Olives @olives@qoto.org

The ironic thing is that I never would have heard of this guy, if not for British media complaining about him (or the trafficking case).

It's not that surprising, the NPCC is the council of police chiefs, and many police chiefs were probably in Tory seats (and it takes time for them to write their thing).

If they start behaving as if they were replaced by aliens from outer space, that would probably be why.

https://japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/society/general-news/20240718-199133/ Unconstitutional vibes to this proposal. #japan #freespeech

"The report will also suggest the media be held to account for irresponsible reporting of youth crime.

For example, Hollonds said there are media organisations that recycle the same CCTV, phone or security camera footage of youth engaging in criminal behaviour for multiple stories, giving the impression of new crimes occurring and being captured."
Classic sensationalism. #auspol

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/jul/23/disabled-children-kept-in-cages-in-police-watch-houses-australias-childrens-commissioner-says
"Australia is criminalising disabled children and allegedly keeping them “in cages” in police watch houses, according to Australia’s national children’s commissioner.

“It seems the only thing we do in this country for kids with disabilities who have been failed by every other system, including health and education, is criminalise them,” Anne Hollonds told Guardian Australia."
"tough on crime" rears it's ugly head again.
#auspol #HumanRights

“Schools also need support to deliver effective relationships and sex education that is high-quality, inclusive and relevant to the realities of children’s lives to embed a culture where girls are safe, heard and empowered and healthy relationships thrive.”

Seems more reasonable.

"We don’t think it is functioning … We know that we’ve got significant delays within the court system."

It might help if the U.K. didn't rush to criminalize everything that is "obnoxious" or "offensive". The U.K. has a huge over-criminalization problem, and this too, goes unmentioned. #ukpol

"Clare Kelly, the associate head of policy at the NSPCC"

Of course, there would be one of their takes somewhere in there.

An unreasonable lobbying outfit which only ever seems to come up with unreasonable ideas (one tells me they've historically worried about "satanic rituals and altars").

"Estimated total incidents"

Knowing the police, there must be duplicates in there, maybe the same person has called them multiple times.

Also, considering the U.K. only criminalized "grooming" (talking sexually to a minor) in I think 2018, it is not surprising that statistics for that might go up.

In addition, this is out of touch with more continental discourse about how minors are being criminalized for sexting with each other (and how a platform might be more invasive in looking for that now).

"with men believing it was part of a normal sexual relationship, without women’s consent"

Actually, something looking into it showed that they do ask for consent, but that they do so in a one-off conversation.

#ukpol

I've read some takes from the British Police, and I've noticed they can be very "our problem is your problem".

If they have misogyny in the force, they'll blame something else.

If they have abusers, they'll blame something else.

If they historically call child abuse victims going to them liars to their faces (kind of rude, but hey), they will blame something else.

It's someone else's problem.

The link The Guardian provides here to this alleged analysis also doesn't appear to be functional. In fact, it goes to an irrelevant page from 2022.

#ukpol

"Police chiefs also warned of young men being “radicalised” online by influencers such as Andrew Tate. They demanded technology companies act more quickly to take down extreme material."

It's not that the police has / had abusers in their ranks. It's that this guy who has been arrested by the Romanian Police for alleged sex trafficking has been posting offensive content online. Look at him instead. Don't look at us. #ukpol

"Focus on VAWG intensified after the 2021 rape and murder of Sarah Everard by a serving Met officer, Wayne Couzens, who had previously been investigated for indecent exposure. An official report found wide-scale failings and the second part of the inquiry, expected next year, is also set to be damning."

Distracting from their own disgrace, I see. If only someone didn't stupidly give the police so much power in 2020 for that cop to carry out that murder. "solution" is even more power for the police?

#ukpol

https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/jul/23/violence-against-women-national-emergency-england-wales-police I see The Guardian is again airing dubious copaganda. If we've said it once, we've said it a billion times, cops are not reliable sources and they will deliberately mislead you.

For the past five years, the NPCC have been some of the biggest apologists for the Tories (in particular how nothing is ever their problem, it is someone else's). #ukpol

"Heat Initiative" is a "non-profit" "on paper".

From the discourse though, it seems it is run by one guy who works for someone who sells scanning software (and has stocks in "AI").

We've hardly spoken about this org for the good part of three years, and I don't understand why someone dug "them" back up. #ukpol #privacy

Some articles are better, but there are enough of them which are just bad.

New challenge for The Guardian. Don't inadvertently apologize for fascists.

I'd be wary of ascribing fault to individuals as someone should be able to come clean about their mistakes without facing possible sanctions.

There are companies which you wouldn't expect which have made fairly bad mistakes.

While there are a few people blaming the company, one company having issues (CrowdStrike) shouldn't lead to so many having problems.

The problem is with so many companies (and others) relying on one particular service.

https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/stop-the-met-police-using-facial-recognition-surveillance
"The Metropolitan Police has started using live facial recognition cameras across London. This surveillance technology turns us into walking ID cards and treats members of the public like suspects in a high-tech police line up. These cameras are a threat to our privacy and freedoms – and they need to be stopped.

The Met’s own stats show live facial recognition to be over 80% inaccurate and more likely to misidentify innocent people of colour as potential suspects. A court even found that police had been using this technology unlawfully."
#privacy #ukpol #FaceRecognition

There are upsides to this particular government, of course, but to put their worst decisions on a pedestal is really to betray one's own ignorance.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/jul/22/taiwan-bucked-global-trend-trust-politics-hired-protesters From what I've heard, the "crackdown" on "deepfakes" has been an absolute disaster, with over-broad language posing a serious threat to freedom of expression, for instance, in "saving" imaginary people (#FreeSpeech). And this makes sense, as an average joe on the street is probably not that versed in policy.

It is so, so frustrating when someone from the U.K. voices stupid, stupid takes like this in complete ignorance of what is actually going on in the other side of world (#ukpol).

"When she left government, the administration’s approval ratings had reached highs of more than 70%."
Singapore has a ruling party with something like 90% of seats, and they execute people for drug trafficking. They are also against homosexuality.