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17 May, 4 tweets, 3 min read
🚨 A major milestone today as #lockdown eases for most of the UK.

But can we really call this #FreedomDay?

dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9…
#EmergencyPowers are still being used to clamp down on protesters, with 4 arrested on suspicion of breaching Health Protection Regulations this weekend.

And the #CoronavirusAct remains in force, although all 270 charges under the Act have been unlawful.

independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-n…
Today, NHS App users can create a "2D barcode" to show their Covid vaccine status using their NHS number, name and COVID vaccination history.

While right now this will only be used for some international travel, later this month an announcement is due on domestic Covid passes.
We are building the biggest fight against Covid passes!

We can't let divisive & discriminatory measures become the new normal.

💪 You can join the fight today! ⬇️

crowdfunder.co.uk/join-the-chall…

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11 May
The #QueensSpeech today referenced to a string of draconian laws the Government is planning to introduce. Big Brother Watch will have its 👁️ on the following:
🚓The Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill: which will create 10-year sentences for protests that risk "annoyance", "inconvenience" or "disease", and reintroduce digital strip searches.
The Electoral Integrity Bill: which introduces #VoterID will prevent many thousands of people voting, despite no evidence of systemic ballot box fraud and only 1 fraud conviction per 20 million votes cast in the last 2 General Elections.
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10 May
📝NEW: Our tenth monthly Emergency Powers & Civil Liberties report is now out - marking *one year* of emergency powers.

Read for the latest on protest rights, the renewal of the Coronavirus Act, Covid passes & more:
bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/wp-content/upl…
Every month since the first #lockdown we have been publishing reports that document + analyse:

Complex lockdown laws 📜
Erratic policing 🚓
Criminal justice failures ❌
Growing biosurveillance systems 📡
Attacks on protest rights 🪧
March and April were no different.

As well as crackdowns on those attending vigils, *more* unlawful fines + prosections under complex lockdown laws & the continued evasion of Parliamentary scrutiny... the Government has made it clear they're pursuing Covid ID cards.
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29 Apr
Michael Gove confirms:

🔴 Govnt believes that domestic COVID passes could have "an important role to play"

🔴 He met with event organisers in Israel "successfully" using the "Green Pass"

🔴 Govnt can trial COVID passes in certain settings:

questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statem…
🗓️ For MONTHS Govnt ruled out Covid passes for domestic use.

Today Baroness @SalBrinton asked why there are plans for "unreliable tests as the mainstay for its passport scheme when ministers and experts have said this is wrong?"
👀 "Can the Minister guarantee maximum transparency during the review - and commercial #lobbying for such certificates in particular..?"

Baroness Chakrabarti warns of the risks of Covid passes to discrimination and privacy rights.
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28 Apr
🚨 Michael Gove is expected to outline plans for COVID passes today, starting with test certificates for sports events & concerts.

His plans for health passes are dangerous for public health, privacy rights + equality.

Here's 5 reasons test certificates must be stopped. #NHSApp
1⃣ A digital health ID system is invasive + will disadvantage the most marginalised.

It would reshape the UK into a checkpoint society and could be abused by anyone in authority.

Marginalised groups will have least access to COVID ID and most likely to suffer further exclusion.
2⃣ Rapid tests are not a reliable indicator of safety

The Innova tests, which Govnt has spent *£3bn* on, do not meet the acceptable standards set by WHO for confirming COVID.

The MHRA, senior Dept of Health advisors + the @RoyalStatSoc have all voiced concerns about the tests.
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27 Apr
🗣️Facebook + Twitter’s content moderation policies have risked stifling open debate on public health policies over the last year.

Today, a Parliamentary Committee looking at free speech online asked the platforms what competency they have to play judge & jury on public debate⬇️
Head of UK Public Policy at #Twitter was asked about why the platform marked a Tweet by a Professor of medicine at @harvardmed as "misleading" and limited the users' ability to share the Tweet.
How qualified was a fact-checker for Facebook to decide a Professor from @UniofOxford published 'false' information?
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16 Apr
🚨BREAKING: The COVID-status certificate ‘trials’ are not going ahead.

It’s unclear if they ever truly existed.

Thread! 🧵

At the start of April, the Government said it would trial COVID-status certificates to allow entry to 9 ‘pilot’ events in April and May... /1
However, reports conflicted on whether the COVID-status certificates to be trialled would start with test results only - or the long-term plan for vaccine, test and antibody statuses. /2

The 1st event was reported to be a comedy club in Liverpool. Only, the club had no idea about certification plans & had only signed up for testing research.

The owners tried to contact @DCMS, but got no reply.

Eventually, they had to cancel the event /3

itv.com/news/granada/2…
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