Via BoingBoing: Stephen Clarke was arrested for allegedly photographing a sewer grate in Manchester. Then, when police found no photos of said grate on his phone they re-arrested him on suspicion of "being concerned with the commission of a terrorist act," held him for two days and searched his house and laptop. They subsequently released [...]
A request comes from Becky Hogge of the Open Rights Group (link): Happy-snappers unite! We need as many people as possible to take photos of stuff that embodies the database state, and the UK’s world-famous surveillance society (wake up! You’ve just walked into it). On 11 October, No2ID and the Open Rights Group will make [...]