The UK is already the country with the most CCTV cameras. It's truly a nanny/big brother state, straight out of George Orwell's prescient book. Perhaps if the UK didn't allow open hate preaching in its mosques, it wouldn't have to attempt to shut down free speech online and violate privacy at every turn.

I still can't get over that when transiting the UK, the authorities have the right to pry into your most intimate thoughts and writing and personal secrets by taking a full copy of all files on your device or laptop. Otherwise innocent privacy advocates have done up to a year in jail for refusal to give up their encryption keys.

While I'm often critical of WordPress.com, Automattic and Matt Mullengweg, on protection of free speech, they are world leaders. To date have walked the walk and not just done the talk (like Google and Microsoft). Keep up the good work Automattic!