Michael J Burgess

My main social spaces are Nostr, Bluesky, and Mastodon. and more all in one place. beitmenotyou.link Where do you follow people most these days? #Nostr #Bluesky #Mastodon #SocialMedia

The UK under-16 social media ban lands by 2027: platform bans, live-streaming limits for teens, and device-level rules that could affect FaceTime and messaging. Age checks mean ID checks. Worth watching closely. www.youtube.com/watch?v=fX7D... #Privacy #DigitalFreedom

Reports allege Anthropic tracks activists as "threats," with software watching protests in real time. Dissent recast as a security problem. That's not safety; it's a control system. If confirmed, it should worry everyone. www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqSz... #Privacy #PreCrime #DigitalRights #AI

I warned you this was coming: client-side scanning puts a filter inside your encryption and checks your files against secret databases. One false positive and armed police visit your home. UK, EU, and US are all pushing it now. Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWQM... #Privacy #Encryption

Always-listening arrives on the wrist. Apple Watch's Live Rewind and Siri Recap record and transcribe the Room around you. Record a courtroom in England or Wales, and you risk criminal contempt. Once it's stored, you can demand it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZF4o... #privacy

The panopticon went open source. God's Eye View puts live flights, ships, fires and quakes on a photorealistic globe anyone can run. www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRJa... www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_FJ... #OSINT #OpenSource

Meta tracks people who never signed up: SDKs in apps, Pixels on websites, WhatsApp metadata, smart glasses feeding AI. Shadow profiles follow you even after you leave. Individual opt-out is not enough. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Akj4... #Privacy #Meta #Surveillance #DigitalRights

Australia's "switch off algorithms" law sounds harmless. The fine print says otherwise: universal age verification (ID for everyone) and feeds that powerful people get to shape. The under-16 ban already flopped. www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFxo... #DigitalRights #Privacy

New Video essay: UK industrial decline was chosen, not inevitable. Sky-high industrial energy prices, job taxes hitting workers (per the OBR), and emissions cuts that outsourced the problem. www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOEr... #UK #Energy #SelfSovereignty

A ban ruled unconstitutional in France may resurface as EU-wide law. Macron wants a social media ban for those under 15. Protecting kids sounds right, but age checks mean ID checks for all. Watch this closely. www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDTW... #DigitalRights #Privacy

"They are deploying the control grid." Simon Dixon on CBDCs, programmable money, and why self-custody matters: If your money lives in someone else's database, they set the terms. Hold your own keys. www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcsD... #Bitcoin #CBDC #SelfCustody #FinancialSovereignty

Meta builds shadow profiles on people who never used its apps. Pixel trackers, SDK snooping, WhatsApp metadata. Seven tools to push back: GrapheneOS, Qubes, Tor, Organic Maps, RSS, F-Droid, Cape. www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mq_... #privacy #decentralisation

Digital ID wallets, age verification laws, automated checks via government APIs. The pieces of a verified-only internet are being assembled under the banner of convenience and child safety. The anonymous web deserves better. www.youtube.com/watch?v=YteF... #DigitalID #Privacy #DigitalRights

Age verification is quietly becoming a surveillance tool. ID checks across the web create identity logs that get reused, leaked, or linked to ad profiles. Good intentions, dangerous design. www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5Xc... #Privacy #AgeVerification #DigitalRights

Kids aren't kids anymore. They're little consumers. Algorithms and influencers are farming Gen Alpha from toddlerhood, swapping toys for pricey skincare and look-maxing routines. This Video shows how, and who profits: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lcjx... #BigTech #KidsOnline #GenAlpha

It happened again. Germany is pushing a social media ban for minors, using "teens support it" framing the data doesn't back up. Skewed headlines justify age verification and mass data collection. A VPN helps you access services without ID. www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlUw... #Privacy #DigitalRights

Meloni pushed a hardline EU migration pact and got it. Now the "first entry" rules she championed burden Italy most, and her Albania hubs process almost no one at great cost. Centralised rules eventually bind their own architects. www.youtube.com/watch?v=kO4z... #EU #Migration #Politics

Milei promised Argentina a V-shaped boom. A year on, the economy is shrinking, and 2026 forecasts have been slashed. Stabilisation worked. Growth hasn't. Inflation is still 33.8%. Worth a watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=2efo... #Argentina #Milei #Economics

