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This is a scam by the UK government, they don't care about child abuse, they are going to look into all sorts of communications to leverage people. If they cared about child abuse they would have shut down the open child prostitution rings running rampant. They openly let it continue because they are afraid of being branded racist since the gangs running them are minorities.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telford_child_sexual_exploit...



"Think of the children" is always the reason rights (good or bad) get taken away.


"We must scan all of your personal devices and personal moments for illegal terrorist, cannibal, pedophile, and unapproved political content to safeguard our children against this vague, unrelenting menace. If we happen to stumble upon other content that could be automatically construed by AI to be criminal evidence, we will refer it to the proper prosecution service automatically. The net result is society will be safe. If you committed no crime, then you have nothing to fear. If you disagree with this, then a crime can always be located." - How I imagine this being pitched


Ok, I take it back because I found at least one counterexample, the Patriot Act didn't use children as an excuse.



The ultimate trump card


The Wikipedia article doesn’t exactly support your claim.



The article seems to implicate the West Mercia Police.

You extend that to the entire UK government.


I agree with your broader message, UK really wants to dragnet data.


The police didn't investigate child sex crimes because the perpetrators were non-white and the police didn't want to be seen as racist. What about that is incorrect?


The implication that this local police force is the same "UK Government" pushing for encryption standards.


I think it's pretty ridiculous to think there aren't white people dealing in organized sexual abuse of children


Who said there wasn't? I'm not saying only minorities do this, far from. I'm saying the police openly ignored it because they were minorities in this case. This is not some sort of accusation that only minorities abuse kids, only that the government that wants your data to protect kids is questionable at best in this area.


"the gangs running them are minorities" pretty strongly implies it's only minorities doing this


It’s a reference to a specific news incident a few years ago.

A gang, composed of minorities, was explicitly ignored by the police because the police were afraid of being seen as racist for cracking down on them.


It certainly doesn't imply that, strongly or other. It's referencing a specific trend, but not negating other possibilities at all. Context is important.


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What? The police openly admitted after an investigation that this is the reason they let it continue for generations. I'm framing this in reference to the UK government claiming they need the information to prevent child trafficking while their track record indicates that even with data they ignored it for decades. Please save the hysteria and wild accusations for Twitter

https://www.google.com/amp/s/news.sky.com/story/amp/1-000-ch...


Are there sources other then the police, who failed to act and have a vested interest in finding excuses?

Because "the dog ate my homework" I mean "no, cause I didn't want to be racist" stretches credulity.


It was an independent investigation not performed by the police department. The link is in the article in my prior post.

Direct link is below:

https://www.iitcse.com/


The parent didn't exactly choose the perpetrators did he?

https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/newcastle-grooming-scan...




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