Technology · 5 hours ago
Jess Phillips Wants Abuse-Blocking Software On Every UK Phone
UK Parliament, CC BY 3.0, via members.parliament.uk
Former safeguarding minister Jess Phillips wants AI blocking software built into every phone, tablet and laptop sold in Britain to stop child sexual abuse images and live streams at source. Backed by Conservative peer Lord Nash, she called the UK's role as a leading market for such abuse a national shame. Privacy group Big Brother Watch warns the plan amounts to scanning every Briton's phone.
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