http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/manchester-att... https://news.slashdot.org/story/17/05/24/2045238/manchester-attack-could-lea... https://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/11/30/investigatory_powers_act_backdoors/ The UK government looks to be about to put the most egregious parts of the Investigative Powers Act into force "soon after the election" (which is in a couple of weeks) in the wake of the recent bombing in Manchester. "Technical Capability Orders" require tech companies to break their own security. The Independent reports: "Government will ask parliament to allow the use of those powers if Theresa May is re-elected, senior ministers told The Sun. 'We will do this as soon as we can after the election, as long as we get back in,' The Sun said it was told by a government minister. 'The level of threat clearly proves there is no more time to waste now. The social media companies have been laughing in our faces for too long.'" Government officials appear to have briefed newspapers that they will put many of the most invasive parts of the relatively new Investigatory Powers Act into effect after the bombing at Manchester Arena. Govt News Briefings - verb - Injecting FUD and Propaganda into Sockpuppets Don't forget... while the US workslave populace isn't, the US Govt and Elites were and are a direct fork of the British Imperialist scum... that was never lost. Magna Carta is firewood to Govts. And the Special Relationship between Govts is bidirectional... a mutual enablement. This invasion is coming to the US, beyond what is already in place. Related, looking at what two massive "arms" deals between Special Relationship Partners does.... http://www.reuters.com/article/us-egypt-censorship-idUSKBN18K307 https://www.buzzfeed.com/magedatef/egyptian-journalists-say-the-government-b... Egypt has banned 21 websites, including the main website of Qatar-based Al Jazeera television and prominent local independent news site Mada Masr, accusing them of supporting terrorism and spreading false news. The blockade is notable in scope and for being the first publicly recognized by the government. It was heavily criticized by journalists and rights groups. The state news agency announced it late on Wednesday. Individual websites had been inaccessible in the past but there was never any official admission. Reuters found the websites named by local media and were inaccessible. The move follows similar actions taken on Wednesday by Egypt's Gulf allies Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, which blocked Al Jazeera and other websites after a dispute with Qatar. "This is not the typical Egyptian regime attitude," Lina Attalah, the editor-in-chief of Mada Masr told BuzzFeed News in an interview in Cairo. "We are used to facing troubles with the regime since we have always chosen to write the stories they don't like to hear. We are used to being arrested or have cases filed against us, but blocking us is a new thing." Mada Masr, since its founding in 2013, has regularly published critical stories of the regime in both English and Arabic.