Showing its historical facet of imperialist and authoritarian identity, the United Kingdom lives immersed in an era of increasing state control over freedom of expression through surveillance and digital censorship .
In this context, the latest information known about the multi-million dollar funds allocated to the implementation of a global monitoring system by the United Kingdom , leads to the deduction that these secret contracts include the radar of the company Leolabs , installed in the city of Tolhuin , with the complicity of the Government of the Argentine province of Tierra del Fuego .
The antenna has military capabilities , even though the British-owned firm denies that it will be used for that purpose, without presenting any evidence or guarantees .
Spanish technology specialist Marc Vidal reported on his YouTube channel that the Anglo-Saxon government has acquired a new monitoring system at a cost of 1.2 billion pounds (more than 1.5 billion dollars) , taking into account that this technology tracks and analyses communications from around the world in real time .
In turn, the Reuters agency reported other expenses for 3.5 billion pounds (about 4.426 billion dollars) , made in November of last year through the signing of secret contracts with security companies , among which it is assumed that there is Leolabs and its infamous Tierra del Fuego branch.
On the other hand, the British news outlet Financial Times published that at least 12 countries have already sent delegations to London to investigate the system. used to manipulate public opinion and limit freedom of expression to the interests of the current administration, currently headed by Labour Prime Minister Keir Starmer .
According to Marc Vidal, the United Kingdom "has become a laboratory of digital social control ," a statement that is supported even by the opinion of other media outlets such as the Economist , which noted on its December cover that British democracy is moving " from being a beacon of freedom to a beacon of authoritarianism ."
“ The London Institute for Civil Liberties reports that arrests for offensive communications increased by 300% in the first six months of last year ,” Vidal details, adding that “ we are witnessing the construction of an unprecedented digital surveillance state .”
The Centre for Digital Democracy Studies in Great Britain also warned about the implementation of the online security law . “ This is a document that, under the pretext of protecting citizens, is actually granting these organisations almost unlimited power to monitor and limit online digital discourse ,” Vidal explained.
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