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Public Enemy Exposed @[email protected] · 2026-02-16 · 08:06 UTC

*Access any database held by municipalities and other public entities to cross-reference your lifestyle with your records.

*Share your personal information more broadly across government departments, including the Border Management Authority and the Public Procurement Office.

This moves the state from a reactive role—investigating specific crimes—to a proactive surveillance role, where your lifestyle itself can trigger a probe.

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Public Enemy Exposed @[email protected] · 2026-02-16 · 08:05 UTC

What is changing?

The Bill formally introduces the concept of a "lifestyle audit" into our law. This is defined as an investigation to determine if your living standards are consistent with your legitimate, declared income.

Under this new law, the FIC will have the power to:

*Conduct lifestyle audits on individuals at the request of any organ of state, public entity, or municipality. .../4

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Public Enemy Exposed @[email protected] · 2026-02-16 · 08:04 UTC

National Treasury has published the Draft General Laws (Anti-Money Laundering and Combating Terrorism Financing) Amendment Bill, 2025 for public comment. While the government frames this as a necessary step to stay off the global "grey list," the Bill contains provisions that grant the Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC) unprecedented powers to monitor the lives of private citizens. .../3

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Public Enemy Exposed @[email protected] · 2026-02-16 · 08:03 UTC

It appears that our press is once again fast asleep, while detrimental laws are being pushed through the backdoor, originally designed for politicians and civil servants. Regrettably, the deadline for public participation has already expired.

A notable piece of legislation has just been tabled that could fundamentally change the relationship between the state and your personal privacy. .../2

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(James Bradbury) has moved @[email protected] · 2026-02-01 · 12:17 UTC

"The UK’s home secretary, Shabana Mahmood, has been criticised after naming the panopticon as her model for the British criminal justice system."
https://www.irishlegal.com/articles/uk-home-secretary-dreams-of-ai-powered-panopticon

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Tom Stoneham @[email protected] · 2025-08-19 · 06:42 UTC

@OneInterestingFact I don't think so. They can now impose very restrictive bail conditions for protest offences and that is the way they are handling NVDA. Protestors lose freedom of assembly, freedom of movement, jobs, homes etc. while waiting two years to appear in court. Very few are kept in remand. Exploits crumbling justice system to punish peaceful protestors. #GuiltyUntilProvenInnocent

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