses, places of worship and community centres, and disperse gatherings. Research by […]

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