29.05.2015 - 06:44 [ Techdirt ]

UK Government Goes Full Orwell: Snooper‘s Charter, Encryption Backdoors, Free Speech Suppression

The old joke goes „George Orwell‘s 1984 was a warning, not a ‚how to‘ manual.“ But that joke is increasingly less funny as the UK really seems to be doing everything it can to put in place Orwell‘s fictitious vision — just a few decades later.