Together Declaration

Live facial recognition treats everyone as a suspect, ends anonymity in public & has no democratic mandate. A free society would ban it, not regulate it. Respond by 12 Feb: tell Home Office a “panopticon” is mass surveillance, not policing by consent: https://together.eaction.org.uk/panopticon

DIGITAL ID: Govt needs to scrap its Digital ID scheme altogether now Keir Starmer this undemocratic scheme is not wanted - at all Keep the pressure on #together #NoToDigitalID

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UNDER 16s "SOCIAL MEDIA BAN": "Childhood is a period when appropriate risks need to be taken" (Jacob Rees-Mogg) Already, 42 children’s and online safety organisations, experts and bereaved families – including the NSPCC – have issued a joint statement saying even they do NOT support this proposal.

DIGITAL ID: "They hired friendly hackers to penetrate One Login, they found they could take control of the system without being detected" (Andrew Orlowski) Govt is still pushing the public into One Login - millions of company directors effectively forced, & veterans encouraged when it clearly isn't secure - they need to stop #NoToDigitalID #together TAKE ACTION: https://togetherdeclaration.org/directors

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FACIAL RECOGNITION: Govt wants to impose more facial recognition This takes us further into a walking-barcode surveillance state, where British citizens are treated as suspects rather than free individuals Respond to consultation - closes soon: https://together.eaction.org.uk/panopticon

Dr Hilary "rushed to hospital, diagnosed with pericarditis" https://www.express.co.uk/showbiz/tv-radio/2160062/itv-lorraine-dr-hilary-hospital-dash

DIGITAL ID: "David Davis points out One Login does not meet the government's own requirements to be classified as a safe and trusted identity supplier" Yet the Govt is still pushing the public into One Login - millions of company directors effectively forced, & veterans encouraged when it clearly isn't secure - they need to stop #NoToDigitalID #together

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood wants AI and facial recognition ‘panopticon?!’ Respond to consultation - closes soon: https://together.eaction.org.uk/panopticon "Allow us to live our lives free from the overbearing state" - Montgomery Toms Labour are pushing for surveillance across Britain, with facial recognition, digital IDs - and now the disturbing vision of an AI "panopticon"

UNDER 16s SOCIAL MEDIA "BAN": This is a decision for parents, not the state TAKE ACTION: together.eaction.org.uk/sm-ban If kids are online, that is a CHOICE made by PARENTS. Families are best placed to decide what is appropriate for their children, based on maturity, circumstance and individual needs. A blanket ban replaces parental judgement with state control.

MEMBERSHIP: "Together has been fighting on the ground, in the grassroots since 2021!" (Montgomery Toms) Your membership fuels the grassroots work that keeps this community alive. Become a Together member today: togetherdeclaration.org/join As soon as you join, you’ll get a short video with more info on taking local action & how we can support you Stronger #together

DIGITAL ID (CHILDREN): "They're going to do it via our children" Dr Reene Hoenderkamp The Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill would bring in NHS number as a universal identifier for children risks establishing a de facto national digital ID #NoToDigitalID

DIGITAL ID: "We don’t want our children to be cattle for digital ID" The Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill creates a national digital ID for children by stealth - turning the NHS number into a compulsory lifelong ID used across government (health, schools, social care). #NoToDigitalID TAKE ACTION: https://together.eaction.org.uk/kids

Even online safety groups don’t think banning social media for under-16s is a good idea. They say it could cause unexpected problems: creating a false sense of security, while actually pushing kids into more dangerous, unregulated parts of the internet where it’s harder to keep them safe.

Under 16s Social Media "Ban" = Digital ID By the Back Door The British public has just rejected compulsory digital ID proposals, this threatens to impose it through the back door. Mission creep to cover the entire internet – not only social media – seems inevitable. Anonymity protects whistleblowers, vulnerable people and political dissenters alike, and this would destroy that too.

DIGITAL ID: "We don't want this, we don't need this!" - Alan Miller Company Directors should NOT be forced into One Login TAKE ACTION: togetherdeclaration.org/directors #NoToDigitalID

DIGITAL ID: "This is the start of a social credit system... it's wrong and everybody should say no" Dr Renee Hoenderkamp calls out digital ID 👏 We lived through digital discrimination during Covid: “passes” that divided, restricted and excluded people from everyday life. We cannot allow it to happen again. Never again. #NoToDigitalID