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In a late addition to the Convention on Modern Liberty, a satellite event has been scheduled in Birmingham.
The event to be held on Saturday 28 February at Aston University will feature a live link-up with the main event in London, followed by a workshop on “Preventing Violent Extremism? State surveillance and community organisation”.
In addition to Birmingham, satellite [...]

Following yesterday’s post on the child surveillance tool ContactPoint, comes the news that a London borough are to encourage parents to keep their children’s details secret.
If the communications initiative by the Borough of Kensington and Chelsea catches on, the Government will come under serious pressure to abandon the costly and controversial database.
Merrick Cockell, the leader [...]