A lobbyist called private Minecraft servers "digital piracy". Your home server, your hardware, your world: rebranded as a crime so you'll pay subscriptions instead. Watch this and wake up. www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KOa... #SelfHosting #DigitalRights

8.7m records leaked at UK airports. Operators say money is safe, but your home address and car details are not. This proves we collect too much data. Use a VPN on public WiFi and demand less data collection from corporations. www.youtube.com/watch?v=upAQ... #Privacy #DataBreach #CyberSecurity

Flock is losing. 93 US cities ended contracts in August. Texas cut funding. Social media is the new town square. Public pressure works where meetings fail. Swapping vendors isn't a fix. End the surveillance, not just the brand. www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUs4... #Privacy #Flock #ALPR

Apple Maps now has unskippable ads. You paid for the phone, but you rent the experience. Loyal Moses calls it a "digital toll booth." If they track your habits, does "privacy" mean anything? Time to rethink ownership. www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zfU... #DigitalRights #Privacy #AppleMaps

Home Office warns asylum seekers about photography & non-consensual image sharing. The general filming advice is weak, but the focus on intimate image abuse is real. Why is this government guidance flying under the radar? www.youtube.com/watch?v=CiPh... #DigitalPrivacy #TechFreedom

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US debt near $39.3T, growing $4.7B daily. Warsh's trap: hike rates and crush the government with interest, or cut them and risk inflation and the dollar. Your mortgage and savings hang in the balance. www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMf_... #FederalReserve #NationalDebt

When immigration debates become binary shouting matches, everyone loses. Sovereignty is not just about borders. It is about the quality of our thinking. Fear produces bad policy. www.youtube.com/watch?v=R57m... #Sovereignty #Migration #PublicDiscourse

Meta clones your Instagram face with AI without asking. EU cars now watch your eyes. Discord banned 8,000+ users by accident. Your image, attention, and access are all controlled by default. Opt-outs exist, but they're hidden. Not neutral. youtu.be/ITmMIqiJwOg #Privacy #DigitalRights

The UK is secretly building a digital ID system. Advisory group meetings, minutes, and budget all hidden. Journalists barred. MPs get identical non-answers. "Merely advisory" won't wash. Trust needs openness, not secrecy. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qi3G... #DigitalID #Privacy #Transparency

Russell Brand & Sonia Elijah discuss coordinated COVID censorship. She names the 77th Brigade, CCDH & BBC's Trusted News Initiative. Some confirmed, the rest contested. Core question: Who watches the narrative shapers? www.youtube.com/watch?v=InQR... #Censorship #FreeSpeech

Russia's bond yields are near 17%. Oil falling, sanctions blocking borrowing, citizens pulling cash at record rates. War deficit at 5-6% of GDP. Tax hikes are coming. Squeeze on Putin tightening. www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTVc... #Russia #Economy #Putin #Sanctions

Palantir, named after Tolkien's all-seeing stones, is in ICE, the Israeli military, the UK NHS & Aussie supermarkets. One head of the billionaire hydra is building modern feudalism. France dropped them. UK MPs want them out. Time to wake up. www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBW9... #Palantir #DigitalRights

The UK government is rushing through a National Security Bill that could jail journalists for up to 14 years just for doing their jobs. The press freedom "defence" isn't even in the Bill itself. Fast-tracked laws on free expression are never safe. #PressFreedom #UKPolitics

Rushed UK terror law could jail journalists for 14 years just for gathering info. The "journalist defence" isn't even in the actual bill, just a policy note. Vague definitions leave everyone exposed. Security shouldn't come at the cost of truth. #PressFreedom #UKLaw #Censorship

The UK government is rushing the National Security Bill 2026, which could jail journalists for getting information from designated groups. Safeguards are weak, sitting only in a policy paper, not the law. Freelancers are left hanging. Rushed laws = stifled truth. #PressFreedom #Censorship #UKNews

New: "Labour's Fine Print." Digital ID, frozen tax thresholds, tighter speech controls. Quietly individually. Together, they reshape daily life in the UK. Room for privacy and open debate? beitmenotyou.online/labours-fine... #DigitalRights #Privacy