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UK's Mass Facial-recognition Roll-out Alarms Rights Groups

Outside supermarkets or in festival crowds, millions are now having their features scanned by real-time facial-recognition systems in the UK -- the only European country to deploy the technology on a large scale.

International Business Times

UK agrees to drop its Apple encryption backdoor request – but digital rights experts aren't ready to celebrate

For now, the power to undermine encryption remains in the UK law under the Investigatory Powers Act. Digital rights experts now call for an amendment.

TechRadar

OPINION - Hate giving personal details to strangers? That's why we need digital ID

It’s a dance we’ve all done. Perhaps you’re renting a flat, or applying for a new mobile phone contract. The time comes to prove that you are who you say you are, that you live where you say you do and that you have the right to do everything you…

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Home Office orders Apple to let it access users’ encrypted files – report

The Washington Post said the Home Office issued an order to the tech giant under the Investigatory Powers Act.

Evening Standard

India press freedom score falls, says Reporters sans Frontieres

India's press freedom ranking falls, but government dismisses as propaganda; US also sees decline in press freedom.

The Hindu

Press freedom group says representative denied entry to Hong Kong

Reporters Without Borders says advocacy officer detained for six hours before being deported.

Al Jazeera

High Commissioner Stephen Smith visits Julian Assange in prison as NGO Reporters Without Borders turned away

Australia's High Commissioner to the UK visits Julian Assange inside Belmarsh Prison as the WikiLeaks founder asks what the Albanese government is doing to secure his release.

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‘My parents weren’t impressed at first, but now I do my mum’: meet some of the world’s best tattoo artists

Tattooing is constantly evolving and the most-sought after artists are superstars. Here, five of the best reveal what the craft means to them

The Guardian - UK

Record 28 countries rated ‘very bad’ in press freedom index

Myanmar and Hong Kong among worst performers while UK ranked 24th and US 42nd

The Guardian - UK

Judge approves Assange extradition

"Politically motivated" charges against Assange "should never have been brought in the first place," Amnesty says

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